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Surya ShanmugamPeriod 5

Diphtheria

Ive never felt any better! My previous host coughed me out, and I went into

the lungs of another middle aged man! I feel alive, and ready to infect, probably

because of the millions of healthy cells that I can ill inside this person

"here are my manners# My name is $orynebacterium Diptheriae My friendscall me Diphtheria Diphtheria is a respiratory illness that causes people to not

breathe, and restricts air %ow, ultimately illing the victim I am a bacterium that is

spread by wither coughing or contact with infected saliva, such as spitting on

someone I am very, very contagious and my conse&uences are very, very serious

'ou can even die if you catch me!

So now you now the bacground of me "atch me slowly ill this man! (e

has no idea that Im inside him! )rom now on, I will be recording a telecast that you

can read

Telecast

Day * + -.. /M

0ime to start illing! I move around using the cilia that I have in my side I mae my

way up into the lymph nodes right around my victims nec

Day * + 1-.. /M

I started to reproduce I am growing rapidly in numbers and a cool thing about this

is + when I reproduce, I do a snapping motion, which in turn causes me to loo lie

$hinese 2etters 30hat is the proper scienti4c name

Day * + *.-.. /M

My victim is showing his 4rst signs of infection + a fever, fatigue, rough throat,

headache, and rapid6slowed breathing

Day * + **-.. /MI illed a couple hundred cells so far! Im o7 to a good start!

Day * + *8-.. PM

)inally! 9oon time! My victim is now showing more signs of an infection (e has

bluish colored sin around his nec, and when he ate his lunch, I could tell he had

di:culty swallowing his food

Day * + *-.. PM

My victim staggered his way towards the bathroom, opened up the medicine

cabinet, and too a few antibiotics (e then felt relieved and went bac to his wor

Day * + 8-.. PM

"ell, I am now icing in! I have made my victim paraly;ed and now he can not

move his left pinie 4nger I am getting stronger by the minute

Day * + ecause of that, he ased for a carpool, and now he is

carpooling home with his friend

Day * + ?-.. PM

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My victim is now very tired, and he fell asleep as soon as he entered his home (e is

napping now, no doubt that he is thining that sleep can cure him 2ittle does he

now that Im getting stronger by the minute!

Day * + 5-.. PM

My victim @ust got o7 the phone with his doctor (es having a checup tomorrow inthe morning

Day * + A-.. PM

My victim is now coughing up little microscopic specs of blood, which hold more of

me! (e can not see the specs, nor can he feel them though

Day * + B-.. PM

My victim @ust ate dinner and is ready to go to sleep )ighting me has been very

tiring apparently

Day * + -.. PM

My victim @ust fell asleep I thin I should tae a nap too

Day 8 B-.. /M

My victim too a shower, got dressed, and has left to go see his doctor

Day 8 -.. /M

"e are sitting in the doctors o:ce, ready to see what will happen "ill I be illed, or

will I ill#

Day 8 1-.. /M

0his man was well prepared in his childhood (is 5 doses of 0DaP, 8 doses of D0,

and his decade=long 0d shots have iced in! (is doctor said that I was no big threat

as long as I was treated in early stages

Day 8 *.-.. /M

Some of the color in this Mans face have returned (is antibiotics that he too areall woring together and are illing me!

Day 8 **-.. /M

"hen this man ate his lunch today, he did not have that much trouble swallowing

(is lymph nodes are starting to drain 0he blac is slowly reverting bac to its

original color

Day 8 *8-.. PM

Im afraid this will be my last telecast from this man I am weaened now, to a

disease weaer than the cough /t this rate, I fear that I will die within the neCt

hour

Final Transmission

Day < *-.. PM

0his man has is now almost=fully recovered I will die soon 0here are too many

antibodies 4ghting me My cells are dying too fast 9ow that I loo bac at this, I

reali;e that if this man was infected for a couple of more hours, he would have got

heart failure, and I would have won this war