XXX Virus Strikes Inhabitants of xxx colony

[TheMac]

The last beta gave us the ability to more easily track natural disasters such as what one of my colonies is experiencing now, the Deka Virus - lasts 9 months. If I look at the colony info screen, I can see in red, "Ongoing events have reduced our happiness (-10)."

The only ways I know to influence medical emergencies is to have a spaceport with medical facilities and to build the Biological Workshops. The latter indicates Plague Curing +30%.

Does anyone know how the medical mechanic works, besides giving you +3 happiness for a medical facility in a local spaceport? What does +30% plague curing really mean? Is that a decrease in severity such as -7 happiness instead of -10, or is it a shorter duration? Just curious. Thanks!

Edit: It sure appears as though the ability to track disasters in our colonies has been removed in the current beta. The Deka Virus never showed up in the info bar as it did in the last beta.