There is no perfect virus but I think my version would be unique with several different qualities. For starters, it would be names the ADS virus. This virus would be named after me. The virus I would create would be a RNA virus due to the high level of mutation that is available. This virus would be super deadly. This virus would present infected induvial with multiple symptoms including: fever, vomiting, redness of the eyes, and many other symptoms that depend on the case. This virus would be difficult to identify in humans. This virus has the ability to stay dormant in an induvial for three months before showing up.
This virus would have originated in the United States and the origin would be from bats. Bats have the ability to infect at a rapid rate. Bats travel in the thousands and can cover large areas of land at a time. Since bats use the restroom wherever they go, it would be easy for them to contaminate the things we eat. Quammen discusses the for-RNA viruses to” reside in the body for longer stretches of time” (Quammen 310). The ability to stay in the body a long time would prolong the symptoms, make it hard to identify the ADS virus. This virus would cause a slow and painful death. Individuals would basically have a fever and nausea where the body practically overheats. It is imperative that the infected individual got treated immediately. Since the virus can be spread from person to person through bodily fluids, infected individuals would need to be kept in contained environments. The host would need to be contained but death is inevitable for patients with ADS virus due to the lack of research on it. In order to stop the spread, we would need to restrict travel and increase precautions on the spread.
Quammen, David. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic. W.W. Norton, 2013.