diff --git a/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/base.dm b/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/base.dm
index 98908388dcfb..e42fec75ce8f 100644
--- a/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/base.dm
+++ b/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/base.dm
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 		return FALSE
 	host_symptom.run_effect(host_disease.affected_mob, host_disease)
 	COOLDOWN_START(src, host_cooldown, cooldown_time)
+	return TRUE
 
 /datum/symptom_varient/proc/Copy(datum/symptom/new_symp)
 	return new type(new_symp)
diff --git a/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/bluespace.dm b/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/bluespace.dm
index 1535df0d293e..e4f302d75da0 100644
--- a/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/bluespace.dm
+++ b/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/bluespace.dm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(bluespace_varient_list, list())
+GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY_TYPED(bluespace_varient_list, /datum/symptom_varient/bluespace)
 
 /datum/symptom_varient/bluespace
 	name = "Quantumly Entangled"
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(bluespace_varient_list, list())
 	var/bluespace_id = 0
 	var/static/last_bluespace_id = 0
 
-/datum/symptom_varient/bluespace/New(datum/symptom/host)
+/datum/symptom_varient/bluespace/New(datum/symptom/host, bluespace_id)
 	. = ..()
 	GLOB.bluespace_varient_list += src
-	last_bluespace_id++
-	bluespace_id = last_bluespace_id
+	if(isnull(bluespace_id))
+		bluespace_id = last_bluespace_id++
+	src.bluespace_id = bluespace_id
 
 /datum/symptom_varient/bluespace/Destroy(force)
 	GLOB.bluespace_varient_list -= src
@@ -24,15 +25,11 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(bluespace_varient_list, list())
 	. = ..()
 	RegisterSignal(host_symptom, COMSIG_SYMPTOM_TRIGGER, PROC_REF(propagate))
 
-/datum/symptom_varient/bluespace/proc/propagate()
-	for(var/datum/symptom_varient/bluespace/bluespace as anything in GLOB.bluespace_varient_list)
-		if(bluespace_id != bluespace.bluespace_id)
-			continue
-		COOLDOWN_START(bluespace, host_cooldown, cooldown_time)
+/datum/symptom_varient/bluespace/Copy(datum/symptom/new_symp)
+	return new /datum/symptom_varient/bluespace(new_symp, bluespace_id)
 
+/datum/symptom_varient/bluespace/proc/propagate()
 	for(var/datum/symptom_varient/bluespace/bluespace as anything in GLOB.bluespace_varient_list)
-		if(bluespace_id != bluespace.bluespace_id)
-			continue
-		if(!bluespace.host_disease)
+		if(QDELETED(bluespace) || bluespace_id != bluespace.bluespace_id)
 			continue
-		bluespace.host_symptom.run_effect(bluespace.host_disease.return_parent(), bluespace.host_disease)
+		bluespace.trigger_symptom()
diff --git a/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/recursive.dm b/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/recursive.dm
index 530f46aef0ab..8964be62b117 100644
--- a/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/recursive.dm
+++ b/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symptom_varients/recursive.dm
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@
 	UnregisterSignal(host_symptom, COMSIG_SYMPTOM_TRIGGER)
 
 /datum/symptom_varient/recursive/proc/start_chain()
-	trigger_symptom()
-
-	addtimer(CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(trigger)), 2 SECONDS)
-	addtimer(CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(trigger)), 4 SECONDS)
+	if(trigger_symptom())
+		addtimer(CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(trigger)), 2 SECONDS, TIMER_DELETE_ME)
+		addtimer(CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(trigger)), 4 SECONDS, TIMER_DELETE_ME)
 
 /datum/symptom_varient/recursive/proc/trigger()
 	host_symptom.run_effect(host_disease.affected_mob, host_disease)
diff --git a/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symtoms/_symptom.dm b/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symtoms/_symptom.dm
index 23764bd1bc00..6cde395c57e4 100644
--- a/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symtoms/_symptom.dm
+++ b/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symtoms/_symptom.dm
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 	var/datum/symptom_varient/attached_varient
 		// This is our attached varient used for updating desc and Symptom copy code.
 
+/datum/symptom/Destroy(force)
+	QDEL_NULL(attached_varient)
+	return ..()
 
 /datum/symptom/proc/minormutate()
 	if (prob(20))
diff --git a/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symtoms/helpful/plasma_heal.dm b/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symtoms/helpful/plasma_heal.dm
index e03d47862812..66ac164d47b3 100644
--- a/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symtoms/helpful/plasma_heal.dm
+++ b/monkestation/code/modules/virology/disease/symtoms/helpful/plasma_heal.dm
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 
 /datum/symptom/plasma_heal/first_activate(mob/living/carbon/mob, datum/disease/advanced/disease)
 	. = ..()
+	if(!HAS_TRAIT(mob, TRAIT_PLASMA_LOVER_METABOLISM))
+		to_chat(mob, span_notice("You suddenly love plasma."))
 	ADD_TRAIT(mob, TRAIT_PLASMA_LOVER_METABOLISM, type)
-	to_chat(mob, span_notice("You suddenly love plasma."))
 
 /datum/symptom/plasma_heal/side_effect(mob/living/mob)
 	. = ..()