v1 disease rules

[Adm.Lee]

Did any of you ever use these? I always skipped them. There was almost always some player who couldn't make it to one of the game sessions back in the day, so I rationalized by saying that PC was sick for however long the session lasted.

I've just been reading them in more detail (as well as the fatigue rule), and I notice that the effects of being sick seem vague. There's infection, diagnosis, and recovery, but what happens when you have it? Say, Minor Disease "fever, general body pain, vomiting, discoloration." So what? In game terms, I mean. The character is unaffected beyond the GM saying, "Yeah, you feel like crap."

Recovery sets a base fatigue level, but not actually being sick.

I must be missing something (which happens to me often), can anyone help me out?