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alt_arthurAnd it sounds like an epidemic. Norma Brownmiller came to see me in somewhat of a panic today, against the direct orders, I may add, of her supervisor, that malignant berk Griderson. Griderson, apparently, wants to keep what's going on hush-hush, but Brownmiller has background as an epidemiologist, and she insisted on sending a report to St Mungo's and then came to see me. She says she knows we won't be able to fill the work requisition orders in Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire. It's showing up in about half the camps in those areas. In Hertfordshire it's been reported in Three Rivers, Hertsmere, Welwyn Hatfield, Stevenage, North Hertfordshire, and Dacorum. In Lincolnshire, that's Lincoln, South Kesteven, Boston, and West Lindsey. The only camp in West Midlands that's been struck is Walsall. But it worries her--and me--immensely that we're seeing this appear simultaneously in such widely divergent areas of the country.
Griderson has tried to brush the whole thing off as a standard muggle disease--he's not particular about which one to blame. He named measles, whooping cough and typhoid, which made Norma roll her eyes. Norma insists it's something new that she's never seen before, and she can't find anything like it in the literature. A lot of jargon followed that I don't understand about micokescopes and T-sells and--well, Norma wants my support at the next department meeting to push for something called an 'epidemic report order' from St Mungo's. Apparently, if she can convince St Mungo's that something serious is going on, she can get more Healers and--more importantly--money for potions appropriated for the camps so designated.
I asked Norma how this unnamed sickness progresses. It begins with fever, aches, and breathing difficulties, which for some patients progresses to pneumonia. A significant portion experience muscle weakness so extreme that people simply collapse and remain bed-ridden for a long time. That is what is causing most of Griderson's consternation about the whole thing: work orders are going unfilled because too many muggles are simply unable to work.
Deaths have been reported, but it's early days yet, and Norma says there isn't enough data to ascertain exactly what percentage will be so affected.
There have been no confirmed reports of this unnamed disorder striking anyone with magical ability--yet. But Norma believes we aren't immune.
Poppy, despite Norma's assurances that there haven't been magical patients yet--this isn't anything like what you've been seeing at Hogwarts, is it? I'm enclosing Norma's report to you via owl; I assume you'll be able to make sense of the technical jargon.
Griderson has tried to brush the whole thing off as a standard muggle disease--he's not particular about which one to blame. He named measles, whooping cough and typhoid, which made Norma roll her eyes. Norma insists it's something new that she's never seen before, and she can't find anything like it in the literature. A lot of jargon followed that I don't understand about micokescopes and T-sells and--well, Norma wants my support at the next department meeting to push for something called an 'epidemic report order' from St Mungo's. Apparently, if she can convince St Mungo's that something serious is going on, she can get more Healers and--more importantly--money for potions appropriated for the camps so designated.
I asked Norma how this unnamed sickness progresses. It begins with fever, aches, and breathing difficulties, which for some patients progresses to pneumonia. A significant portion experience muscle weakness so extreme that people simply collapse and remain bed-ridden for a long time. That is what is causing most of Griderson's consternation about the whole thing: work orders are going unfilled because too many muggles are simply unable to work.
Deaths have been reported, but it's early days yet, and Norma says there isn't enough data to ascertain exactly what percentage will be so affected.
There have been no confirmed reports of this unnamed disorder striking anyone with magical ability--yet. But Norma believes we aren't immune.
Poppy, despite Norma's assurances that there haven't been magical patients yet--this isn't anything like what you've been seeing at Hogwarts, is it? I'm enclosing Norma's report to you via owl; I assume you'll be able to make sense of the technical jargon.
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Date: 2009-10-13 08:55 pm (UTC)(I suspect that Mr Wood will make the point himself that it would have been better to keep the details private.)