Chapter 23: Dr. Xing (14)
I looked back in astonishment and saw a small man standing in the doorway. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info His light is very funny: his shoulders are slipped, his belly is round, even his head is oval, and the outline looks like a big potato.
Mr. Potato stood patiently in front of me. Of course, the door in front of him shouldn't have been wide open like this. He carried a briefcase in his hand and a large square satchel on his shoulder, which pressed him to the side. He waited a little longer, glanced down at his watch, and then turned and walked outside.
At this moment, I saw Dr. Xing's familiar tall and thin figure walking down the path. As soon as he saw him, he immediately quickened his pace, "Hey, who is this?" β
"Mr. Xing Shiming?"
"Well, yes, yes."
"Hello, I'm Sun Bo from the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention." The man nodded politely, but did not shake his hand.
As soon as he heard that he was from the CDC, Dr. Xing was very happy and hurriedly invited him into the house to sit. "It's the leader from the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, come on, come on, sit inside."
"Heck, I'm not a leader." The man politely walked into the room with him, trying to look taller with his satchel.
Two lights came to the living room, "Come on, come on, please sit, please sit." Doctor Xing hurriedly beckoned him to sit, "What do you drink, water, tea?" β
"Oh, no, I'll bring my own." The man waved his hand, "I just wanted to learn from you about the situation in the village." You said you suspect that there is a flu epidemic in the village, right? β
"yes." Dr. Xing immediately sat down, "I found that several of them had the same symptoms, colds, headaches, etc. β
"Does anyone have symptoms of fever? Or is it fainting, vomiting, etc.? The man took out a small notebook and wrote it down carefully.
Doctor Xing thought for a moment and shook his head, "Not yet." β
The man didn't say anything, and continued to record carefully.
"Oh, it's easy for the leaders of the CDC to come." Dr. Xing rubbed his hands, "Look, can you help us see what the problem is, and whether it's serious or not?" β
"Oh." There is something wrong with the man's tone as soon as he hears it. I subconsciously held my breath and waited for bad news from him. "That, what. I wasn't sent by the CDC. The man explained: "It should be said that the CDC has not officially confirmed that the outbreak of influenza in your village is a flu epidemic. Because after all, it's just a cold, and it's been changing recently..."He pondered the words for a moment and continued, "I am, let's take a look first." If there is really any problem, I will definitely help you tell the leaders and help Wangxing Village take the necessary preventive measures as soon as possible. β
Doctor Xing didn't seem to understand what he meant, and sat there in a daze for a while: "Oh, oh." I see. The disappointment in his tone could not be concealed.
"Then why do you think it's a flu outbreak?" The man continued.
"Because I've noticed that several people are having similar symptoms." I noticed that he spoke in a slightly hesitant and low tone. I'm afraid he also understands that he actually paid attention to these issues when Cen Xiao reminded him. For a person like him who cares about his status as a "doctor", I am afraid it is difficult to admit that others have discovered problems before him in the area where he should be professional. "And I don't think it's a cold, because colds don't always have nosebleeds, or bleeds on the skin, or anything like that."
"Hmm." Mr. Potato nodded, noncommittal. Perhaps it was his salty tone that made Dr. Xing feel the pressure, and hurriedly added: "However, my diagnosis may not be accurate. Do you think... What the hell is this? β
"It's hard to say right now, so there are no obvious indicator symptoms." The other party shook his head, "It's really hard to say that this situation is like this, because it could also be a seasonal cold or something." I just didn't worry about your bleeding symptoms, so I came to take a look. β
"Hey, hey, thank you." Dr. Xing stood up as he spoke: "Come, I have a detailed medical record here, and I'll show it to you." β
"Oh, okay, okay." Mr. Tudou also quickly stood up, "Also, I need to take a blood sample from a suspected patient and bring it back to the CDC for testing." β
"No problem." Lao Xing said as he hurriedly walked out. "My medical records are in my clinic, you come with meβ" he said, and the light faded as he faded into the open doorway along with Mr. Potato's.
At this moment, I really want to follow them and see where these two people have gone and what they have done. But I know that in this village, these lights do not appear in a linear order. In case I missed something, I decided to go back and take a closer look at Dr. Xing's bedroom.
Dr. Xing's bedroom was as modest as the rest of his home, with the only slightly ornate being the double bed with a thick wooden panel carved with patterns. There is a table lamp on the bedside table, and there is a photo of Dr. Xing and his wife, two people leaning on their heads, a wedding photo with the characteristics of the times.
What I was most interested in was his bedside table, which was opened to reveal a copy of the magazine, "2016 Latest Epidemic Infectious Disease Report", with a little dark brown blood stained on it. And in the garbage basket next to his bed, there were also several balls of bloody facial tissues. It seems that he was also infected and showed the same symptoms as the other villagers.
Although I am not a medical expert, I am most suspicious of the possibility of common infectious diseases such as influenza for the symptoms of the villagers in Wangxing Village. Headaches, nosebleeds, blurred vision, these are all symptoms of contamination with radioactive material. But I can't explain why it's "contagious", maybe the radiation source moves, maybe it's not the reason at all, or something else.
It reminds me of an interview I once read about Chernobyl, in which one of the residents of the evacuation zone said, "What does radiation look like?" Maybe it's in the movie. Have you seen it? Isn't it white? Or some other color? Some people say that radiation is colorless and tasteless, while others say that it is as black as earth. But if radiation doesn't have color, isn't it like God? God is omnipresent, but you can't see it. They scare us! In the garden apples hung down, the trees had leaves, and there were potatoes in the fields. I don't think there is Chernobyl, they made it up to lie to us. My sister left with her husband and moved about twenty kilometres from here, where they lived for two months, and the neighbors came to them and said, 'Your cattle have transmitted radiation to my cattle!' My ox fell to the ground. ''How is it contagious?'' ''Through the air, radiation flies like dust.'' 'It's like a myth! A bunch of myths (note 1). "Even if this substance is not radioactive, it is not radiation, but it is just as terrifying as Chernobyl, because it is invisible, it is incomprehensible to human beings. People naturally run away from things they can't see and can't understand.
At this moment, my walkie-talkie received another radio wave that I could not see but could hear: "Little deer, little deer, what you heard, hurry up and go back to your house, something is wrong." β