A request

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Nathan is not the brightest bulb in the box and seems to have contracted a case of pneumonia as a result of his inadvertent swim through a Russian river. This is not surprising, given the cleanliness of most Russian rivers. Nor, in retrospect, is it at all surprising that he didn't think to connect the fact of his sudden dunking and the fact of his developing cold symptoms and come in and see me. And so he was forcibly brought in when his fever hit high enough to cause him to pass out. Thank you for that, Soorya.

I haven't been able to figure out how contagious a strand of pneumonia he's suffering from, so I need to beg that anyone who's been spending a protracted period of time with him (Elpis staff particularly and potentially those of you taking classes with him) come in for a check-up tomorrow. More than likely you'll all have a clean bill of health but if not, this will also give us a chance to get you started on antibiotics so you don't end up like Nate.

(Also, someone needs to reset his 'x days without passing out' counter. Yes, it's after midnight and he's just woken up, so I'm cranky and going to bed now.)

I'm tired

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Between Amelia and myself we've gotten through everyone who came down and the results are positive enough that we're putting off hunting down the rest of you until tomorrow. Pretty sure we're not looking at a pneumonia epidemic, thank God, but from looking some of the littles over, it seems like we need to have one of those "It's cold season, wash your hands and drink a lot of orange juice" talks again. And don't make me start stuffing tissues into your pockets, those of your with runny noses and the odd sneeze, cause I will and you won't enjoy it.

From the look Amelia's giving me, I've started muttering deprecations against the common cold out loud again. Whoops. Have a good night, all, I'm going to bed.