[TML] New 3d computer simulation design: systems and suns

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 30 Dec 2007 at 14:55, Knapp wrote:

> On Dec 29, 2007 9:34 PM,  <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:
> > On 29 Dec 2007 at 14:58, Knapp wrote:
> >
> > > Another way they spread is sexual contact. Drunk and horny but have
> > > the clap? Found a great one night stand at port? Just forget about it
> > > and do it anyway. Who will catch you?
> >
> > The public health department on your next trip thru...
> >
> > "You've got a crewman named Joe Smithers? And he had leave here on
> > 053-1109?"
> >
> > "Yeah?"
> >
> > "Right. Your ship is under quarantine, and you will all have to be
> > tested. And your cargo is impounded until testing is done. Then we'll
> > assess the fines...."
> >
> > If you don't co-operate, it's *amazing* how "intrusive" and
> > uncomfortable those medical tests can get...
> >
> > Starports *do* keep records. And the odds are good that they'll
> > include decent photos or the equivalent.
> >
> > So when Joe's infected partner goes in for treatment, the doc will
> > refer him or her to Public Health for a contact list to be obtained.
> >
> > Because there *will* be some things that can get nasty, this sort of
> > behavior will be looked on *very* dimly on a lot of worlds.
> > --
> > Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
> > shadow at shadowgard dot com
> 
> The other side of this is that crew might not know he has something.
> Then unless you have sickness screening build into the entry search
> disease could come in. Responsibility could be hard to prove too. If
> the partner had multiple partners or was in some other way not able to
> remember who they were with. You wake up look over and think who is
> that? MAN WHAT A HEADACHE. I'm out a here. Thank god they are still
> sleeping. Maybe DNA tracking much not much else would work unless it
> was a really high tech place with a high law level.

You can test people even after they are "over" the disease. And the 
strains usually diverge enough that you can tell that the person had 
the same strain the local patient had.

So once you have suspicion, a simple test will confirm it.

It doesn't work all the time, but it works fairly well here.


--
Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com