Compared with last year, the New Year of 2003 is no different, it is still a year ago from the 25th of the lunar month to start the continuous New Year's dinner, there are relatives, friends, companies, and some cooperative units, Wang Bo's family is very busy, lack of skills, pain and happiness.

After the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, from the beginning of the first month, there are more and more spring wines, which cannot be walked and eaten. This spring wine has been eaten until the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, that is, on February 9th, Wang Bo's business mobile phone that his cousin and uncle had used when they went south to Yangcheng a year ago rang seven or eight times a day, and every time they connected it, they were all in the southern dialect and the northern tune, and the half-baked Mandarin asked him if the white vinegar and banlangen in his hand had been sold out, and if there was more, they were willing to recycle at a high price.

On the afternoon of February 9, 2003, Wang Bo took his godsister Zeng Ping, cousin Luo Yonghao, second aunt Luo Jiagui, little aunt Zhang Zhiping, his eldest uncle, second uncle, third uncle, and younger uncle, a group of nine people, arrived in Yangcheng by plane.

After arriving in Yangcheng, Wang Bo scattered all the male relatives around him, and asked them to divide into three ways to explore the current market of white vinegar and banlangen, while he and his godsister sat in the hotel and listened to the reports of relatives through mobile phones, not only the price, but also the hearts of the people in the market.

With the increase in SARS cases, especially after even medical staff began to be infected one after another, this undercurrent that was deliberately suppressed by the local authorities is finally about to be uncontrollable.

On January 22, GD Province sent an expert investigation team to Zhongshan City to investigate, and on January 23, an investigation report was issued to all health and medical units in the province, requiring relevant units to pay attention to the prevention and control of the disease.

On January 24, among the more than 100 cases of infection in a large hospital in Yangcheng, someone finally couldn't stay up and died.

In Huaxia, many things can be covered and digested slowly, and the mud on both sides is turned into a small matter, but once a person dies, the situation is different.

On February 9, the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China began to express strong concern about the epidemic originating in China's GD area, and sent an expert group led by the vice minister to Guangzhou on the afternoon of February 9 to help find the cause and guide the prevention and control work.

Since February 9, the main media in GD Province have begun to report on the epidemic that has been avoided, suppressed, and avoided talking about before. On the other side, the provincial government even held a press conference to inform the people of the whole country about the SARS epidemic situation in the GD area:

As of 3 p.m. on February 10, a total of 305 cases of infection and 5 deaths were detected. Among them, there were 105 cases of infection among medical personnel, and there was no death. Of the 305 patients, 59 have been discharged from the hospital, and those who have not yet been discharged have been effectively treated and are in stable condition. The youngest of the fatalities was a 10-year-old boy in Yangcheng and the oldest was a 59-year-old man in Foshan.

Finally, the spokesperson concluded and emphasized:

For the population base of 10 million people in Yangcheng, more than 300 people are infected is a very small percentage, and "atypical pneumonia" is only a local occurrence, and there are no new cases reported in Heyuan, Zhongshan and other cities. The spokesman also explained that the reason why the situation was not released before February was that most of the patients in Heyuan, Zhongshan and other places had recovered and improved after treatment, and did not recur after treatment, so in order to avoid causing panic among people, they chose to remain silent.

So, the conclusion is:

"SARS" is not a strong communicable disease so severe that it needs to be notified, and 305 cases is not a lot. However, in the future, in view of the current confusion and panic of public opinion, they will also announce the epidemic situation to the people in a timely manner in accordance with the "Infectious Disease Law" for "SARS".

With the official explanation and endorsement, it was originally just circulated in the streets, but the news on the Internet finally settled and was confirmed, and for a while, the people of the whole country were in an uproar and were shocked at the same time. The official wants to emphasize that "SARS" is only a local infection, and this disease is not a strong infectious disease, more than 10 million people have been infected with 305 cases, with an infection rate of 0.00003%, and only 10,000 people have three possible infections, and they have been discharged from the hospital one after another, so it is not as terrible as rumored.

But what the common people interpret from the official report is a different picture:

First of all, in view of the fact that the official Chinese report is good news and not bad news, any number released by the official will basically be fake, whether it is 305 infections or 5 deaths, these two figures, in the eyes of many people, must be very watery, not credible, maybe multiplied by ten is possible.

Secondly, even if this is a true report, it is rare that there is no fraud, but five out of 300 people die, which is also a terrible mortality rate.

The most frightening thing is that the medical personnel have been infected, and more than 100 have been infected, and according to the current mortality rate, I am afraid that there will be one or two deaths. There are only more than 300 patients in total, and more than 100 doctors and nurses who come into contact with them have been infected, and the literacy and professional knowledge of doctors and nurses in preventing infection and protecting themselves are much stronger than ordinary people.

The official circular not only failed to eradicate conspiracy theories and stop rumors, but also played the opposite role of confirming and endorsing rumors with the help of certain people who "feared great chaos in the world." For a while, the crowd was turbulent, everyone was afraid, if anyone coughed twice in public, the people around would definitely hide as fast as possible.

In such an atmosphere, from the beginning of February, the rumor that smoking white vinegar and eating banlan root can prevent and treat "SARS" appeared, and then spread rapidly from GD, the birthplace of SARS. After the official announcement and notification of the epidemic on February 10, it reached the highest (DPRK).

On February 10th, the original 6 yuan big bag of Banlangen began to grow wildly, 10 yuan, 15 yuan, 20 yuan, it is simply three rises a day, and it may not be available.

The price of white vinegar also began to rise, from 2 yuan, to 4 yuan, 6 yuan, 8 yuan, and the same as Banlan root, the same price is not in the market, and you can't buy it if you want to.

Of course, these are retail prices, and wholesale prices are certainly not so intimidating. But retail prices have gone crazy, and wholesale prices are sure to rise as well.

In his previous life, Wang Bo didn't know how much the white vinegar had risen at the highest level, he only remembered that Wei Shousong in the bedroom had spent several times the price to buy a bag for the girl he wanted to pursue by looking for a relationship.

However, that "several times" is the market of Shuangqing, and it is a month or two after the start of school. The situation of Shuangqing and GD is definitely different, Shuangqing is the big rear, and the number of infected people was below single digits during the entire SARS period, and I didn't hear of any deaths, so although many people were panicked for a while, it was just panic, and it didn't take long for them to eat hot pot, dance and dance, and drink beer. During the closure of the school, the students in the school also quickly turned their worries into joys, turned tragedies into comedies, and staged scenes that moved themselves and others.

D is the birthplace of SARS, with the most serious epidemics, the largest number of infected people, and the most unstable people's hearts. Shuangqing's banlangen will multiply several times, as the birthplace of the epidemic, this price will definitely rise.

This is why Wang Bo's "speculation" is not placed in the nearby Shuangqing and Shudu, but to run thousands of miles to GD.

Of course, there is also a part of it for safety considerations and the "inferior roots" of human nature of "rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest" and "the whole person is the whole outsider". In the face of choosing to make money from locals or outsiders, from Chinese people to money or to from foreigners, Wang Bo will undoubtedly choose the latter, but the premise is that there is a chance, you can earn it, you don't have a chance, you can't earn it if you want to, how he loves his hometown and his compatriots, it is also empty.

On February 11, when someone offered him ten times the purchase price, Wang Bo felt that the time had finally come to ship and collect the "IQ tax".

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