Chapter 356: Searching for Germs
In the early morning, the familiar plane landed in the city of Aleppo again, this time the plane was not delivering military supplies, but was loaded with medical supplies, and after the hatch opened, people in chemical protective suits walked off the plane with large and small medical equipment.
One man found them, and soon the word spread to the hundreds, and soon people took to the streets to tell each other.
Overnight, I don't know how many relatives around me were infected with the Black Death, which is like a ray of dawn in the morning that breaks the darkness and makes people see the hope of life.
This time, Du Feng sent all the medical staff of the Hurricane, most of these people are medical personnel trained by Huafeng Group, and the rest are underground doctors who have cooperated with Yang Tianyu, although they are good at dealing with trauma, but they are absolutely unambiguous about other diseases. They had just landed and soon formed several rescue teams with several military doctors from Aleppo.
Because of the large-scale infection, almost half of the evacuations at this time have been completely reduced to purgatory on earth, for this situation Du Feng had to concentrate on the sick people, and the non-sick people were separated separately, at this time the medical staff were not enough, fortunately, Hassan sent the army to work together as soon as possible.
After quarantine, the shelter is like a labyrinth surrounded by plastic sheeting, in which medical staff shuttle, constantly rushing to the bedside with medicines.
"Captain Jiang, no, the condition can't be controlled at all. A paramedic said.
Jiang Li is the leader of the rescue team, and she has been a doctor for 30 years, and this is the first time she has participated in overseas rescue activities.
The first people to be treated were treated with streptomycin, which is also the most effective drug for the plague, but for this specific drug, the bacteria developed strong resistance.
Is sulfonamide cooperative? Jiang Li looked up and said.
"Used, didn't work. A paramedic said anxiously.
"Drip with gentamicin!" Jiang Li continued.
At this time, Jiang Li's phone rang, it was a group message, and the sender was Du Feng.
"The leaders of each group will gather at the station!" After receiving the news, Jiang Li arranged her work and walked out of the shelter.
After the discovery of the plague, Du Feng immediately made slices of mice, at first the normal plague bacillus did not attract much attention, but under the use of antibiotics, the bacteria mutated, the original normal bacteria divided, and has full resistance to antibiotics, which made Du Feng have to hold an impromptu meeting to discuss how to rescue.
Soon, the captains of all the medical teams came to Du Feng's station, and there were not many of them, so they sat in the living room of the station at will.
"Guys, there's an important thing to bring you here, and I think we've also discovered that it's Yersinia pestis, and that's fine, it's just that after the addition of antibiotics, the bacteria split and showed resistance. Du Feng said to everyone with a projection display while experimenting with a petri dish.
All the captains nodded, indeed they knew that what Du Feng said was right, the first batch of patients who were originally treated were more seriously ill after the use of antibiotics, which was also the most difficult thing.
"Boss, in fact, we don't think about it from a different angle, this fungus may be a new kind of bacteria, or it is artificially cultivated. Jiang Li said.
Hearing Jiang Li's words, Du Feng began to look at this bacterium again, yes, such antimicrobial resistance can be said to be quite perfect among bacteria. It is unlikely that it will provide such comprehensive resistance in its native state, and the bacterium is almost completely resistant to commercially available antibiotics, as is the case with ancient bacteria such as plague, which is unlikely to be able to do so and often has a significant effect after the first antibiotic injection.
"If we analyze the structure now, can we crack it and develop antimicrobial drugs?" Du Feng said to Jiang Li.
Jiang Li thought for a moment and said: "Under the current conditions, it is conservatively estimated that it will take half a month to develop antibacterial drugs, of course, if there is a disease, the prototype will be faster." ”
Du Feng knows that making a vaccine is like cracking a lockbox, if you know the prototype of the germ, it is like knowing that the number of bits and passwords of the lockbox is composed of several parts, and the cracking time will be greatly reduced. If there is no germ prototype, cracking it close to the case is like brute-forcing a code, you need to try all the digits from one to infinity, and the time it takes may not be enough for half a month.
And it is impossible to develop it in half a month, the reason why we want to rescue Aleppo is to establish the prestige of the hurricane company here, but if the famous doctor becomes a quack doctor, causing a large number of patients to be killed and injured, the hard-won opportunity will be gone, and it will even cause a large number of people to be rejected, and it is not so simple to go to Syria again.
Then there is only one option, to look for the prototype of the germ.
But where to find it?
"Virus prototype, artificial?"
Du Feng suddenly thought of the extremist organization that had been stirring up in Aleppo, the extremist group hiding in Aleppo had already attacked the arsenal some time ago, maybe the plague this time was also from them.
Whether it's a try or not, it's worth a try, and it seems that Hassan's help is needed.
Thinking of this, Du Feng had already called Hassan, and Hassan, who was in the government building at this time, immediately clicked the answer button when he saw Du Feng's phone.
"What's wrong with Brother Du?" Hassan said.
With Du Feng dealing with the epidemic, he also relaxed a little, although he was a little unbearable to use the people to force Du Feng, but when he saw the rescue team coming, he felt that it was worth it, if there was no rescue team, he would probably be forced to abandon Aleppo and evacuate.
"General Hassan, there is one thing I need your help with. Du Feng said.
"There's something I can do to help you!" Hassan said.
"I want you to help me investigate a place!" Du Feng said.
From where Wang Miao and Joseph can see, the black bar is inextricably linked with extremist organizations, and maybe even black is the base camp of extremist organizations in Aleppo!
This is a bit difficult!" said Hassan, a little embarrassed.
"What?" Du Feng was also very strange that Hassan, who was almost in power in Syria, could not do it.
"The place is special and the owner is a Sunni elder. Hassan said.
In Syria, religion sometimes has more power than politics, and sectarian relations are extremely complex,* with Sunni, Shia, Alawite (a branch of Shia), Druze, and all major denominations of Christianity except Protestantism. Sunni Arabs make up a 60 percent majority, and President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite family makes up only 12 percent of the country's population.
It is precisely because of this in this turbulent era that the government can only unite with some Sunnis if it wants to win by relying on its own faction, which makes the blind accommodation and the intent even more begin to do evil.
It's no wonder that the black bar arrogantly holds black boxing, and there is such a force behind it, which is no less than a gold medal for avoiding death!
"Okay, we'll do it, but you'll need to send troops to a place and wait. Du Feng smiled: "Don't worry, I won't be embarrassed for them." ”
"That's okay!" Hassan nodded, he had already begun to suspect a maverick black bar, but just as Du Feng thought, eighty percent of his army was Sunni, and he rushed to send troops without absolute evidence, and maybe there would be a mutiny, so he still didn't take action for a long time in order to take into account the overall situation.
Du Feng hung up the phone, he knew that Hassan couldn't help him, he was supposed to do things for him, but he couldn't help anything, so he was helpless, after all, as a country with a combination of religion and state, in a way, religion is indeed greater than power.
Your government can control the finances and the army, but don't forget that the finances are also generated by the people's taxes, and the army needs people to form it, and if there is a conflict between the government and the sect, the sect-controlled believers can form a torrent or even remove the government.