Epidemiology to Science

Getting Deep

1

Standing in the lobby of the hospital felt strange. I was here alone in a hospital lobby full of sick strangers. I stood out to be one of the only healthy individuals there. I was looking around to see if I would see Dr. Moore or Dr. New Zealand. I sighed and pulled out my phone. Another report about scientists bashing on the poor Doctor who claims about an epidemic in New Zealand, unaware bastards.

I saw another report about the man who went psycho in the football game. Apparently instead of going to jail he went to a penitentiary. In the article it says that the police thought he was some loon heavily influenced by a branch of religion that is not widely known. Well, controversy is coming soon.

"You look healthy Dominic," I heard a voice come from in front of me. I looked up from my phone to see Dr. Moore right in front of me. His smile was easily seen through his brown beard. It was not as long as I remembered but it was not stubble. "So,why are you here?" His lab coat was hung down from the ground seemly looking like it could defy physics.

"Oh hey Dr. Moore!" I stuffed my phone back into my jeans. "I was here to meet up with a friend and I thought that I would run into you."

"I see. I can not talk for long. My daughter wants me to come over to her school parent teacher conference." He has an eleven year old daughter.

"Okay, I do have a question. Can a common cold cause some symptoms like you know, Paranoia or hallucinations?"

He scratched his head, "Well, no. It is very rare to catch on to a disease with cold symptoms that include mental illnesses. Why do you ask?"

"Well, I was trying to find out something interesting for a school report and I wondered about if diseases like the flu can have relations to mental illnesses that can cause paranoia." What the hell is wrong with me? I am lying to a Doctor!

"I see. Mental diseases are usually not my field of study. I am more into saving lives than disease hybrids. You might want to ask a Neuroscientist or biologist about that subject."

"Okay." Well, that was going to be a dead end either way. I saw Dr. New Zealand coming out of the inside doors of the hospital. "There he is, I gotta go."

"Okay! Nice seeing you again Dominic! I hope that we can have wings together sometime again!" He said as I started to walk towards Josh.

"Sounds like a plan!" I replied waving to him. Dr.Moore is an awesome guy.

When I got to Josh he looked up at me. He did not look pale but there was sweat running down his temples. I was not for sure if he was sick or paranoid. Maybe he did catch on to the unnamed disease. If he did it will spread in America with no doubts. He was making a serious face at me.

"It got to Indonesia. The first report was online." He said in a shaking tone of voice. A drop of sweat rolled down his face. He looked extremely weak and pale.

"Oh!" We need to get out of hospital. An old man wearing a black suit was staring at us. "We should talk about this outside of here!" I rushed him out of the hospital with the old man still staring at us. His sun glasses made his way unseeable. He reminded me of a MIB Officer.

Once we got outside I noticed that Josh was still sweating. He looked very bad. He said, "Good thing seeing you Dominic, but I am not feeling well at the moment."

"Do you think that's-" I was cut off in mid sentence.

"No, I did not catch on to the Calarus."