Chapter 16: The Choice of Life and Death

Inscription: Jiangcheng blows the horn and the water is boundless, and the song leads to the sound of resentment and long-term thought

Xiong Jun rushed to write a news investigation report overnight, and issued an early warning from the perspective of a reporter that the spread of new crown pneumonia should be prevented in a timely manner, he listed the data of patients and inpatients in the fever clinics of a number of tertiary hospitals, disclosed the news of a number of medical staff infected with new crown pneumonia for the first time, reported that the "rumor-mongering" doctor Gan Zitong was infected with new crown pneumonia and was being rescued in the intensive care ward, and reported that infection cases have appeared in some cities and prefectures in the province. Investigative reporting criticizes and questions indifference, insensitivity, formalism, and bureaucracy. By the time he finished writing this investigative report, it was already the early morning of January 19, 2020.

He stood in front of the window, looking at the night sky of Jiangcheng, the cold moon was gone, the dark clouds were rolling, and the north wind was blowing from the buildings and streets, whirring and screaming between the treetops and window lattices. When the cold wave came, he closed the window and returned to his study to browse some local news events. Xiong Jun thought to himself that he had worked on the news front for decades, and gradually felt that the news had begun to lose some of the essence of public opinion, and as for the supervision, reminder, doubt, warning, and criticism of public opinion, there were almost no more. He was extremely dissatisfied with this phenomenon, and he found that his temperament was somewhat incompatible with the current state of the press, and sometimes even out of place.

At 5 a.m., he sent the investigative report to the deputy editor-in-chief. At eight o'clock in the morning, he received an email from the deputy editor-in-chief: Lao Xiong, you have a good manuscript! However, I don't dare to send it, I have to ask the leader! ”

Xiong Jun smiled helplessly, and replied: "I am speaking with the conscience and conscience of a reporter, if you don't dare to post this article, I will publish it on Weibo and other platforms myself, I must appeal, I should speak out as a reporter!" ”

The deputy editor-in-chief dialed Xiong Jun's phone and said: "Old Xiong, don't mess around, don't you know the current situation, say it higher, stand correctly, say it lower, reporters are a risky profession, don't poke holes." ”

Xiong Jun said: "I am ready to publicly appeal to some officials of the authorities to resign, not to be the master of the people, not to be laid off and go home to sell sweet potatoes!" What am I afraid of? It's a big deal that I don't deserve to be a reporter! ”

The deputy editor-in-chief became nervous, but his attitude remained mild: "Are you crazy? Calm down, calm down! He sent Xiong Jun an email, the content is: On March 18, there were 4 new cases of new crown pneumonia patients in the medical report, and 17 new cases of new crown pneumonia patients were confirmed in the medical report on January 19.

Xiong Jun replied: "Their report does not match the actual situation! There are dozens or hundreds of inpatients infected with the new crown virus in Fumin Hospital alone! ”

At this moment, Zhang Dawei also saw the epidemic report that day, and he felt that the number of the epidemic was not very accurate, and the reality was not like this. He was attending a clean government work conference before the Spring Festival. The meeting was attended by key leaders, and he decided to report this to the leaders present. Zhang Dawei wrote on the epidemic bulletin on the same day: I understand that the new crown pneumonia epidemic is already very serious, and it is not as reflected in the epidemic report. Please ask the leader for instructions. He signed his name, wrote the year, month and date, and handed it over to the leader who attended the meeting as a major event. He returned to his seat, noticing the leader's expression on his suggestion. He found that the leader lifted the bulletin with his finger, stayed on it for dozens of seconds, and then put the epidemic report aside, not caring about Zhang Dawei's suggestion. Zhang Dawei was a little annoyed, leader, leader, don't think I'm making a big fuss, we have more than 15 million people in the city, more than 60 million people in the province, and 1.4 billion people in China. As the leader of the ruling party, you should have the responsibility to defend the land and the people, and if you don't do it well, this is not only a matter of losing your black hat, but you are more likely to become a sinner through the ages!

After the meeting, the leader asked Zhang Dawei to stay and asked: "Your main job now is to grasp the clean government, fight corruption, and grasp the work style of cadres. ”

Zhang Dawei said to the leader: "I believe that the superiors will be extremely concerned and more vigilant than us, the problem is that we are on the front line, we are in the epicenter, we are on the front line, we have to take the initiative, now many hospital fever outpatients are doubling or even more every day, and some hospitals are about to be paralyzed!" He looked at the leader with a solemn expression.

The leader waved his hand, signaled him to stop talking, and told him: "Academician Zhong Nanshan arrived in Wuhan this evening, let's see what he says." ”

Since the leader has spoken to this extent, Zhang Dawei is speechless. But he still said the last sentence: "We must have a plan, and we should set up an emergency headquarters for epidemic prevention." ”

The leader didn't bother to listen to him anymore and strode away, he was going to a more important event.

On the same day, the harmonious community held an unprecedented banquet, some officials went to cut the ribbon to visit, and delivered speeches, TV stations, newspapers and other media interviewed and reported on the spot, connected a number of new media online live broadcast, the relevant departments also participated in the planning and promotion, fueling the fire, forming a **, more than 13,000 families participated, and the number of participants reached more than 40,000, such a huge and lively scene, becoming a beautiful and glorious scenery, the media even praised this as a traditional cultural business card. Newspapers, radio, television, social media, etc., were all filled with the flavor of Wanjia Banquet for a while. This stimulus has pushed the city's New Year's flavor to **.

The next day, the situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic took a sharp turn for the worse, and the relevant departments reported a large increase in new cases of new crown pneumonia in two days. Especially after Academician Zhong Nanshan came to Wuhan, after field research and understanding, through continuous interviews with the Central Channel, he directly confirmed that the new crown virus can be transmitted from person to person, and it has been transmitted from person to person!

Academician Zhong Nanshan spoke to the people of the whole country through CCTV, which was like a thunderbolt from the sky, shocking people, alerting people, and admonishing people. This blockbuster sound is like a heavyweight deep water **, setting off a soaring water column and monstrous waves, and people are panicked, panicked, and scared.

The voices of hundreds of millions of netizens point to a focus: Why did some people openly say that the new crown pneumonia will not be transmitted from person to person or limited to person-to-person transmission? Say the new coronavirus is preventable and controllable? Let's celebrate the New Year with peace of mind? On the contrary, Academician Zhong Nanshan said that the new coronavirus pneumonia can be transmitted from person to person, so that people in Wuhan should not go out of the city without special circumstances, and people from other places should not go to Wuhan without special circumstances, the implication is that the epidemic has begun to spread and spread, and everyone must be vigilant!

Professor Yao Lin of Jiahe Community suddenly became ill, he had fever, cough, chest tightness, fatigue, he had asthma and diabetes, he didn't take it seriously for a few days, and then the old man Lin Weiyin, who lived in the same unit with him, passed away, which added a lot of shadow to his heart. He has been paying close attention to the situation of the new crown pneumonia, and has been asking whether the cause of Lin Weiyin's father's death is new crown pneumonia? And he and Lin Weiyin's father often sit and nag on the chairs in the community, and sometimes they play tai chi together. If Lin Weiyin's father died because of the new crown pneumonia, according to Academician Zhong Nanshan's reminder, it may be transmitted from person to person, and he is often with Lin Weiyin's father, so it is possible to be infected.

Yao Lin's inferences and analysis are not unreasonable. Professor Yao Lin has two sons. The eldest son, who is far away in the United States, is very concerned about the new crown epidemic in China, and after he gave the eldest son a video, the eldest son made a transatlantic phone call directly from the United States through a foreign agency and dialed 120. When the ambulance stopped at the door of Unit 5, Building 8, Jiahe Community, Yao Lin got into the ambulance with difficulty and slowly with the support of medical staff.

However, his youngest son refused to get in the car and accompany Yao Lin to Fumin Hospital. He muttered to himself: "There is a lot of trouble, the big fuss, the boss still calls 120 from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, why doesn't he take the old man to the other side of the earth if he has filial piety?" ”

Under the persuasion of the medical staff accompanying the car, the youngest son reluctantly got into the ambulance. This shrewd brokerage trader, he doesn't care about the new crown pneumonia and doesn't pay attention to it, he cares about the rise and fall of the stock market, is the income of the private equity fund he is responsible for, and the income of this private equity determines his income, if the fund he is responsible for reaches the expected income target, he can get a six-figure bonus, before the Spring Festival this year, the fund will be ranked, if the ranking is high, he can also have a car reward.

The ambulance stopped in the emergency department of Fumin Hospital, and Zhu Yi was on duty, and when he saw that it was Professor Yao Lin, he immediately organized medical personnel to treat him.

Fumin Hospital has limited access to COVID-19 test kits. Zhu Yi said decisively: "Give Professor Yao Lin a CT examination first, and strive to get the results in two hours." ”

Professor Yao Lin's CT scan results were soon available: both lungs showed ground-glass lesions. Zhu Yi immediately applied for the use of the new crown pneumonia kit for testing.

Yao Lin was placed in the emergency room for observation while awaiting the results of the nucleic acid test. He was full of silver hair, very thin, and his originally wise and bright eyes were also dimmed by the pain, and the nearly eighty-year-old professor of virology was thinking: the sudden new crown pneumonia has now been transmitted from person to person, and theoretically speaking, the virus must have passed through a host in nature before it was transmitted to humans, what are these hosts? Bat? Masked palm civet? Monkey? Rat? Badger? Did the virus evolve naturally or was it caused by other unexpected events? A series of questions rose in his mind.

It was late at night. Professor Yao Lin's youngest son was alone in the corridor, looking a little nervous, his expression numb, and his gaze wandering. Zhu Yi said to him: "You wear a mask, accompany your father, and wait for the nucleic acid test results tomorrow." ”

Professor Yao's youngest son had just witnessed the tragic scene of a patient suddenly falling to the ground and dying in the emergency room, especially the deceased's wide open mouth, which made him very frightened. He said to Zhu Yi: "I want to go home, I'm afraid." ”

Zhu Yi asked: "Seeing that you are trembling all over, are you really so afraid?" No matter how scared you are, you can't leave tonight, you have to watch over your dad in this person. Zhu Yi asked the nurse to bring a stool and said to Professor Yao Lin's youngest son: "You just sit here honestly, the emergency room observation staff need to be watched, and tell the nurse as soon as there is a situation." ”

At three o'clock in the morning, Zhu Yi finished handling the treatment of several patients and came to the corridor of the emergency room, where he found that Professor Yao Lin's youngest son had slipped away.

The nurse on duty handed Zhu Yi a note, saying that it was left by Professor Yao Lin's youngest son. The note read: Dr. Zhuyi, please take good care of my old man, I will go home, I will recommend a stock to you when the time comes, and you will make money to express your gratitude.

Zhu Yi looked at the note, his face turned black with anger, and he tore the note to shreds. He thought to himself, you kid has looked at people, not all people in this world are open-minded when they see money, and not everything can be measured by money!