"Jack? Why are you here? The female medical doctor in her forties recognized someone at a glance.

Obviously, in the biochemical terrorist attack in Los Angeles using the hemorrhagic fever virus, Jack finally went crazy and went up directly to stun the female terrorist with a headbutt, which left a deep impression on her.

"Wow, did you become the FBI?" Dr. Morgan reached out and shook Jack's hand.

Jack didn't expect to meet acquaintances in Maryland, so he greeted her very warmly.

Jie Jie led everyone into a conference room, closed the door and closed the blinds, which cut off the noisy voices outside.

"This is the director of our CDC's Special Pathogens Division, Linda Kimura." Dr. Morgan introduced a middle-aged Asian woman to her.

He is not tall, his appearance is not good, he is about his early forties, he looks shrewd and capable, and his face does not wear the kind of Asian stereotypical makeup that is common in European and American workplaces.

If you don't judge by her surname, if you don't judge by her surname, only Jack can tell her origin at a glance, which is also a special skill of the Serisians.

After a brief greeting, Dr. Kimura was introduced to the group, and Dr. Morgan left in a hurry, looking very hurried, Jack did not know her current position, but it seemed that she was clearly higher than the director's rank.

"I'm sorry to meet you under these circumstances." Dr. Kimura is obviously an immigrant for more than two or three generations, and he doesn't have the stinky problem of bowing at every turn like a small day.

"So what's going on?" Red put on his small satchel again today, probably because he had caught a plane overnight, and he looked sleepy-eyed and haggard.

"Let's get started." Hodchner urged, his face a little ugly, apparently he was one of the first to see some of the reports.

Jiejie took out a stack of materials and began to perform her duties, starting with a general introduction to the situation and the progress of the case.

"A total of 25 people were admitted to the emergency department last night in and around Annapolis, all of whom stayed near the local Jingshan Park after 2 p.m. yesterday."

"In less than 10 hours after that, the first deceased appeared, and now it is just 9 o'clock in the morning of the next day, and there are already 12 deceased."

"Are you sure it's anthrax?" Jack looked at the pathological photos in the data, and the black gangrene on the skin was a typical clinical symptom, but the specific situation had to be decided by experts.

"Anthrax isn't that lethal." Red said with a frown.

"This strain can." Dr. Kimura succinctly confirmed.

Jack raised his eyebrows, knowing in his heart that it was a weapon-grade strain from the laboratory, and the anthrax bacillus in nature was not difficult to deal with.

Ordinary cutaneous anthrax infection is not difficult to treat, especially if antibiotic treatment is intervened in the early stage, and a series of antibiotics such as penicillin can deal with this thing.

Even the more serious direct lung infection, anthrax, has a whole host of well-established treatment options, and it is impossible to have such a high mortality rate.

With so many people dead, and developing so fast, there is only one possibility, this anthrax bacillus is not extracted from nature, but has been artificially optimized, not only immune to the vast majority of antibiotics, but also extremely rapid reproduction.

Because Bacillus anthracis kills people by relying on the toxins produced by themselves in the process of reproduction, the rate of reproduction determines the rate at which the toxins accumulate in the human body.

There were deaths in 10 hours, and nearly half of the 25 infected people died in less than 24 hours, properly at the level of chemical and biological weapons.

"Since the victim was infected in an open area such as a park, it means that the attacker most likely used dry powder to spread it."

"Typically, the lethal dose of inhaled anthrax is between 10,000 and 20,000 spores, and there are more than 1 trillion anthrax spores per 1g of Bacillus anthracis powder."

Rhett conducts popular science for everyone every day, but this time the content of his popular science is chilling.

"If 112 pounds of anthrax spores were sprayed upwind of a city of 500,000 people along a two-kilometre route, it would eventually infect 120,000 people and kill 90,000, including livestock and wildlife."

He paused, then continued, "And according to the virulence of this strain now, this number may most likely be several times more probable. ”

"Isn't there a vaccine?" Emily rubbed her arm.

"Yes, but it takes a week after vaccination to produce some protection, and it takes at least two weeks to fully reach the level of protection." Dr. Kimura replied very quickly.

"And we can't confirm whether the original anthrax vaccine is still effective against this strain."

"Have you tried all the usual antibiotics?" Forensic medicine is also a doctor, and although Jack is open every day, he still knows the basic medical theory.

"Antibiotic treatment was given as soon as it was confirmed to be Bacillus anthracis, but nothing worked, and the surviving patients were transferred to a special ward at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center."

Dr. Kimura looked at Jack and replied in the affirmative.

Jack silently rolled his eyes, didn't follow the question, and turned to look at Hodchner, "So what does Fort Detrick say?" ”

"We'll work with military scientists at Fort Detrick." Hodchner replied.

"Is General Whitworth coming here?" Rosie is clearly clear about this piece of door.

Hodgner nodded, "Yes, he and his people will be responsible for the control and sanitization of the infected area and the analysis of the strains." ”

There are some things that everyone knows, and it's not all their own people here, so they are a lot more cautious in their words.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Emily took the initiative to change the subject, "So, what is our current coping strategy?" ”

"What should we do with those potential large target places, airports, shopping malls, bus stops, etc.?"

"Blocking information and keeping the media strictly confidential." Hodgner means not to deal with it.

"Don't you let the public know?" Emily's eyes widened.

"This is Maryland." Jack, who has already experienced a Resident Evil, explains for Hodchner.

Annapolis may not be known to many people, but you know that this place is only 50 kilometers from Washington, D.C., and you can put your foot on the gas pedal.

The threat of directly spreading Bacillus anthracis spore dry powder is much more than the way it was mailed by letter in 01, and once it is announced by the media, there is a high probability that it will cause a large-scale exodus of surrounding residents.

Then, of course, riots and zero-dollar purchases followed, and perhaps many more people died in the riots than there were in one or two small-scale biochemical attacks in this area.

(End of chapter)