1975 - 76 ATBW Flu Outbreak

The 1975 - 76 ATBW Flu Outbreak was a deadly outbreak of a flu-like parvovirus that first broke out in the Thomas Langile Hotel (now the lots of the headquarters of Amory The Bad Woman Studios and Region Entertainment) in June of 1975 and ending in April of 1976. It infected 114 people in the hotel, but everyone infected survived the virus. Everyone in the hotel was quarantined for safety and the quarantine eventually expanded throughout ATBW City.

The virus was first reported in the Thomas Langile Hotel where some of ATBW's camera crew and other employees lived in while working at ATBW Studios, where at least 3 people in the hotel became infected with an unknown flu-like virus from an unknown cause. The virus was eventually discovered inside one of the hotel's air ducts on the night of June 26, 1975, and a virus that had never been discovered before was discovered.

Despite the Flu in it's name, the virus was not an actual flu strain, or even closely related to it. After further analysis concluded that the new flu strain was actually a strain of parvovirus, which despite being such, mimicked Influenza. The virus ended in April of 1976 and there had been no cases or any further reports of the virus's presence ever since.

June 1975
The outbreak reportedly first began sometime on June 17, 1975 when staff working for ATBW Label Networks contracted an unknown virus with flu-like symptoms which in turn eventually became fatal, thus it's name ATBW Flu. On June 26, 1975, the flu-like virus was actually discovered to be an entirely new strain of parvovirus, a one that had never been discovered or even known in any way. Another, entirely separate strain of parvovirus (fifth disease) was also coincidentally discovered the exact same year, but was completely unrelated to the one at ATBW Label Networks Headquarters.

The ATBW Flu had a 10% fatality rate and was an airborne virus that could survive for days on hard surfaces. It's main symptoms were many symptoms similar to that of Influenza, which were fever, chills, nausea, congestion, runny nose, headache, head congestion, chest pressure, and fatigue, plus a few other symptoms not seen in Influenza including loss of smell, pneumonia, vomiting, conjunctivitis in one or both eyes, short-term vision loss, and shortness of breath. It was mainly spread by the hotel's air ventilation system, and despite it's fatal symptoms, everyone managed to survive.

July 1975
In July of 1975, several more in the hotel became infected with ATBW Flu, but none of the hotel staff contracted it, likely because they had immunity to the virus.

Unlike other parvoviruses, which infect mostly young people or children, ATBW Flu mostly infected older people (usually between the ages 45 to 65).

The new virus was given the name ATBW Flu on July 20, 1975, as the decision to give it that name had been made by Eric Langile. Everyone in the hotel was quarantined so that everything else outside the hotel could go on as normal.

The virus did not spread outside of the hotel and only those with all symptoms could spread it to others, which made it easy to contain. The most famous person to contract the virus was film director Mildred Woodlief, who contracted the virus while in the hotel after doing work in his hotel room.

On July 24, 1975, a TV station covering the outbreak was created within ATBW City, which would continuously broadcast news about the outbreak throughout the entire area even though the virus kept isolated at the Thomas Langile Hotel.

September 1975
The virus then infected more in September of 1975, and analysis was conducted and found that the virus was not seasonal as it infected many in June, a month of warmer temperatures.

57 people in the hotel were so far to have contracted the virus, and respirators were delivered to those infected. These technologies were not as strong as technology in today's world, yet everyone in the hotel managed to survive.

Cleaning of the air ducts were made in effort to kill the virus to stop it from spreading. The central air unit was turned off to prevent further spreading and window air units were installed. People in the hotel were still infected with the virus.

December 1975
In December 1975, the number of cases so far was 77 cases, and Eric Langile Jr. was worried about it spreading to other places in the studio lot.

Colder temperatures made it easier to contract the virus even though it was not seasonal, as it spreaded in nearly the same rate in the warmer months of July and August of 1975.

Despite best efforts, the virus reached 106 at the end of the month.

January 1976
In January 1976, the virus reached its peak of 114 cases in the hotel before cases started dropping. Extensive shots of bleach were dumped into the air ducts, which eventually stopped the virus.

After extensive quarantine measures and cleaning protocols, the virus started fading, with only 87 the next month.

March 1976
In March 1976, the virus was quickly contained and further analysis concluded that TL-PARV was immune to many treatments that work well with flu and common cold viruses, and hand sanitizer was not effective on TL-PARV, the virus that caused ATBW Flu. Only 52 cases were left in March of 1976.

On March 5, 1976, the studio's hospital became the virus's new treatment spot while the hotel remained the same for quarantining infected patients.

April 1976
The last case ever reported was on April 4, 1976 before the virus was permanently eradicated. The TL-PARV strain responsible for the cause of ATBW Flu had been extinct ever since it was defeated in April of 1976.

Response
The TL-PARV parvovirus that caused ATBW Flu was not considered a threat by Eric Langile Jr. who was mayor of ATBW City at the time since the virus could not spread without symptoms beforehand and the virus was only capable of infecting one at a time, which made it very easy to contain and eventually eradicate. The virus had stayed isolated to the Thomas Langile Hotel and was mainly spread through it's air conditioner system supposedly from a bat. Because medicine, soap and hand sanitizer were not effective on TL-PARV, strict quarantine was placed on the hotel while the rest of the studio was open. Those that recovered were moved to a different hotel to avoid further exposure.

Everyone in the studio lot was still allowed to drive or walk directly past the hotel building as transmission near the hotel outside was very low, but no one was allowed in the hotel and no one in the hotel was allowed out. Since it was easy to tell if someone had ATBW Flu due to it's unusual symptoms and that it was only spread by direct contact, those that recovered or tested negative were allowed to continue. A temporary TV station was set up in response to the outbreak and informing everyone that if they had any symptoms then they would need to quarantine themselves right away. This TV station was dismantled after the virus was eradicated.