Chapter 310 Virus
While waiting for Pei Yu, Si Ran found a vacant seat in the lobby on the first floor and sat down.
Today is a working day, and there are a lot of people coming and going in the hospital. However, most of them are in a hurry, and no one has time to take a rest in the lobby on the first floor.
Pei Yu hadn't arrived yet, so Si Ran took out her phone and took a look at the messages in the work group.
It was working hours now and no one was talking in the group. Si Ran was not too keen on playing with his phone, so he turned it off after taking a look.
Just then, a woman and a child came to Si Ran.
The child's eyes and face were red, and even his breathing was a little rapid.
The woman with the child was dressed rather simply and looked a little out of place in the hospital.
However, the child's eyes were so eye-catching that not only Si Ran, but also people around him would subconsciously look at him when passing by.
The child was sobbing, and the woman said impatiently, "I told you not to go out and play outside, and not to touch anything outside. Now you've made yourself sick. Do you feel better? Do you know how hard it is for your parents to make money? And now there's such a big thing happening at home. You're sick at this critical moment. Are you trying to tire me to death?"
When the child heard this, he cried even harder.
The woman was upset by what she heard. She complained, but her eyes were full of anxiety.
She glanced at the long queue for registration. It would take at least half an hour just to queue up. Now that her child had a fever, she definitely couldn't stand...
"Do you want to queue up for registration?"
Just then, the woman heard the girl wearing a mask next to her speak softly, with a pair of almond-shaped eyes that held a convincing gentleness.
"I'm waiting here for my friend to get the medicine for me. It will probably take about half an hour. If you're at ease, I can help you look after the child."
After saying that, Si Ran pointed in the direction of the queue and said, "The queue window can see directly here, so you don't have to worry about me stealing the child."
The woman hesitated for a moment.
But thinking carefully, it's only ten meters from here to the queue window. She can see the child anytime she wants. Besides, there are security guards all around the hospital...
Perhaps the woman was too tired, and she felt that Si Ran was very familiar.
After hesitating for only two seconds, he nodded in agreement and said thank you, then told the child to sit here obediently and not run around.
"etc."
Just as the woman was about to leave, Si Ran suddenly stopped her and said, "Why are the child's eyes so red? Is it hand, foot and mouth disease?"
Now that the hottest season has passed, hand, foot and mouth disease is the most common infectious disease among children.
"We went to the clinic, and the doctor initially said it was hand, foot and mouth disease, but it got worse the more we treated it. Yesterday, my son said his vision suddenly became blurry, and this morning when he woke up, his eyes were swollen like walnuts, and the whites of his eyes were completely red. I was so scared that I drove from the countryside early this morning to see what the problem was."
Si Ran: "Then go quickly."
The woman nodded. "Thank you so much for troubling you."
After saying that, he quickly ran to the queue.
After the adults left, only Si Ran and the child were left on the chair. The child's eyes were blurry and accompanied by bursts of stinging pain, which made him cry out of fear.
Si Ran: "Little boy, what's your name?"
When the child heard this, he cried and whispered, "My name is Lin Xiaoman."
Si Ran nodded: "Xiao Man, your mother will go to queue up for registration. You and your sister can sit here for a while, okay?"
Lin Xiaoman originally wanted to raise her hand to wipe away her tears, but when she remembered her mother's warning not to wipe her eyes with her hands, she could only force herself to hold back her tears and nodded obediently: "Okay."
The soft and cute tone made Si Ran's heart melt.
This is a normal and good kid!
"Sister, will I be blind from now on?" Lin Xiaoman lowered his head and looked at the floor, but he couldn't even see the texture of the floor.
"How could that be?" Si Ran quickly comforted him, "The doctors here are very good. You are just temporarily injured and can't see. You will be able to see again after your injury is healed."
Lin Xiaoman lowered her head, tears falling down her face.
"It's all my fault. I wanted to help my mother feed the pigeons, but I didn't know that touching pigeons would make me sick."
Si Ran was stunned: "Will you get sick if you touch pigeons?"
Lin Xiaoman nodded and said honestly, "Mom feeds a lot of pigeons and chickens to save money for my tuition and to pay back the money we owe to others. But our pigeons and chickens are sick. Mom cries all night long and becomes sick. I want to help her feed the pigeons and chickens, but after feeding them my eyes become itchy and painful..."
The more Si Ran listened, the more he felt something was wrong.
Pigeons, chickens, red and swollen eyes, fever...
Si Ran's heart tightened, and he quickly asked, "Xiao Man, what do your chickens look like when they get sick?"
"ah?"
"Just the posture when he died was strange?"
"Yes." Xiaoman nodded. "A lot of pustules appeared on the pigeon's body. When it was dying, its head kept looking up at the sky. It was very strange."
Si Ran's face froze.
Such a classic death posture, what else could it be but Newcastle disease!
Newcastle disease is more bluntly called fowl plague. If it comes into contact with humans, it will cause symptoms of severe conjunctivitis and fever. It is not fatal to humans, but it looks a little scary.
But for birds, there is no cure at all, and the mortality rate can be as high as 90%!
This is similar to the Ebola virus in Africa!
However, once chicken plague occurs, farmers should first report it to the local relevant departments. However, she has not received any information about Newcastle disease recently.
Si Ran quickly picked up Lin Xiaoman.
When the woman saw Si Ran coming over with her child in her arms, she quickly left the queue and asked, "What...what are you going to do?"
Si Ran frowned and asked bluntly, "Is Xiaoman like this now because of the Newcastle disease virus?"
The woman's face froze and she shook her head in panic: "I, I don't know what you are talking about."
"Xiao Man said you raise pigeons and a lot of chickens. Since you came from the countryside, you should have opened your own farm, right?" Si Ran pressed on: "Why didn't you report it? Since you are a breeder, you should know that the Newcastle disease virus is contagious, especially to pigeons..."
After Si Ran finished speaking, his expression became even uglier.
Pigeons are not as pure white as people imagine. They are even called little mice in the air because they carry so many viruses.
Even though Si Ran is liked by mice and birds, he would never touch these things with his bare hands when he is in the wild.
Once infected, the mildest case is a minor illness like Xiaoman, but the worst case is a virus that humans have never seen before.
As Si Ran was speaking, she happened to see Pei Yu coming out with medicine.
Si Ran said, "Xiao Man's mother, I'm not blaming you now, but the Newcastle disease virus can survive in a high temperature environment for several days to several months, and there are pigeons infected with Newcastle disease..."
Pigeons are different from chickens. They are flying birds and carry a large number of viruses. If the virus spreads, Si Ran can't imagine what kind of hell it will be for animals.
"I will arrange for a specialist to see Xiaoman, but I hope I can go to your home to see what's going on."
Xiaoman's mother was still terrified, but when she saw Si Ran taking off his mask, her eyes suddenly widened.
"you……"
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