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Smith (2005)
You decided to skip complete diagnostic testing to identify the pathogen causing this outbreak, and the scientific community is in an uproar! On Twitter, there are scathing posts about your work, calling for immediate oversight of your team’s decision to skip fundamental steps in determining the causative agents of outbreaks. This is such a big deal that your team’s reputation is tarnished, so reduce your charisma by 2 points. You realize that if you continue on this path, you will not be able to say that you know what pathogen you’re dealing with and act accordingly without backlash. Advance 1 tick/week to deal with the backlash. You publicly apologize, and then what do you do?
Option 1: Do a quick histological analysis in the lab to determine if a parasite, pathogen, or contaminant is causing the observed symptoms.
Time Cost: 1 Week/Tick
Monetary Cost: $5000
Charisma Effect: Unknown
Option 2: Send samples from symptomatic snakes to the U.S. Wildlife Health Center for genetic testing to see if a pathogen can be identified.
Time Cost: 1 Week/Tick
Monetary Cost: $5000
Charisma Effect: Unknown