201 The threat of viruses
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Instead of watching the video with people, I arranged for the SDF to get up early tomorrow morning and go to the hospital again, and then to the port again. The materials and oil we brought back were naturally unloaded and stored by Uncle Biao, and I went to the hospital to see how Marjora and Powell were doing.
In the isolation ward, I saw that Marjora was not a big problem, although she still had a snot and a little pain in her throat, but her spirit was okay, and it seemed that she could just take some Chinese medicine. This time, we hauled back two containers of traditional Chinese medicine from the port to ensure that there was no problem with the medication.
Powell was not the same, still feverish and listless. I asked if I had given him antibiotics, and the answer was no, because I couldn't take the medicine because I couldn't do the test. The doctor told me a whole lot about the dangers of overusing antibiotics. Fack, I know all of this, but now we need every fighter, and we're racing for time! So I started playing scoundrels, telling the doctors that if Powell couldn't go out in three days, then I would take them alone to go on a mission with me every day. Eventually, someone finally compromised and injected Powell with ampicillin.
When I went out, I saw Tony's dog still lying in the doorway, so I casually asked, "Why are these dogs here?" Who brought them? ”
One doctor said, "Their owner has a cold, too, in the next room." ”
In order to show my concern for the newcomer, I walked into the next room, and who knew that the first thing I saw was Jassim, who also had an ice pack on his head to cool down, and it seemed that he was also having a fever. Tony, who is lying on the bed inside, also looks like a bear, but there is no ice pack on his forehead.
A few people who came back from the virus lab were sick! This made me feel bad in my heart, and I hurriedly asked, "Did that Wang Wen also catch a cold?" ”
The doctor who followed me thought about it and said, "Yes." However, he insisted on taking Chinese medicine, and the symptoms were very mild, and there would be no problems until his wound healed. ”
Sure enough, they all caught a cold! I asked the doctor to call their director, then closed the door and sat on the edge of Jassim's bed and whispered to him, "Jassim, you don't have any ideas about how many of us came back from the lab at the same time?" You know, I can't remember how many years I haven't had a cold. ”
Jassim struggled to sit up and coughed twice before he said carefully, "I understand what you said." I thought about it too, but I didn't dare tell anyone. There were some cold viruses in that lab, and maybe some damn guy left the lab because he didn't finish the experiment and didn't destroy the virus, and we didn't come out with strict decontamination, so we probably got infected. ”
I was so angry that I couldn't help but grab his arm: "So we brought a biological weapon here?!" We will destroy this city! ”
Tony was so frightened that he looked over to this side.
Jassim hurriedly raised his hand to signal my composure, coughed for a while and said, "It's not as serious as you think. Professor Webb may be exaggerating because he is afraid that you will not go. While it is true that there are a lot of highly pathogenic bacteria and viruses in that lab, they are really not up to the weapon level. This lab doesn't have that high level of authorization yet. ”
Even Professor Webb lied? I couldn't believe it and couldn't help frowning. Jassim continued: "The laboratories that develop biological weapons are manned by the military. The lab's mission is to work with more than a dozen other laboratories across the United States to provide the military with bacteria and viruses that could be found as biological weapons, and then they will study them. ”
Thinking about the fact that the security level of that lab was really not very high, I had to choose to believe Jassim's words. I asked him, "So do you know what virus we might have brought with us?" ”
"The research on cold viruses in our lab is mainly focused on avian influenza," Jassim said. Because birds can fly, there are no borders. The use of avian influenza to carry out an attack is difficult to prove, even if the victim country knows who did it. I think the virus we are carrying is very likely to be a new type of avian flu, and the symptoms are very similar. ”
Tony was terrified: "Are we going to die?" ”
Before Jassim could answer him, there was a knock on the door outside, and I opened the door to see a middle-aged Chinese man with glasses, and he said, "Hi, James, my name is Zhang Sheng." You chose me to be in charge of our medical office. ”
I was not polite to him, I just pulled him in the door, and then said to the doctor who brought him over, "You watch from the outside of the door, don't let anyone in." Then I closed the door.
Zhang Sheng hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”
I just said, "Tell me which subject you are first?" How many years have you been practicing medicine? ”
Zhang Sheng said: "I am a brain surgeon and have been doing it for more than 20 years. Any questions? ”
I said, "Okay, then you should be a very experienced doctor." And it seems that everyone elected you as the person in charge, which means that you are more prestigious. Now there is a serious problem that needs to be dealt with. We're in big trouble, and it's a matter of life and death for everyone here. ”
Zhang Sheng's attitude also became serious, indicating that he was listening. So I briefly told him what happened, and finally I said, "I suspect now that we brought some cold viruses here, and there was an influenza that affected most people right away." ”
In the process of telling this incident, I kept staring at Zhang Sheng, and saw that although his expression was getting more and more ugly, he was not too flustered, and it seemed that this person's psychological quality was still good. After I finished speaking, Jassim tried to interject again, but I once again motioned for him not to speak, and instead asked Zhang Sheng, "What do you think should be done now?" ”
Zhang Sheng frowned and said slowly, "You need to confirm whether the people who have been in contact with you have already developed the same symptoms. But this matter needs to be done in secret, otherwise it will cause panic. ”
I asked again, "What if it's confirmed?" ”
Zhang Sheng said: "Naturally, patients should be isolated, including those who have close contact with patients. At the same time, people in the community should be evacuated as much as possible. It's too crowded in the community right now. ”
I immediately interrupted him: "I'm also a student of medicine, and I understand that you are right. But you have this in peacetime, but not now. You may not have seen the street scene outside, but if you look at it, you will know that if you let the people here evacuate, they will not be able to protect each other, they will be robbed, they will starve to death, they will be killed. Where are you going to evacuate these people? It is also not practical to completely isolate the sick and may result in a lack of manpower in the community when needed. ”
Jassim was probably afraid of being abandoned, so he quickly interjected: "As far as I know, there are generally two types of viruses in the laboratory, one is highly pathogenic but not necessarily fatal because its symptoms are not necessarily fatal, and the other is extremely lethal but the pathogenicity varies greatly. You see Marjora doesn't have much of a problem, Tony is aching but has almost no fever, and James has almost no symptoms. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, I sneezed twice in a row, causing him to pause awkwardly. After I finished sneezing, he continued: "Everyone's reaction varies greatly, so I think it's a highly pathogenic virus but it's not necessarily fatal in and of itself. As long as the complications at the onset are controlled, they are not life-threatening. No need to panic too much. ”
Zhang Sheng lowered his head and didn't speak for a long time, and when he raised his head again, I knew that he had already made a judgment, but he still asked, "What do you want?" ”
I said, "First, keep it strictly confidential and not cause panic. Second, intervene early. Anyone who is found to have symptoms of a cold is given medication immediately to control the symptoms. At this time, don't tell me about the dangers of antibiotic abuse, save your life first. Don't die of a cold, otherwise it will cause panic. "Mobile phone users, please browse m. to read, a better reading experience.