The earliest record of the Spanish flu was at Fenson Barracks in Kansas, USA, where a soldier in the barracks suffered from fever, sore throat and headache before lunch on March 11, 1918, and went to the army hospital, where doctors thought he had a common cold.

However, what happened next was unexpected: by noon, more than 100 soldiers were showing similar symptoms. A few days later, by the weekend, there were already more than 500 "cold" patients in the barracks.

Soon it spread to three cities, including Detroit, and quickly began to spread, entering Europe in April through a patient carrying the virus, and then spreading rapidly.

In June, the flu entered Bulgaria, and Ferdinand declared martial law throughout the country, starting a nationwide epidemic prevention and control.

In order to do a good job in epidemic prevention, the Ministry of Health has mandated health regulations, as follows:

1. Anyone must take a hot bath at least twice a week, and boil the water first, wait for the water to cool down naturally before use, and it is forbidden to use cold water for bathing;

2. Therefore, edible water must be boiled, and it is forbidden to drink raw water;

3. Wash hands with disinfectant before meals, and factories and enterprises must install faucets;

4. Disinfect in public places every day, and insecticide in all residential areas, mainly mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, etc.;

5. Pet isolation, close contact with animals is prohibited, feeding must be kept at a distance, and the government organizes people to hunt and kill animals that wander into the city;

6. The government distributes masks free of charge, and everyone must wear them in public;

7. All schools are closed, and before the end of the epidemic, no one is allowed to enter and exit without authorization, and all the increased expenses will be borne by the government;

8. Factories and enterprises must organize comprehensive disinfection once a month and establish a disease isolation room;

9. Temporarily close some entertainment venues, and it is recommended that everyone go out less if they have nothing to do;

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Comprehensive epidemic prevention, this is the first time for the Bulgarian Ministry of Health, everyone has no experience, in order to control the epidemic, naturally how strict it is.

Bulgaria seems to have returned to the world war again, everything has become serious, even more serious, and even the colorful entertainment life has been cut across the board.

Not only is the country under martial law, but even the royal palace is no exception, and the virus does not recognize people, how terrible the Spanish flu is, but Ferdinand knows, how can he not pay attention to it?

It is even stricter, everyone in the palace has to be examined by a doctor every day, and if any symptoms occur, they can be declared on leave, at least until the epidemic is over, and they will not be allowed to go to work.

Konstantinfi was very unaccustomed to stepping into the palace, and was greeted by a pungent smell of disinfectant water, and he frowned and accepted the doctor's examination before being put into the palace.

Yes, he thinks that the Bulgarian government is making too much of a fuss now, that although the flu has broken out, there has been no mass death, and like most people, Konstantin thinks that it is just a common viral cold.

Of course, the common viral cold in this era also kills people, but most of the young and strong can resist it, and the mortality rate of the old and weak is higher.

Originally, Konstantin wanted to persuade Ferdinand to lift martial law across the country, but now the epidemic prevention work has seriously hindered the normal operation of the Bulgarian economy, many projects have been forced to be terminated, factories have been banned from working overtime, and shopping malls are in a depression.

However, after seeing the posture in the palace, he realized that the king attached more importance to this epidemic than he imagined, no matter how strict the outside guard, no one would restrict him, the prime minister, from traveling!

But when he got here, he was first examined by the doctor before entering the palace, and then he was forced to ask for a change of clothes, and the attendant's explanation was: the clothes may carry the virus, for the safety of the king, please ask the prime minister to change into safer clothes!

Konstantin was a little speechless, okay the king is the king, this pride is not comparable to others, everyone must change their sterilized clothes when they enter the palace.

This is not only them, but also the guards who come and go every day, and the personnel responsible for transporting supplies, each of them is given one set every day.

Konstantin didn't think that these clothes would be taken back, or reused many times, the king's face must not be lost, and the cost of tens of thousands of leva a day alone was indispensable!

Looking at the autumn of the wood, and seeing the posture in the palace, he knew that the matter was big, and now the epidemic has not appeared in Sofia?

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With a depressed mood, Konstantin met Ferdinand who was drinking tea, both of them were wearing masks, and the picture was so comedic.

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Konstantin asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty, are you making too much of a fuss?" Isn't this the Middle Ages, when the Black Death spread, with such fanfare?

Although the flu spread widely, it is not very harmful to the human body, and now the whole of Europe is talking about our epidemic prevention work, this ......"

Ferdinand interrupted, "Are we laughing stock again?" ”

Konstantin nodded, although the Bulgarian government has not been ridiculed by the outside world once or twice, but unlike before, most of the previous practices of the Bulgarian government have been proven to be correct!

And the current situation, at least Konstantin himself has not yet discovered, what is the reason for this!

Ferdinand smiled and said, "Let them laugh first, and then when they cry in the future!"

If we don't take action in time, I'm afraid that the death toll from this pandemic may not be less than the death toll from the Black Death in the Middle Ages! ”

Konstantin's face changed greatly, as a pure European, he had not heard much about the famous "Black Death", which alone caused the death of one-third of Europeans at that time, and European civilization directly regressed for a hundred years, which is enough to make anyone fearful!

"Your Majesty, isn't this too exaggerated? If it was the Black Death, there would have been a large number of deaths by now? However, there are many places in the world where influenza has broken out, and a large number of patients have not died. Konstantin asked, confused

Ferdinand sighed, and then explained: "Some biological experts told me that this time the influenza virus is mutating, in Darwin's words, the virus is evolving, and at present it is only highly transmissible, once it combines with other highly lethal viruses, it is very likely to evolve again - the Black Death!" ”

Konstantin can't wait to slap himself in the face now, it's not good to take an example, he wants to talk about the Black Death, this time it's really here!

Although this is only a possibility, it must also be taken seriously, otherwise when the possibility becomes a reality, everyone will be ready to cry!

Seeing Konstantin's expression, Ferdinand knew that he was frightened, and it is estimated that any normal European would also be frightened when he heard that "the Black Death is coming again"!

Ferdinand comforted: "Don't be so nervous, it's just a possibility, and the worst guess!"

With our current level of medical care, the Black Death is not completely hopeless, and most of the patients are curable. If you are worried, you can also check the information, the Black Death also happened in the East, and they were contained, and the destructive power is much less than we imagined!

This flu is only a smallpox at most, and it has not yet reached the level of destroying human civilization! ”

Well, forgive Ferdinand's ignorance, smallpox did not cause as many casualties as the Black Death, but its influence in European history was not small at all, and it directly caused the end of the Eastern Roman Empire!

So, he thinks he gave an example of fewer deaths, but the impact on Konstantin is still huge!

Whether it is smallpox or the Black Death, it is the existence that can easily destroy an empire, and this "great flu" is actually far from reaching this level, after all, the mortality rate of 5% and the mortality rate of almost 100% are two completely different concepts!

After a while, Konstantin recovered from the shock and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, I understand, even if there is only a one in 10,000 chance of this situation, we can't take the risk, please rest assured that the cabinet will urge the government to do a good job in epidemic prevention!" ”

For Konstantin, who had already achieved fame, any adventure could become a fatal stain on his life, and he would have led the Bulgarian government to this point, and his historical status was no lower than that of Bismarck!

He was even more successful, because Germany was completely crippled, and Bulgaria continued to grow, and by the time he returned to the field, Bulgaria was already the number one industrial power in Europe.

Even the first power in Europe is quite possible, which makes it convenient for Bulgaria and Prussia to have similarities, both are warlike countries, and the combat effectiveness of the army is the strongest wave!

No other factor can destroy this country, but the "virus" is an exception, and history has taught him how vulnerable humanity is in the face of disease.

Therefore, the epidemic prevention work must be done well, and even he feels that the current epidemic prevention work is not strict enough and needs to be strengthened!

If the worst doesn't happen, then the best thing is to waste some human, material and financial resources, which are within the scope of the Bulgarian government.

At most, it has been criticized by the outside world for excessive epidemic prevention, anyway, for such a highly transmissible disease, the government should strengthen the epidemic prevention work, for the sake of the lives and safety of the general public, and it is also politically correct!

If it had happened, Bulgaria, which had been prepared for a long time, could also minimize its losses and even take this opportunity to surpass the other powers!

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After returning to the cabinet, Konstantin convened a cabinet meeting in the name of the prime minister, seriously emphasized the epidemic prevention work, and gave a hilarious order in a very humorous way - declare war on the rats!

Content: Rats are the dirtiest creatures in the world and humanity's worst enemies, and they don't have the right to live under the same sky as us!

Now on behalf of the Bulgarian government, I have officially declared war on the rats, all citizens of Bulgaria, please take up the weapons in your hands, take out our enemies, and make this world a better place!

Well, the aftermath of the Black Death, who let it be rats that spread the Black Death back then? In order to prevent the slightest problem, Konstantin decided to kill the rats first, anyway, no one can cry out for the rats in this era!

This can be regarded as a condiment in the tense life of Bulgaria in 1918, and then a variety of methods of rodent extermination were staged in Bulgaria, such as medicine, pressure, stuck, close, clamp, turn, irrigation, digging, sticking and shooting!

It can really be said that everyone shouts and fights rats crossing the street, and the rats disappear from the sight of the Bulgarian people in the shortest possible time, of course, this is only for a short time.

In an era of rat poison and rat exterminators everywhere, rats were really boring, and the rats had to make a strategic shift, leaving the city and turning to the mountains where the enemy's strength was weak to resist it!

In September, Bulgaria, which had been under martial law for more than three months, finally received an accurate official answer after the people waited for it.

For the first time, the Bulgarian Ministry of Health has published the "Letter to the Bulgarian People" on the epidemic and issued disease warnings to countries around the world:

It is a pity that there has been another outbreak of large-scale transmitted diseases in human history, and now the Ministry of Health once again reminds you to do a good job of epidemic prevention, although our medicine is already very advanced, but we are still very vulnerable in the face of diseases.

After the research of our biologists and medical scientists, it was found that this flu is not the common viral cold of the past, and there is a virus that is more destructive to the human body hidden behind the flu!

At present, the virus is still in the incubation period, and since there is no outbreak yet, we cannot clearly say what kind of impact it will cause after the outbreak, in short, the result will definitely be catastrophic!

In addition, biologists have also found that the virus is still recombining in the process of transmission, and each recombination is an increase in virulence and infectivity, which also means that this virus is not unique, and we have no way to develop a specific drug in the short term.

The symptoms of the infection are mainly high fever, cough, runny nose, myalgia, etc., most of which are accompanied by severe pneumonia, and in severe cases, death is caused by heart, kidney and other organ failure, and the mortality rate is very high.

Now we are here to call on medical research institutions around the world to join this research in order to develop drugs that can cure this virus as soon as possible and contribute to the survival of mankind!

At the same time, we also warn governments to be prepared to prevent the outbreak of the virus from having catastrophic consequences!

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Bulgarian scientists are not dry food, and at Ferdinand's strong request, considerable results have been achieved in the past few months, but there is no special medicine!

Everyone's virus is almost exactly the same, and the development of a special drug in this context is completely a dream, so Ferdinand simply chose to make the news public.

As for whether European and American countries can develop vaccines or drugs to cure the virus, scientists have clearly told him that there is no such thing as a cure for the virus at the current level of science and technology!

If only a cure is developed for a certain patient, they can do it now, but the drug that is suitable for curing most people is still a difficult hurdle that cannot be overcome!

Ferdinand was neither a virgin nor a butcher, and after the epidemic was made public, he was no longer in the association!

This kind of thing is just a matter of resignation, if someone believes it, believe it, forget it if you don't believe it, anyway, the climax of death is coming soon, and now you have actually missed the best time to defend yourself!