Chapter 270: No Delay (Part II)
All-out war is urgent!
This resounding declaration made Yan Wangye's brows twitch fiercely, and it could be seen from the drastic changes in the expressions on the faces of those acquaintances in the change control center and the nineteenth bureau that this was definitely an opening that surprised everyone.
The officials of the Secrecy Bureau who participated in the joint meeting put their hands crossed on the table, straightened their backs, and stood in the dark. Seeing this small action, Yan Wangye knew that this comrade was about to express a different opinion.
"Let me say two things, to compare the T virus with the Black Death, smallpox, and Spanish flu, the T virus is no less contagious and lethal than other catastrophic plagues that have ravaged the world in history. However, it may not be appropriate to substitute specific problems and specific analysis and past experience into the present. ”
The official sent by the Secret Bureau to participate in the meeting looked to be in his early forties, with handsome facial features, well-maintained skin on his face, only a few crow's feet could be seen in the corners of his eyes, his hair was dyed black and shiny, he was divided into standard three-seven open hairsprays, he wore a pair of anti-fatigue glasses, and his bearing when talking was not like a government employee, but more like a knowledgeable professor.
"It is true that now that transportation is more developed, the virus spreads faster and mutates faster, after all, the densely populated modern city is a much richer hunting ground for the virus than in medieval Florence or early 16th-century Tenochtitlan. The Black Death took 20 years to cross the Atlantic, the Spanish flu had to travel to Britain, the United States, India and Australia through a wartime global transportation network, and today, the T virus only takes half a day to reach the other hemisphere. ”
"But the T-virus is not the first health crisis in years, and the modern world has not been turned into a graveyard by plagues and viruses. For example, the fight against the smallpox virus was an arduous battle, but as early as 1979, the World Health Organization declared a complete victory for mankind, and the comrades in the Ministry of Health believed that in two or three years, we would not even need to vaccinate newborn babies against smallpox, because we could completely eradicate the smallpox virus. ”
"Look at SARS in 02, avian flu in 05, and swine flu in 09, all of which may become a terrible disaster of the 'Black Death', but what is the final result? Hehe. In fact, in the past century, medical science has advanced far beyond people's imagination, and with vaccines, antibiotics, excellent hygiene, better medical infrastructure, and effective disease response systems, we can defeat all kinds of epidemics. ”
"It must be said that the virus has to rely on luck to win, but we have to win, never by luck. Therefore, with the current availability of serum and the public's understanding of the T virus, the T virus will definitely not become a catastrophe that will exterminate humanity. And as far as I know, Comrade Qiu Zhe of the Change and Control Center is leading a team to develop a vaccine, of course, this is a challenging work, after all, the T virus is transformed from the T protoplasma, and there are still some things beyond the scope of our current biomedical understanding, but we should be confident that when it comes to fighting the disease, all governments are on the same side. Sooner or later, we will be able to develop a vaccine against the T virus and completely eliminate the T virus. ”
"If we act impulsively and start a war before then, we will only hurt ourselves in the end, and the mutants will be able to take advantage of the chaos and fan the flames and create more opportunities."
Speaking of this, Comrade "Professor" opened the bottle of pure water, took a sip of water reservedly, and then looked at Yang Xiaoqian quietly and stopped speaking.
"Director Wei, what are the diseases that modern medicine has not yet overcome?" When Yang Xiaoqian spoke, he did not look at Director Wei, who had just spoken, but glanced at the participants from the 19th Bureau and the Change Control Center.
Director Wei replied without hesitation, "You mean those diseases that have a large impact, right?" Among non-communicable diseases are various types of cancer and heart disease, and among communicable diseases, the human immunodeficiency virus, which is what we call AIDS. ”
"Since the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic 30 years ago, more than 30 million people have lost their lives to AIDS worldwide, why has AIDS not been solved?" Yang Xiaoqian asked again.
This time, Director Wei didn't say anything, he thought of Yang Xiaoqian's intention to ask questions.
"Because AIDS has a long incubation period." Yang Xiaoqian asked herself, "Sick people may appear healthy for months or even years, and continue to infect others without anyone knowing." Have you found any similarities between the variant and AIDS? They hide too well, too deeply! And as long as one infected person is present, the number of variants can grow exponentially. ”
"AIDS is not solved only temporarily, and the real headache of AIDS is that it is not fatal in itself, but it destroys the patient's immune system and causes the patient to die from other diseases, you can imagine how difficult it was to find AIDS 30 years ago! Despite this, it took only two years for the medical profession to find HIV and propose an effective way to suppress the epidemic, and ten years later, new drugs were developed to make AIDS a chronic disease. So we can't afford to lose faith in the modern medical system! Director Wei's voice was still full of energy, but his eyes began to flicker.
Yang Xiaoqian still didn't look at him, and said in a louder voice: "HIV will not evolve!" But mutants evolve! And the speed at which mutants evolve is more terrifying than most people think! Another thing you should know is that no one wants to get AIDS, but there are many people who want to transform into mutants! ”
"I know someone has made an analogy that says that a mutant is a contagious cancer, and I agree with that, just leave one cancer cell and it can come back, so we must not give them that chance! The virus we want to fight is not a simple T-virus, but a mutant with intelligence! It's bound to be an uphill fight, but we must exterminate the mutants! Don't be lucky enough to hope that we can easily solve the mutants without sacrificing or enduring labor pain, because modern medicine will not be able to eradicate AIDS in 30 years, let alone the T virus and variants? We can't wait 30 years! Don't say thirty years, three years, three months can't wait! ”
"An all-out war must be waged as soon as possible to exterminate the mutants!"
What Yang Xiaoqian said was categorical and imposing, which surprised Yan Wangye, this is not like Chairman Yang's style, you must know that launching a full-scale war against mutants without the governments of various governments reaching an agreement means that it will inevitably violate the territory of other countries, and it is far from qualified to make this decision as President Yang.