New Pandemic Assignment

                        New Virus Pandemic assignment

     Who are the people involved in this scenario?

•  The victims of the flood
• the GET pilots
• WHO(World Health Organization)
• Researchers

Identify the key problems

·        A ribonucleic virus, dubbed the “Blue Nile”, have an array of flu-like symptoms such as, cough, fever, shortness of breath, headaches, body aches and diarrhea. Within two weeks many victims develop pneumonia and/or acute respiratory distress syndrome, which lead to difficulty in breathing and can result in organ failure.

·        Ironically, the not yet affected areas have a significant increase of medical facilities. Even though the virus has not even reached them yet. The affected area is lacking of medical facilities and is quite saddening.

·        There are not enough GET pilots available, and are currently not able to spread out their manpower to the two other problems: flood search and rescue and medivac transport

·        If the researchers carry out research and tests now, the virus may have already mutated after the 12-18month process, which only means they are developing the cure for now, but not for the future.

What are their roles?

·        The role of the victim is to survive and to provide tests for the researchers( if they caught the virus, they would be able to give a sample to the researchers), and to wait for further information on their rescue and aid for them.

·        The GET pilot’s job is to search and rescue, to evacuate and relocate victims and to be able to work with WHO to help the victims and to do their best

·        WHO is supposed to prioritize, to identify the problems and to react to the virus, checking on whether it has mutated or spread even more, then react to it and make the right decisions for the country. Such as to “find medication that may slow the virus”.

·        The researchers are the key people involved in this disaster. They have a tight schedule, trying to find a cure or just a medication to slow the virus, and all of these must happen fast, as for every minute or hour they delay, one by one the victims of the flood are dying.

Possible solutions for each problems

·        Switzerland’s patented anti-viral medication, Xifan, designed to treat severe cases of influenza is the temporary solution. It has proven partially effective as a prophylactic and as a treatment for those in early stages of the disease. Because Xifan is most effective when taken within 48 hours of the appearance of symptoms and Blue Nile is difficult to differentiate from the flu in its early stages, but doctors are hesitant to use the precious medication. WHO can contribute the money into the long process of developing a cure for the disease, but they caution it as the process of 12-18 months maybe too long.

·        More relief effort can be put to providing those affected areas with more medical facilities, and if all countries cooperate, this problem would soon be solved.

·        Other countries can contribute too with their GET pilots, and stop the suspense the flood search and rescue, but just to do both search and rescue and medivac transport after distributing manpower, which would help in the long run.

GROUP MEMBERS:

Ng Yu Sheng

Isaac Ng

Lim Wei Xiang

Richard Ong

Hau De Yu