Next. Nine a.m., Oriental Hospital, large conference room. Today's meeting, it seems that something big has happened, because each department has a director and a deputy director, and they are basically in charge, and Zhao Heng is the first time to see such a battle.

"Senior, what's going on?" Zhao Heng asked softly to Liu Ziang, who was sitting beside him.

"You don't know yet?" Liu Ziang looked at Zhao Heng and asked rhetorically in some surprise.

"You don't say where I know?" Zhao Heng said helplessly.

"Didn't you go to Africa? I thought you knew already. Liu Ziang said slowly.

"Senior, are you talking about bloody Ebola? Did it break out in GN? No, it won't! Zhao Heng couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, once this bloody Ebola broke out in GN, it would be a catastrophe.

"How is it possible, if we are so strictly guarded, Ebola will definitely not come, but recently the number of FS in the emergency department has increased by at least four or five times, and it is suspected that it is a new type of respiratory BD outbreak, so today's meeting is to deploy manpower." Liu Ziang didn't sell Guan Zi either, and said directly.

"Could it be an LG explosion?" Zhao Heng thought for a while and said. What is the greatest threat to human life in the world?

After going through these years, I am afraid that the vast majority of people will answer without hesitation: "Epidemic!" "When respiratory BD appears like a black swan, it makes us realize that ignorant human beings are so small and vulnerable in the face of the unknown world.

The arduous battle of the epidemic requires everyone's attention and efforts. In the history of mankind, it is not only science and technology, culture, war, and politics that can change the course of history, but also epidemics, that is, infectious diseases.

It's just that the emergence of epidemics is bloodier and more cruel than any form, and when it brings death, there is no room for the slightest bargaining.

In 1918, a global plague swept the whole world, which is what we later called H1N1BD, that is, BD first appeared at the end of World War I, soldiers returning home from the battlefield spread BD around the world, and finally broke out a fast-spreading global infectious disease outbreak.

The 18-month LGBD explosion caused more than the total death toll of the two world wars – about 50 million to 100 million people.

In 1918, the world's population was only 1.8 billion. This BD has brought two unprecedented challenges to human beings: one is that for the first time, human beings have discovered that BD will break the boundary between humans and animals, forming a [wildlife-poultry-human-human] transmission mode.

Experts who have been tracking the epidemic of BD in wild animals and poultry have found that many horror BDs in recent years have been related to bats.

"There are LG outbreaks every year, but the number of fever people has not increased as much as this time, which is almost five times the data of previous years." Liu Ziang shook his head slightly and said.

Obviously, he is not in a relaxed mood now, and what doctors or hospitals are most afraid of encountering is the outbreak of this epidemic.

There is the clearest historical record, and it is also the most serious outbreak of infectious diseases in ancient times, and the plague is definitely well deserved.

During the dark ages of the Middle Ages, plague was endemic to several epidemics, caused by Yersinia pestis, which was transmitted through lice on rats and through the air through respiratory droplets in humans.

In the past 2,000 years, the plague has claimed hundreds of millions of lives, and the Black Death of 1346~1353 is considered to be the deadliest plague outbreak in history.

So, how did such a serious outbreak of the plague finally disappear? This is not well documented, but most scientists tend to believe that after all locally infected people with Y. pestis died, the source of plague transmission was cut off, and in such a tragic way that a plague outbreak ended.

"Could it be a new type of respiratory BD that has not been discovered?" Zhao Heng thought about it again and said, he felt his scalp tingle when he thought of the relevant knowledge about BD transformation that he had picked up from Dr. William in Africa.

Dr. William's research is not just a technology, it should be called a biological weapon.

Since it is a weapon, it is necessary to conduct experiments to collect relevant data. So under what circumstances and where would Dr. William's organization choose to experiment with this biological weapon?

Just thinking about it for a moment, Zhao Heng felt creepy, maybe it wasn't just Zhao Heng who noticed this, which is why there was such a big meeting today.

"How can it be so easy to appear a new type of respiratory BD that has not been discovered, and you should be an international BD library." Liu Ziang shook his head slightly and said that the World Health Organization has several BD databases, and the data in these BD databases are common to all member states, the purpose is to be able to determine which BD infection is the fastest possible when a certain BD outbreak is suspected.

Unless it is modified in the laboratory, or in geological events, such as ground fissures and earthquakes, ancient BDs will be included.

"It's hard to say." Zhao Heng sighed and said, if it was before, he would definitely agree with Liu Ziang's point of view, but since he went to Africa once, Zhao Heng was not sure if this kind of thing would happen.

In terms of biological weapons, Zhao Heng didn't know anything about it before he came into contact with Dr. William, but after picking up Dr. William's knowledge and experience, Zhao Heng could also be said to have reached the level of an expert in this regard.

To determine whether a living organism, whether it is BD, bacteria, chlamydia, or fungi, is suitable for use as a biological weapon, it is necessary to consider many aspects.

The first is the characteristics of the organism itself, and the organism that can be used as a biological weapon should have the following characteristics: first, the adaptability to survive must be good, second, the more diverse the transmission routes, the better, the faster the speed of transmission, the better, third, it has appropriate latent nature, and fourth, there is a certain degree of variability, but the variability cannot be too large.

Secondly, if the target is to destroy the economy of an industrial country, then the organisms used as weapons should be aimed at the main crops or livestock of the target country, for example, if it is to target corn BD, plant BD should be developed.

If the target of the attack is to wipe out the population of the enemy country, then it should have the characteristics of rapid spread, short- and medium-term latentness, easy mutation, acute onset, short course of disease, and extremely high fatality rate.

If the target of the attack is the social stability and economy of the enemy country, then it should have rapid spread, short- and medium-term incubation, symptoms that are easily confused with one or some common diseases, easy to mutate, acute onset, long course of disease, and a certain mortality rate but not a high mortality rate.

Last but not least, the microorganism should appear to be naturally produced and spread.

"Senior, do you say that there is a level of technology to use BD like Ebola as a weapon?" After a pause, Zhao Heng asked Liu Ziang, he wanted to hear Liu Ziang's opinion, after all, Liu Ziang can be said to represent a small group of people with the highest level of medicine in China.

"It's difficult, but it's not completely impossible, with the current technology, if you want to create a biological weapon that meets the requirements, you must first find an organism that meets most of the requirements, and then use this basis for directional cultivation or modification, from the current level of technology, I don't think any biological laboratory or biological scientist has the level of modifying Ebola BD." Liu Ziang was a little surprised why Zhao Heng asked this, but he still thought for a while and replied.

"In fact, junior brother, technology is neutral, and biological weapons are not necessarily all bad things sometimes, and sometimes they are also very useful, just like the Australian rabbit disaster, which is to use bombers to spread multiple myxoma BD specifically for rabbits, killing hundreds of millions of rabbits in one fell swoop, which is simply unimaginable if it is artificial." After a pause, Liu Ziang said slowly.

There is no good or bad technology in itself, just like nuclear technology, which can be used to make little boys, or it can be used to build nuclear power plants to provide clean and efficient energy.

"Seniors have so much research on this?" Zhao Heng was a little surprised, Liu Ziang specialized in brain surgery and neurology, but he didn't expect Liu Ziang to know so much about BD and biological weapons.

"In my spare time, I have watched some documentaries, for example, the United States has engaged in experimental Tianhua weapons, and Lao Su has also made smallpox weapons in actual combat, and has also experimentally engaged in Marburg BD weapons, but they have not been mass-produced. But in general, the possibility of weaponizing BD is still not high, because we all know that BD is too delicate, like anthrax or something, throw it into a dry small bottle and seal it, bury it with bleaching powder, and keep it for as long as you want, but smallpox weapons are different, the shelf life is only two years, and they often need to be updated. ”

"Besides, bacteriological weapons are relatively simple and easy to make, similar to a distillery, with a fermentation facility that can grow bacteria. In the case of BD, it is more difficult, whether it is Lao Su using eggs or rice monkey kidneys, it is very troublesome and the cost is quite high. Liu Ziang seemed to be interested, and said eloquently.

"Senior, your knowledge is really wide. But I think that the current process of BD weaponization may be more than we imagined, after all, such research is secret, even if we know the information, it may be five years or even more than ten years ago. Zhao Heng said slowly.

"What you said is not impossible, but the mutation of LGBD is also very fast, and in the past two days, I guess it is a mutant." Liu Ziang looked at Zhao Heng and said, he felt that today's Zhao Heng was a little strange, especially after coming back from a trip to Africa, it was a little different, and he couldn't describe this difference.

"I hope I'm thinking too much." Zhao Heng nodded, he also hoped that the BD infection that broke out in the past two days was caused by the natural mutation of LGBD.

After a while, the meeting began, and Dean Liu Shangming first briefly introduced the situation, and began to assign tasks without any politeness.

Zhao Heng listened to it, in general, it is to strengthen the monitoring of fever patients in various departments, and then set up a special fever clinic in the hospital, which is also a routine operation when LGBD broke out in previous years, and this year it is just another time.

After the meeting, the directors of each department left, and the dean Liu Shangming left Zhao Heng and Gao Jun behind.

"Xiao Zhao, it's hard to send you to Africa this time." Dean Liu Shangming first said to Zhao Heng.

"It's not hard work, isn't it coming back after a few days?" Zhao Heng said disappreciatively.

"Xiao Zhao, what do you think about the increase in FR patients during this time?" Dean Liu Shangming nodded and continued to ask.

Hearing this question, Zhao Heng felt a sigh in his heart.

"Dean, I think it is necessary to strengthen the monitoring of FR patients at this time." Zhao Heng thought for a while and said, the information he got from Dr. William, he was sure that the Ebola infection outbreak in Africa was very man-made.

But he is not sure about the situation in China, after all, there is no direct evidence. However, this kind of thing, it is always right to take precautions, have dates and play two shots, and strengthen prevention, not to mention God knows what LGBD will mutate into.

"Judging from the situation in previous years, the LGBD explosion is basically in this season." After a pause, Zhao Heng added again.

"The current situation in Africa is not optimistic, although Ebola BD is currently confined to the Johannesburg area of South Africa, but according to the assessment of our epidemiologists, this Ebola outbreak in South Africa may not be so simple." Dean Liu Shangming sighed and said.

Hearing this, Zhao Heng and Gao Jun both looked solemn.