"Such a hassle." Scratching his head, Jiu Ming temporarily rolled up the newspaper in his hand and headed into a pizza shop. Places like this that served food were now operating only on a temporary basis in smaller establishments, while larger ones had disinfection equipment installed. Anyone entering had to be filtered through it first.
After ordering a pizza, he sat down and continued reading the newspaper. Spores that could infect people with an unknown disease...
This was not limited to Lingquan City. The same situation had emerged elsewhere as well. Some Ability Users had even been hospitalized after inhaling too many of these spores. Fortunately, their constitutions were stronger; otherwise, some of them would probably already be lying in the morgue.
There had not been much time between the appearance of these spores and the outbreak of the unknown disease, yet quite a few deaths had already occurred. Preventive and treatment methods were still being developed, though a preliminary vaccine had been produced. In short, everyone in the city had to get vaccinated.
After all, no one had been prepared when these tiny spores first appeared. A considerable number of people throughout the city had likely inhaled them. Even inhaling the slightest bit—or perhaps merely coming into skin contact—could lead to complications caused by the spores.
Fortunately, after receiving the vaccine, cases of illness from spore infection had dropped drastically. These spores had an incubation period of three days, so if nothing unusual happened three days after the spores appeared, one was probably fine. However, there were also a few cases with longer incubation periods, so if you didn't want anything to happen, get your shot and take your medicine early!
As for whether secondary infections might occur... in short, stay on guard. These spores preferred high-temperature environments... such