The Magic School Bus Gone Viral


 * Screw intro I'm lazy*

Anyways it starts with Ralphie and Carlos are walking to Walkerville Elementary School and they received a notification.

Ralphie: It saids we're getting a substitute principal because Mr. Ruhle is sick with the flu.

Carlos: Eh probably faking it. C'mon we're going to be late.


 * Once they arrived*

Ms. Frizzle: There you two are right on time.

Carlos: Do know that Mr. Ruhle is sick today. With some disease called the "flu". Why would someone name an illness the flu. It's not like he flew away.

Everyone: Carlos! *They did laugh because it's kinda funny*

Dorothy Ann: Well actually according to my research, the flu is for short "influenza". It's like the common cold but worse.

Ms. Frizzle: That's right and this has gave me a perfect idea for today's field trip. To learn about viruses

Arnold: Field trip D:>.


 * Everybody gets on the bus and heads to Mr. Ruhle's house.*

Phoebe: At my old school we never drive to our principal's house.

Ms. Frizzle: Never say never Phoebe.

Tim: So Ms. Frizzle about this virus. What is it?

Ms. Frizzle: I'm glad you asked Tim remember cells?

Dorothy Ann: Yep. The smallest unit and the building blocks of life.

Ms. Frizzle: That's right. Now here's two types of cells prokaryotic cells such as bacteria and archaea have only ribosomes and no nucleus while eukaryotic cells such a amoeba have membrane bound organelles, a nucleus and much bigger than prokaryotes. People are multicellular meaning made of billions of cells that work together and the amoeba that I mentioned is unicellular meaning made of only one cell and you need a microscope to see it.

Dorothy Ann: Wow. I didn't know that cells can be anything that is alive. But what about viruses.

Ms. Frizzle: Well they're much, much smaller than cells you need an electron microscope to see one this is helpful for them to infect you, in fact viruses are NOT cells, just like bacteria and fungi we always inhale them per second.

Ralphie: Not cells? You mean they're not actually alive?

Ms. Frizzle: If you put it that way. They they have this genetic material. But they can't replicate on their own they need a host to do it.

Keesha: So let's to the facts. In order for the virus to make it's offspring it needs to use us to make them.

Ms. Frizzle: Oh not just humans Keesha it can be plants, bacteria, anything that is alive because cells have the machinery they need in order to replicate.

Dorothy Ann: According to my research there is two cycles. The lytic cycle and the lysogenic cycle.

Ms. Frizzle: Yep during the lytic cycle is when the virus inserts it's genetic material into the cell and forces them to make more viruses until the entire cell is infected and then the viruses lyse out of the cell to go infect other cells.

Tim: What about the lysogenic cycle?

Ms. Frizzle: During the lysogenic cycle the virus does the same thing at the beginning but this time it's DNA stays hidden when the cell makes a new cell it replicates it's own DNA and the virus's DNA it keeps passing down to the daughter cells until environmental stimulus triggers to the lytic cycle.


 * They arrived at Mr. Ruhle's he house and he is coughing and sneezing and they shrink small enough to get inside of his body*

Ralphie: Is it just me or is it getting hot in here?

Ms. Frizzle: Well that's what happens when you get sick your body temperature rises. A influenza virus infects the respiratory system.

Keesha: I wonder if it's lytic or lysogenic.

Ms. Frizzle: Only one way to find out there's a virus right now.


 * The virus inserts it's genetic material into the cell, the cell quickly becomes infected and new viruses bursts out of the cell to infect more cells*

Everyone: It's lytic!

Carlos: Wait just a minute didn't he take his medicine.

Ms. Frizzle: Antibiotics treat bacterial infections such as strep throat and anti-fungal creams treat fungal diseases such as ringworm. But none of these help treat viruses as they have no affect on them there are medications that can help with the symptoms it takes days or weeks to get better. But some viral diseases such as AIDS are complicated. But don't worry the flu our dear principal currently has usually goes away but sometimes it can be serious. That's why we have vaccines to stop those viruses. Not all viruses are bad though they can be helpful such as gene therapy.


 * They got out of his body, return to normal size and returned to the school*

Phoebe: Poor Mr. Ruhle's I know how it feels to have the flu like that it's not pleasing to be honest.

Dorothy Ann: Don't worry Phoebe he will be better soon.

Ms. Frizzle: *She came in with blank pieces of paper and art supplies* The art teacher thought we could make get well cards and mail them to him.

Ralphie: Well at least we won't catch his flu it is contagious.

Phoebe: Well that's so generous. Of her.


 * Everybody made get well cards for Mr. Ruhle and sent them to him in the mail*

The end.