diff --git a/Content.Server/Disease/DiseaseSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Disease/DiseaseSystem.cs
index f55ee6b03da5..98d85a4347f6 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Disease/DiseaseSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Disease/DiseaseSystem.cs
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ public override void Update(float frameTime)
                     {
                         foreach (var effect in disease.Effects)
                         {
-                            if (_random.Prob(effect.Probability))
+                            if (disease.DiseaseSeverity <= effect.MaxSeverity
+                                && disease.DiseaseSeverity >= effect.MinSeverity
+                                && _random.Prob(effect.Probability))
                                 effect.Effect(args);
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/Content.Server/Disease/Effects/DiseaseAddComp.cs b/Content.Server/Disease/Effects/DiseaseAddComp.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0746d03071e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.Server/Disease/Effects/DiseaseAddComp.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Content.Shared.Disease;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+
+namespace Content.Server.Disease.Effects;
+
+[UsedImplicitly]
+public sealed class DiseaseAddComp : DiseaseEffect
+{
+    [DataField("comp")]
+    public string? Comp = null;
+    public override void Effect(DiseaseEffectArgs args)
+    {
+        if (Comp == null) return;
+
+        EntityUid uid = args.DiseasedEntity;
+        Component newComponent = (Component) IoCManager.Resolve<IComponentFactory>().GetComponent(Comp);
+        newComponent.Owner = uid;
+
+        if (!args.EntityManager.HasComponent(uid, newComponent.GetType()))
+            args.EntityManager.AddComponent(uid, newComponent);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Disease/DiseaseEffect.cs b/Content.Shared/Disease/DiseaseEffect.cs
index bc40bfc978c1..63e5556a54dd 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Disease/DiseaseEffect.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Disease/DiseaseEffect.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using Robust.Shared.Utility;
 
 namespace Content.Shared.Disease
 {
@@ -15,6 +16,38 @@ public abstract class DiseaseEffect
         /// What effect the disease will have.
         /// </summary>
         public abstract void Effect(DiseaseEffectArgs args);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// What is the minimal severity needed for this effect to occur?
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataField("minSeverity")]
+        public float MinSeverity
+        {
+            get => _minSeverity;
+            set
+            {
+                DebugTools.Assert(value > 1f || value < 0f ,"MinSeverity have been attempted to be set out of range");
+                _minSeverity = Math.Clamp(value, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private float _minSeverity = 0.0f;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// What is the maximum severity that this effect can occur?
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataField("maxSeverity")]
+        public float MaxSeverity
+        {
+            get => _maxSeverity;
+            set
+            {
+                DebugTools.Assert(value > 1f || value < 0f ,"MaxSeverity have been attempted to be set out of range");
+                _maxSeverity = Math.Clamp(value, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private float _maxSeverity = 1.0f;
     }
     /// <summary>
     /// What you have to work with in any disease effect/cure.
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Disease/DiseasePrototype.cs b/Content.Shared/Disease/DiseasePrototype.cs
index c846f563430e..daea932c483b 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Disease/DiseasePrototype.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Disease/DiseasePrototype.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ public sealed class DiseasePrototype : IPrototype, IInheritingPrototype
         /// it needs something to control its tickrate
         /// </summary>
         public float Accumulator = 0f;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This controls the progression of the disease, used to stage disease effects
+        /// </summary>
+        [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite)]
+        public float DiseaseSeverity
+        {
+            get => _diseaseServerity;
+            set => _diseaseServerity = Math.Clamp(value, 0f, 1f);
+        }
+        private float _diseaseServerity = 0f;
         /// <summary>
         /// List of effects the disease has that will
         /// run every second (by default anyway)