Chapter 27: Leisurely daily life during the plague period In the history of human civilization, any large-scale plague is frightening.
Each time it will bring unforgettable heavy losses to the entire society, even more frightening than war. yznnIn the history of ancient China, there have been many records of plague outbreaks, which were often accompanied by wars and famines, which eventually led to the tragedy of ten rooms in the Central Plains being empty and bones everywhere in Kyushu.
In the West, there are countless horrific records about plagues.
The earliest one is probably the Great Plague in Athens at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War, which killed half of the people in Athens at once, leading to the battle for ancient Greece.
In the war for world hegemony, the brilliant young men of Athens were defeated by the muscular men of Sparta.
Then at the end of the reign of the Five Wise Emperors of ancient Rome, the Great Plague brought back from Mesopotamia by the Eastern Expeditions was said to have infected 40% of the population of the Roman Empire, thus ending the Golden Age of Ancient Rome.
Next came the "Great Plague of Constantine" in the sixth century that destroyed the dream of reviving the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Black Death pandemic in the fourteenth century that most frightened Europeans and was like a nightmare.
Even in the 20th century, when medicine was highly developed, the Spanish Flu pandemic at the end of World War I successfully swept the world, killing millions of people.
As for the "atypical influenza" storm in 2003, most Chinese people will remember the smell of acetic acid floating everywhere, the masks everyone wore, and the isolated schools and communities that were unprecedentedly deserted.
Under the haze of the influenza virus, communication between people in commercial streets has been reduced to a minimum.
The feeling of loneliness, fear and anxiety is really, really uncomfortable.
However, for the Chinese people, this unpleasant taste that has been absent for many years may have to be tasted again, or it may be said that the nightmare is relived.
As a "Pandora's box" that once created a zombie craze and global desertification in another world, brought down the entire biosphere, and almost destroyed human civilization, even a weakened version of the T-virus is enough to make the entire earth here cough. and sneezing.
In fact, when Wang Qiu and the others arrived at Vicha Village in Bodhgaya and discovered traces of the T-Virus, this highly contagious thing had already spread through human transportation such as airplanes, ships, and cars.
Tools began to spread crazily around the world Imagine that first, a few patients in Vicha Village pooled their money and hired a rickety three-wheeled motorcycle to go to the big hospital on the other side of Bodh Gaya for medical treatment; then, the car transported the patients.
The three-wheeled motorcycle carried several passengers in the bustling areas of Bodh Gaya.
Among them was a Japanese office worker who came to worship Buddha.
When this Japanese office worker returned from traveling in India, his body was already full of dangerous T-viruses.
These terrible little things were on his clothes and luggage.
It's all over your phone and laptop.
So after returning home, he infected his wife and son with the virus, and his wife and son infected his neighbors and classmates.
This was only slow.
Then, because of the temporary dispatch of the company, this Japanese man boarded a passenger plane from Tokyo, Japan to Los Angeles, the United States.
Along the way, he chatted and laughed with other passengers and the beautiful stewardess sitting next to him, and by the way, he spread the T-virus.
Halfway through his flight, this Japanese office worker started sneezing and had a runny nose.
And by the end of the flight, he was already covering his mouth and nose tightly while listening in panic to the sneezing sounds coming from the entire cabin from time to time.
As time passed, more and more people were holding their noses.
When this happened, When the plane landed in the United States, the T-virus from India also arrived in the birthplace of the Resident Evil game.
Obviously, there was more than one poor Japanese Buddhist who served as a vector for spreading the T-virus during this period.
As a world-wide tourist attraction, even in the summer, which is the off-season for tourism, India's midsummer is too hot, Europe, America and Most tourists from East Asia are accustomed to traveling in winter.
In Bodh Gaya, known as the ancestral home of Buddhism, a large number of tourists from various countries visit and return every day.
Many people have been misled by some other series of zombie movies and believe that healthy people will be fine as long as they don't get bitten.
The virus can also be transmitted through droplets and contact, making it impossible to prevent it.
What’s even more frightening is that the T-virus is a super virus that has an extremely wide range of infections, and humans are not the only hosts that can be infected.
Animals that can migrate long distances, especially flying birds, have also become unintentional killers of spreading viruses.
In short, the T-virus is growing at a geometric rate in the small global village, but the vast majority of humans still know nothing about it.
It was not until a week later that the National Institute of Biological Studies obtained a sample of the virus.
The virus has entered an avalanche-like outbreak period.
From Europe, America, Asia to Africa, everything is in turmoil.
Because this weakened version of the T virus has symptoms and modes of transmission that are very similar to influenza, and under the suggestion of some people, international health agencies quickly determined the origin of the influenza, and then It was named "Indian Flu" When the "Indian Flu" first struck, except for the government of a certain country that had already learned the truth, other countries in the world didn't take it seriously.
In particular, several countries such as Pakistan, which had poor relations with India, used a The new influenza outbreak in India was reported in the media with a gloating tone.
Even after learning that the influenza virus had spread to their own country, everyone was not really relieved.
There were only more masks, disinfectants, etc. sold on the market.
The vast majority of ordinary people still live their lives however they want.
But not long after, no one in the world could remain calm.
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Because, according to expert research, first of all, this "new influenza virus" is extremely contagious and can not only be transmitted through droplets, food, and drinking water, but also between people, between people and animals, and between animals and Animals can infect each other and can be called cross-species super killers.
Secondly, although the mortality rate of this "new influenza virus" is not high, at least it is much lower than plague, dengue fever, etc., it is incurable, at least it cannot be directly killed with existing medical technology.
Yes, no matter what kind of antiviral drugs are used, it will not work.
No matter who you are, if you get this disease, you can only wait silently in the hospital or at home to die.
Of course, it is more likely that you will recover automatically after surviving for a period of time.
According to statistics during this period, the fatality rate of the above-mentioned virus is about one in a thousand, but if it is left untreated, complications such as pneumonia occur, or the patient is weak, the mortality rate will rise to 100% About five out of five, which is already a terrible ratio.
Third, this "new influenza virus" can actually cause repeated infections.
According to common sense, most people who have had the flu once and recovered will have corresponding antibodies in their bodies and will not be infected again in a short period of time.
But this is not the case with today's "Indian Flu".
Many people just recovered from the disease last week and fell ill again this week.
Relevant experts believe that this is probably because the above-mentioned new influenza virus mutates too fast.
As soon as the antibodies in the human body are produced, the invading virus has already changed its appearance.
What's even more terrible is that when the above-mentioned conditions were discovered, the "Indian Flu" had already spread in all major countries around the world.
Even if the entire India was quickly blocked, it was too late.
Five continents were affected by this flu. within the scope of the ravages.
Whether it is the northern hemisphere with hot and scorching heat, or the southern hemisphere in the midst of severe winter, whether it is the cool and pleasant Nordic countries, or the dry and hot deserts of the Middle East, no one is spared.
Its spread is almost everywhere, and there are reports of epidemics all over the world.
No place is a pure land, not even a lonely island in the ocean.
Suddenly, the whole world was in chaos, everyone was panicked, and countless rumors and gossips spread.
Masks have become the most popular decoration in the world this season, and the "Indian Flu" has become the hottest topic in public opinion circles around the world.
As a result, this summer has turned into a dark summer.
Miami, Cannes, Cancun, Bali, Maldives and other famous resort beaches that used to be crowded with tourists are now deserted and closed.
The big city that was originally bustling with lights and bustling traffic seemed to be cast in a gloomy haze, with depression everywhere.
The once prosperous shops were empty, and the once bustling streets were sparsely populated.
The occasional pedestrian was in a hurry.
Some particularly timid rich people had quietly moved away from the densely populated big cities and hid in the countryside, even in the desert.
Went to the countryside.
In the city, countless shops closed and thousands of factories were forced to temporarily close or reduce working hours.
In schools in epidemic areas, all classes among students and teachers with cases have been suspended.
The work of isolating patients was only strictly enforced at the beginning.
Later, due to the avalanche growth in the number of patients, it far exceeded the capacity of the medical systems of various countries.
It was impossible to isolate them, so everyone could only ask for their own blessings. .
As for the tertiary industry, it has completely collapsed.
Restaurants, restaurants, cafes, nightclubs, bars, dance halls, etc. can hardly continue to operate.
Nowadays, even going out on the street seems like an adventure.
No matter how boring it is, everyone would rather stay at home and be a homebody.
Even if express delivery companies triple their salaries, they still can't recruit enough delivery people.
At first, many people went to churches or temples to pray, but soon due to the gathering of crowds, these religious places became the hardest hit areas for the "Indian Flu" virus infection, and as a result, they gradually became deserted.
Under such circumstances, everyone who had to go out wrapped themselves as tightly as possible, and wore a large mask on their face, with only two eyes exposed, and they also exuded a The strong smell of medicine often results in heatstroke before you even fall ill.
Don’t forget that this is the hottest summer, and several unprecedented heat waves are sweeping across the northern hemisphere together with the "influenza virus"
Anyway, the streets in major cities around the world are now as empty as no man's land.
Even the few pedestrians often fall to the ground with a plop while walking.
Partly because of the flu attack, mostly because of the lack of clothing.
Too much and heat stroke.
However, even if you wear a mask all the time and completely avoid crowded places, you still cannot completely escape the risk of infection.
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Because the "Indian Flu" can be spread through food.
If the vegetable seller himself has the flu, then the vegetables he sells are likely to contain the "flu virus".
Many people have been living very carefully, but they still get sick in the end.
Most of the sources of illness come from this aspect.
But even so, there are many young people who are not afraid of death.
They continue to wear masks to parkour on the streets, or wear masks to dance wildly on the dance floor.
They also make their own masks into various styles, and even Paint or embroider on the mask to show your unique personality.
To make matters worse, the "Indian Flu" can not only infect humans, but also almost all mammals and some species of birds.
Some rare animals are even in danger of becoming extinct.
As for those poultry and livestock that are raised intensively, they are the hardest hit areas for virus outbreaks due to poor sanitary conditions.
Animals obviously do not enjoy human medical conditions, so millions or tens of millions died or were culled in large numbers at once.
As a result, the price of meat in the international market skyrocketed, and various hot money and venture capital funds even more Taking the opportunity to make trouble in the futures market, it is conceivable that in the near future, the content on the dining tables of working people around the world will inevitably become very sad.
On the contrary, all kinds of cold medicines are almost sold out.
The supply exceeds the demand no matter where they are.
The prices are rising, almost one price per minute.
They are rising faster than the best stock market.
Many patients around the world are crying, their wallets are shrinking, and their hearts are bleeding.
However, even with some foresight, China could not escape the baptism of this wave of T-virus outbreak.
Although the government sealed the border early, the customs also implemented strict control and quarantine systems for the entry and exit of people and materials.
However, after a week of strict precautions by the customs and quarantine departments, cases of the "Indian Flu" still appeared in the country, and they were out of control, sweeping the country like a tsunami.
In just a few days, it spread all over major cities from south to north, tens of thousands of people were infected, and there were even deaths from organ failure.
Suddenly, there was an endless stream of people rushing to pharmacies and hospitals, and there were countless unlucky people asking for leave from various companies, units, and schools.
The news network broadcasts emergency alerts about the "Indian Flu" from morning to night.
The entire land of China has fallen into the shadow of the "cold virus".
Every website has a national live map of the spread of the "Indian Flu" on its homepage.
Cities with huge passenger traffic, such as Hong Kong, Shanghai and Guangzhou, were quickly marked as Shenzhen-Shenzhen due to the sharp increase in the number of infections and deaths.
The color red is as shocking as blood stains.
Based on the experience of 2003, things like the plague cannot be contained by covering the lid.
The longer it is covered, the more tragic it will be when it breaks out.
Therefore, the government mobilized all the media very early and reminded the people of the country over and over again: Try not to go out during the epidemic period and try to avoid crowded places.
Whenever you go out or are in public places, you should wear a mask soaked in medicine.
People who are sick should wear masks to prevent infection, and people who are not sick should also wear masks to prevent infection.
The house should be sprayed with liquid and lime frequently, or the room should be fumigated with vinegar.
Suddenly, the doors and windows of all private places, office buildings, shopping malls, and banks on both sides of the street were closed, and every house exuded the smell of acetic acid or herbs.
At the same time, various agencies, enterprises and institutions, as well as grassroots departments such as streets, communities and villages, were also mobilized to organize the masses to launch patriotic health campaigns.
At the same time, we collect various traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating colds and boil them for patients to take to target the "flu virus".
At present, there are no specific medicines.
Whether it is aspirin from Western medicine or isatis root from traditional Chinese medicine, they can only clear away heat and detoxify. , to help patients survive the virus through indirect methods of enhancing human immunity.
But generally speaking, this kind of Chinese herbal soup has no side effects.
Anyway, it can cure the disease and strengthen the body without illness.
It doesn't hurt to drink more.
At least it has some preventive effect, which is better than taking a placebo.
As for the T-virus vaccine that was just developed, well, it was only developed a few days ago and is only in the laboratory production stage.
Its output is completely unable to meet the needs of the general public.
If you want to carry out large-scale production, it is simply impossible without at least a few months.
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Moreover, the safety of the vaccine is not guaranteed.
Human trials have just begun, and it is difficult to say whether there will be any undiscovered toxicity and sequelae.
Therefore, even those big figures "within the system" do not dare to inject such unreliable things to test their character.
However, although the atmosphere of terror caused by the "Indian Flu" has become quite severe in relatively developed regions in Europe, America and Asia, relying on stricter social control and a relatively popular medical system, the mortality rate can still be controlled at a relatively low level. lower level.
However, in the Middle East, where wars are frequent, and in Africa, where sanitary conditions are poor, it is already a complete purgatory of death.
Half a month after the virus broke out, leaders of dozens of African countries, including Namibia, Liberia, Gambia, and the Central African Republic, collectively appealed to the world for help, hoping to receive support and help from developed countries.
However, since the whole world has been devastated by this plague, except for a few countries such as China and the United States, some volunteer medical teams have been sent.
Most developed countries have expressed their inability to In the war-torn areas of the Middle East, as the medical and epidemic prevention systems have been destroyed by the war, the tragedy caused by the "Indian Flu" epidemic is even more terrifying.
This weakened version of the T-virus seems to be particularly adapted to the hot and dry desert climate.
Here The infection mortality rate in a similar environment is astonishingly high, creating an atmosphere of panic like the end of the world.
For example, a reporter from Japan's NHK TV station who was not afraid of death, and a cameraman who was also not afraid of death, conducted an in-depth interview with a refugee camp in the desert area on the border between Syria and the Kingdom of Jordan.
Under the camera, this refugee camp covers an area of several square kilometers, and there are at least tens of thousands of refugees crowded inside.
Most of the people were ragged and skinny from hunger.
In the video released online, the first thing is a young man crying and screaming at the camera, looking very emotional.
There was a mother behind her holding her dying child, with a look of despair on her face.
Then a few guys in uniforms drove by in a Toyota pickup truck, with corpses lying in the bed and flies flying on the corpses.
Next, the reporter interviewed the Red Cross volunteer medical team in the refugee camp.
A Belgian doctor with a shaggy face was interviewed.
In the camera, the doctor was actually wearing a gas mask and was obviously not even connected.
I don’t trust masks anymore.
Behind him was a large tent that served as a ward.
Every bed inside was full of people, and many patients could only lie on the ground.
All of them were in miserable condition.
Most of the specific symptoms were bruises in the face, bleeding from the orifices, and so on.
Some had nosebleeds constantly, and some vomited blood from their mouths.
There were even bleeding from the ears.
Almost all the patients were coughing non-stop, and some were coughing so violently that they even tore their abdominal muscles and costal cartilage.
In addition to coughing, they suffered from severe pain and fever.
According to an interview with a patient, his head hurt as if someone was desperately driving a wedge into the back of their head.
The pain all over his body was so severe that even the bones were about to break.
However, even if these patients are in such pain, the Red Cross volunteer medical team here is unable to help, because according to the Belgian doctor: "We are now very short of medicines.
Now there is not even an aspirin in the entire refugee camp hospital."
Just now, a mother came to see the doctor holding her sick daughter, and I could only give her a box of expired herbal tea produced in China as a placebo."
Then, in a large warehouse next door, the reporter photographed an even more horrifying scene.
Layers of corpses were piled inside the house, like stacks of firewood, from the floor to the ceiling.
According to the staff, burying corpses has become the most feared job here, because close contact with corpses will greatly increase the probability of contracting the disease.
For fear of being infected with the cold virus by the corpses, the corpses piled up in the warehouse have not been buried for a week, and they have begun to rot and smell.
This will obviously lead to the further spread and worsening of the epidemic.
However, the people in the refugee camp no longer care about these trivial matters, because they are now almost having problems eating and drinking water.
Because the plague has paralyzed the transportation system, the truck drivers who originally delivered supplies here have fallen ill or absented themselves from work.
Without working at home, the daily supply of food and drinking water in the refugee camp has been extremely difficult.
Now, the distribution of food rations has been forced to stop for several days.
As a result, hunger and thirst further weakened the refugees' physical immunity, causing the "Indian Flu" to cause more tragic deaths in the refugee camp.
At present, this camp, which originally accommodated 50,000 refugees, has already hosted more than 50,000 refugees.
Thirty thousand people fell ill, more than 7,000 died, and thousands more fled.
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The social order in nearby areas was also in chaos.
The survivors who fled the epidemic area had almost nothing around them, but they still wanted to eat and drink, so they began to loot shops and houses, and the people who were robbed also fought hard, which led to countless shocking incidents.
The few towns that could still maintain order despite the horrific bloody massacres erected barbed wire fences and fences at intersections, and armed personnel with live ammunition patrolled day and night.
The only good thing is that with the "Indian Flu" sweeping across the country, the armed forces of all parties are no longer interested in fighting.
There has been a rare period of ceasefire.
But this does not make ordinary people feel very happy, because it is pervasive.
Viruses are far more difficult to dodge than bullets.
At the end of the program, the host in the studio said with a sad face that the brave reporter and cameraman in the camera unfortunately fell ill and were hospitalized shortly after covering the refugee camp in the epidemic area, and it was said that his life was in danger. , so I hope all the audience can pray for them. s: A long-lost complaint: Taiwan’s Green Camp Parade not long ago raised three issues that are very funny when combined: the first is the founding of Taiwan, the second is the abolition of the military service system, and the third is a call for the United States and Japan to station troops The translation from Taiwan is: First, we want to quarrel with the mainland Play a duel head-on.
Secondly, we noble Taiwanese will never join the battle ourselves.
Thirdly, the American father and the Japanese emperor come on and fight a nuclear war with their blood and sacrifices for the founding of Taiwan.
Oh, the Taiwanese really think of themselves.
The proud man of heaven thinks that the whole world loves Taiwan Then, according to a piece of gossip I heard recently, due to the global withdrawal of funds from the United States and the malicious speculation of some Nanyang Chinese businessmen, the Indonesian currency devalued by 80% in one breath last year, and the Indonesian poor were so angry that their blood was drawn and plundered. , the entire society has become a powder keg.
If we are not lucky, another anti-Chinese riot may be around the corner.
If you are planning to travel to Bali in the near future, you’d better be careful.
Finally, I quoted Kong Yiji’s version of the commentary on the Belgian terrorist bombing incident: The white-skinned pig blushed, and the veins on his forehead popped out, and argued: The explosion cannot be regarded as a terrorist attack on Europeans, but can be regarded as a terrorist attack.
The words came one after another that were difficult to understand, such as "universal values", "freedom and democracy", "give Muslims a hug", etc., which caused everyone to burst into laughter: the atmosphere inside and outside the store was filled with joy.
Belgium has exploded like this, but white leftists in Europe continue to publicly accuse China of violating human rights in Xinjiang oshow7: