Viral depression 2019

Signs and Symptoms
People have reported symptoms of abnormal mood swings, and prolonged depression. Like COVID-19, there are severe cases, but the symptoms are far worse, which can cause the infected person to eventually commit suicide, if not treated. The Wizard's Health Council and the World Health Organization have discovered that the stages of the D-19 virus is actually split into several tiers, each containing worsening symptoms.

Symptoms are sorted into two categories, which consist of emotional and physical symptoms.

Emotional Symptoms
Excessive crying or inability to shed tears, loneliness, and depression, which will evolve to a more chronic depression later on.

Physical Symptoms
Fever (or hyperthermia), fatigue, restless sleep, soreness, voice softening.

Symptomatic Stages
There are three stages once a person shows symptoms of the virus. The Pembangunan Stage, Mentally Neutralized Stage and the Incumbentes Stage.

Phase One
The first stage is harmless, but carries a lot of emotional symptoms, and the developing of physical symptoms. This usually begins between five minutes and three months after exposure. This stage can last between one hour and up to a month.

Phase Two
The second stage is where most of the deaths are recorded. This is where symptoms are present, and the infected person will have no emotions. This is insanely hazardous and can lead to suicide, which is because parts of the brain are forced to shut down because they are overwhelmed by the neurological pathing there is. The cerebrum is also shut down, which can cause the person to not think correctly. In 2020, the CDC reported that 75% of suicides overall were committed impulsively according to the reports.

Phase Three
The third and final stage is much harmless than the MIN, but it is still more severe than the first. This is seen as the fate of the infected person. This is where the emotional symptoms become more severe, while physical symptoms diminish from the infected person. Weirdly enough, the victim will be less likely to commit suicide as one can have more control over themselves, however, the virus is contagious and this stage and can easily be spread. Teens are more likely to commit suicide in this stage.

Transmission
Some details about how the disease is spread are still being determined. The Wizard's Health Council, the WHO and CDC state that it is primarily spread during close contact and by tears from an infected person coming into contact with another (which cannot be washed away as it absorbs through the skin and touches the bloodstream). High spreading rates can be seen during funerals or perhaps even during special religious scenarios, such as accepting Christ in Christianity. They also have noted that the virus can also spread if one touches a forehead of an infected person during a fever episode. Other means of spreading may include physical contact during the Incumbentes Stage of the virus.

As of late October 2020, the CDC advises that people postpone and reschedule events such as funerals, candlelight vigils, and memorial services because of the high risk of a potential outbreak.

Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Reports have shown from the MACUSA Department of Education that 50% of Ilvermorny Students in the Class of 2020 have reported depression like symptoms, and 35% of them have tested positive. These cases, however, are rooted from impacts inflicted by the sister pandemic, COVID-19.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Cumberland County, ME)
Maine Department of Education has pointed out that Hogwarts has a higher count in the number of cases, with over 12,000 cases. The student population, said by Dumbledore is at 15,203 students as of the 2019-20 school year. 67% of those cases are Year 7 students, and Hogwarts Students who are student athletes are most affected. The cause was from Death Eater Interference with the Maine Department of Education, and ceasing in-person instruction for the remainder of the school year and the cancelling of spring sports season for all Maine High Schools, which was made on 9 April 2020.