Virus - Communication Amidst Crisis in Central Africa
Yasuo Tatsuno:
Hello this is AJ1RL. I copy you. What is your callsign? Over.
Voice: [[w:Mawson Station|Mawson Station]
This BK0CC. Ahab from ]. Over.
Tatsuno: [to colleagues in Japanese; to radio in English]
It's that Australian group from next door. Hello neighbor what have you heard from outside? Over.
Ahab:
Just for a couple of minutes from some doctor in Uganda. He said whatever it was, Central Africa was hit bad. Not just the people, but most of the wildlife as well. Even the elephants, over.
Tatsuno:
Wildlife too?
Ahab:
Yeah. Imagine an elephant with the flu, One sneeze can break its bloody neck I reckon.
Dr Yamauchi: [to Tatsuno in Japanese; English]
Let me speak. Hello? this is Dr Yamauchi speaking. Can you please explain as much as possible the characteristics the Ugandan doctor described? Over.
Ahab:
All he said was that it started out like a simple cold, or flu mostly and then quickly turned to pneumonia. And there were symptoms of other diseases as well but he didn't think it was any of those things. He thought it was something else.
Dr Yamauchi: [curious]
Something else?
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