Chapter 16 Oak Blue City
Everywhere Ebola went, people were preparing for war, because advances in medicine had not allowed people to stop its onslaught.
In the absence of a specific medicine, the patient's own immune system can only be relied upon, and as long as he survives for seven days, he can survive.
Fortunately, with the development of medicine, it is not impossible to do anything, at least to give patients some support.
Giving patients the physical strength to have the opportunity to continue fighting against the disease is to greatly increase the patient's chances of survival.
With the intervention of modern medicine, patients have been given more possibilities to survive, which is a kind of progress.
If human civilization continues to develop, then modern medicine is bound to develop by leaps and bounds.
Maybe one day the once terminal illness will be broken by human beings one by one and become a piece of cake.
Of course, there are still too many problems for human beings to solve.
After all, progress cannot be a one-step ascension, it is gradual.
And the virus is always being studied.
The more I researched, the more I felt that the virus was unpredictable.
I feel that the structure of the virus with strong virulence will be relatively stable.
Then the mutation of the virus is not very strong, that is, there are fewer variants.
For example, there are now four or five known variants of the Ebola virus decades later.
In fact, Ebola was detected very late, and it is difficult to say whether there was any trace of Ebola before that.
After all, this high lethality rate directly leads to the effect of the slaughter of the village, and the people who experienced it after being slaughtered by the virus died almost the same, who remembers whether it happened or not.
With the progress of science, it was possible to see what kind of virus it was, and only then did we have a real example, identify the virus, record the time of the Ebola virus outbreak, and the Ebola virus was discovered.
In fact, the Ebola virus should have existed for a long time, but it is just a peaceful coexistence with animal hosts, and it is not known when the way to infect humans will increase, and perhaps with the development of science and technology, the answer will be found.
The most powerful thing about the Ebola virus is that it is highly deadly, so its stability is still good. The stability of the virus is very poor and it is particularly susceptible to mutation.
The most common representative of this unstable virus is the influenza virus, which occurs several times a year.
Almost everyone has been infected with the flu virus at one time or another, and many people pass without feeling it.
What is a headache for virologists is that the flu quickly mutates as it spreads.
And after this mutation process, dangdangdang! New influenza viruses are generated.
So don't think you've got antibodies after the flu.
You can do whatever you want without caring about protection.
In fact, it's easy to get the flu again.
Because when the virus mutates, it is already a new influenza virus.
The flu is not very virulent, but it causes myocarditis and other diseases, so you should pay attention to it.
It is said that the Spanish flu, which has been raging around the world for more than two years, has mutated.
This mutation has led to a skyrocketing fatality rate from one percent to ten percent.
The flu virus has caused a direct spike in the death toll, but fortunately, the most powerful thing about the flu virus is that it has a high mutation.
It is not the kind of powerful virus that combines the three highs of high lethality, high infectivity, and high variability.
If there really is a virus that combines the three highs into one, it will be a fatal blow to mankind.
And now there is no in-depth research on this rugby suit, and its characteristics are not known.
It is now known to be highly contagious, which is a big problem for humans.
If it is highly contagious, it will inevitably lead to a rapid increase in the number of patients.
Then the hospital will be overcrowded, and the various resources will be greatly reduced.
That's not good for economic development.
Ay! What to do?
David still hasn't coped well.
I hope you can come up with a plan soon.
Most of the people in the group started to contact and wanted to determine the authenticity.
caused David, who had been staring, to find that there was no movement in the group.
"David! You should know this...... What is the phone number of the city? "Someone wants to certify it.
The best thing to do is to know the corresponding phone number to find out what's going on, and he will send this question.
"The number is given to you, but I know that only landline calls can be used, and the mobile phone in Avik City can't be called, and I can't receive messages, but fortunately, it's okay to have a fixed line, and you can even fax it over, otherwise it's an island."
After a while, everyone tried it, and they couldn't connect to the mobile phone at all, only the landline, but either no one answered, or the line was busy, anyway, it was a very bad feeling, and it felt like the city was in another space.
Let everyone go back and watch the video again, and after watching it, everyone feels the silence of the city.
They also have the illusion that the city is dying, because there is no breath of human life.
"What a terrible feeling!" Someone sent out this message, and the repeater slipped behind it.
David could feel the shock because that was what he was trying to achieve.
If everyone pays attention to it, they will use various methods to stop it.
"We're running out of time." And David spoke.
Most of the people in the group didn't reply.
David thought for a moment and sent a message again.
"Again: there are quite a few people in Avik who go out to seek medical treatment."
Some of them are sick, some are not sick, but they are carrying the virus.
"So, let me tell you: the next city of Avik may be the city we are in."
David paused as he said this, and the minds of the others were directly drawn to the message.
"So you're sure someone left Avik City?" Someone asked this question, how did David know?
"Are you in Avik City, David?" He then asked, if he was there, he must make more videos for everyone to see.
"No, I'm not here, I want to say: if action is not taken, soon more people will be infected, like the citizens of the city of Avik."
Looking at the message sent by David, someone finally sent a message: "I will talk to the students in Ma Lilan City and see if there are any patients you are talking about?" ”
Since some people have expressed their position first, and they want to inquire about the other people's statements, they will inquire about some situations to see what is going on?
Most people are still a little skeptical of David's words, after all, no one has received any relevant attention virus notifications.
But thinking of David's reputation, someone found out that the closest city to Avik City was indeed the Oak Blue City mentioned by David.
Then the people of the city of Avik are most likely to go there for treatment, and someone went out of his way to call and ask the students.
It turned out that it was really the patient with that symptom who was sent to the hospital with exactly the same symptoms.
His student, White, was a doctor at a private hospital and had seen patients brought in.
The family members who brought the patients informed them that they were from the city of Avik.
People from private hospitals took the money and took the patients.
The student was taken aback when he heard the news.
I asked the doctors and nurses who treated me, and I regarded it as a normal medical treatment at all.
There is no special protection at all, which is simply too dangerous.
He thought about it for a moment and told his students to quickly isolate those patients with red rashes.
In response to his reminder, his students replied that there should be no big deal, so why be so nervous?
In fact, as a doctor, every year you will encounter some unfamiliar conditions, and now you have a little red rash.
After looking at the patient's demeanor, he did not appear sluggish, and he had no history of contact with Ebola, let alone traveled to other continents.
Then it can't be Ebola, so what is there to be afraid of? Of course, it can't be smallpox, it's an extinct virus, and there can be no strain.
Although White suspected that the disease was contagious after receiving the treatment, the alertness index in his heart was not very high, and he just asked the medical staff in charge of the patient to wear a mask, and the others did not care.
After hearing the teacher's words, he said with some curiosity: "Okay, we will pay attention, but how do you know that there will be such a patient?" ”
He was off today, didn't go to work, and didn't know what the situation was now, and he was still washing up when he talked to the teacher on the phone.
Just as the teachers and students were talking, a phone call suddenly came, and he was very surprised when he saw that it was the number of the hospital.
What's going on? Could it be that something happened in the hospital? There was a vague premonition in his heart.
Then he talked to the teacher, put down the phone, and went to answer the very familiar call.
I heard the person on the other side say in a panic, "Doctor White is not good!" Now something is wrong! ”
The voice had a kind of crying tone, which startled White, what was wrong?
"Talk well, what the hell is going on? Don't cry! ”
The person on the other side continued to cry.
"Doctor White, see what's wrong! Several patients appeared. ”
"They all have the same symptoms as the patients we admitted yesterday morning."
"What? You read that right? Are all the same symptoms? White asked.
"Yes? Dr. White, who is from our hospital, is now in bed. ”
"Dr. White! What to do? I'm scared! "The person on the other side already sensed that something was wrong.
"I'll go right away." White said he had sensed something was wrong, but as a doctor, he had to go.
After hanging up the phone, White's face tensed, and he quickly went to get dressed, and then prepared to go to the hospital to have a look.
When he was about to go out, he remembered the call from the teacher just now, and he quickly contacted the teacher because he wanted to see if there was a good way.
And the teacher Blake became shocked after receiving the news, and sure enough, as David said, will Ma Oak Blue City be the next Avik City?
"White, go see who brought the patient here? Then ask the man, about the situation in the city of Avik, will no one be able to get up? Only then did he send people to Ma Oak Blue City for treatment. ”
Dr. White was a little stunned when he heard this, what? Can't get up in the city of Avik? How did the teacher know about this? It's a rumor, right?
He calmed down and asked questions, and Blake said, "I was told that all the people who could walk in Ivek had gone to other cities to see a doctor. ”
"And the city of Quercus is the closest to the city of Avik, so I guess they came to you for treatment, and it was really good."
Blake's tone was very heavy, everything was as David said, how did it get to this point?
As David said, the virus is extremely contagious, and someone has been tricked again.
It was only a long time before the second wave of infected people began to appear.
Will there be more patients? And then more?
Dr. White wanted to curse when he heard the teacher's words.
That's a plague spreader.
It only took one day for someone to be infected.
I'm afraid that the whole city will soon fall into the virus.
Now he had to go to the guy from the city of Ivek.
"White, when you want to see them, it's best to keep your distance, well, it's about two meters."
"It's so contagious, it means that it must be able to spread in the air, and in addition to droplets, it may be able to attach to the dust in the air."
"And I doubt that this virus will be able to remain contagious for a short period of time."
"You have to wear goggles to prevent viruses like certain ones from getting into your eyes."
Blake said a lot of words in a series of words when he found out.
Let White feel from his heart the virus he is about to face.
There must be a lot of danger.
My teacher is so anxious and tells me again and again.
White already knew that the condition was highly contagious.
So now they have to take protective measures, and after writing down the key points, they start to act.
On the other side, Ling Xiao naturally didn't know David's movements, and she didn't care how the situation developed.
She is in self-isolation, and in addition to researching the virus, she has to find time to read the diary that Joe left behind.
Qiao will record a lot of work things in detail in his diary, which makes Ling Xiao feel that this person is not keeping a daily diary.
It's more like a kind of work note, or a daily plus work note, which has a lot of experimental processes and discoveries.
Ling Xiao understood this person's records, and in the process, it could be seen that Qiao was a person who was very addicted to virus research, and his diary was mainly about the difficulties he encountered at work.
Now it is almost certain that Joe is a person who only knows research, and he has a very indifferent view of things outside his body and his reputation! In fact, it is the so-called scientific research brain, as long as he is given enough space and materials, he will be happy.
????? How could it be? It seems that there is a possibility to overturn him, he is not the mastermind of this incident, of course, this is a diary in the early years, and it is not known whether it has changed later.
Ling Xiao looked down with great interest and found that a woman named Lydia appeared next to Joe, who appeared several times in the diary.
Lydia? I've seen it! Ling Xiao dug out the information given by David again, and there was indeed a woman named Lydia next to Joe.
It is said that she was Joe's lover, Joe's original classmate, and later became a lover and Lydia took special care of Joe.
Joe's food, clothing, housing and transportation are all taken care of by this Lydia, and many times she has to talk to him.
At this moment, Ling Xiao suddenly understood that in fact, some scientific wizards were like idiots in life.
Because they are so focused on research that they don't put their energy anywhere else at all.
They don't have any requirements for their lives at all, just live.
If someone comes, they can take care of all the clutter.
Then they should be easy to accept after all.
And Ling Xiao suddenly realized.
Why did Joe go to the research center?
I'm afraid that Joe doesn't care about going there to work at all.
He was just trying to find a place where he could study all the time.
As for other issues, they should not be on his radar.
And David is a relatively upright person, and he didn't think of any crooked tricks at all.
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