In November 1987, Chen Xia was busy working as an examiner.
A major influenza outbreak occurred in Europe. The influenza started in several southern European countries with relatively hot temperatures, and then gradually spread to central and northern Europe.
Modern Chinese people have experienced two major respiratory infectious diseases. Almost everyone changes color when talking about SARS and COVID-19, as if these viruses are devils that eat people without leaving any bones.
It has caused great harm and losses to society and the people.
However, as a respiratory infectious disease, the mortality rate of influenza is also not low, almost reaching 0.1%, which means that one out of every 1,000 influenza patients will die.
If it develops into "influenza pneumonia", the mortality rate is almost 10%, because many influenza patients develop pneumonia, and their lungs immediately turn white. If they are not rescued in time, they will die quickly, very quickly.
The influenza virus that broke out in Europe this time is very strong. Even after being transmitted N times, its infectiousness has not changed at all.
The mortality rate of common flu is 0.1%, but the death rate of this flu has increased fivefold to 0.5%, which is terrible.
Europeans in particular believe in "herd prevention" and do not pay enough attention to influenza. They still gather, work, and go to school as usual, which has caused the influenza to quickly escalate from "epidemic" to "outbreak."
By the time the health departments of various countries slowly discovered that something was wrong, it was already too late to control the situation.
Experts at the Disease Monitoring Center under the Department of Health in Brussels, the headquarters of the European Community (the predecessor of the European Union), have just isolated the virus.
The director of the CDC, Cisse, was holding the report while listening to his subordinates' reports.
"This virus is named H6N5 influenza A virus. It first started in Italy and has now spread throughout Europe. According to data from various countries, more than 40 million people have been infected."
Xi Sai rubbed his forehead with a headache
The European Community countries have a total population of only 400 million, which means an infection rate of over 10%, and the number of cases is exploding every day.
The staff continued to report:
"Another unusual feature of this H6N5 influenza A virus is its high mortality rate. Current monitoring data has reached 0.5%, especially among the elderly, where the mortality rate has reached 2.4%."
The figure of 2.4% is quite exaggerated. This is the pace of reducing the pension burden on European Community countries.
But as the base camp of the "white left", how can the compassionate saints allow such a thing to happen?
But readers should not think that they are true saints.
Just because too many elderly people die, it will highlight the ineffective epidemic prevention measures of various governments and affect their votes, so we have to take it seriously.
Cisai asked weakly, "Are there any particularly effective treatment options at the moment? What does our CDC laboratory say?"
The staff member was very embarrassed and said with a red face:
"Everyone is helpless and can only treat the symptoms. The most urgent need in various countries right now is ventilators. If the flu can't be controlled, I'm afraid it will be another modern-day Black Death."
Black Death.
This disease is absolutely a nightmare for Europeans.
The 1340s and 1350s were an extremely tragic period for Europe.
From 1347 to 1353, the plague known as the "Black Death" swept across Europe, killing 25 million Europeans, accounting for one-third of the total population of Europe at that time.
Xisai stood up suddenly and threw all the information in his hand to the ground.
"Since we're powerless, we need to ask for help from the rest of the world. Are we going to just sit there and watch so many people die? We should immediately ask the United States for help. They'll definitely find a way."
When the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received the call for help, they were filled with regret.
The 20th century was an era of great communication. Airplanes flew back and forth, reaching all parts of the world within a few days. The exchanges between Europe and the United States were the most frequent.
The European flu outbreak is here. Can the US escape?
The flu is already spreading in the United States. Everyone is hating these Europeans. They are causing trouble for themselves, but they still come to us for help?
The problem is that the Americans themselves don’t have any special medicine, there is nothing they can do.
The world's most advanced disease research centers are located in Europe and the United States, and most pharmaceutical giants are also located in Europe and the United States.
If European and American countries are unable to prevent the influenza outbreak and develop an effective medicine, then we are really doomed.
If you ask the white left to lock down the city and cut off the transmission channels, they will fight you. For them, freedom is more important.
In this way, after the flu afflicted European countries, it began to afflict the United States, and then quickly began to spread throughout the world.
When Chen Xia read in domestic newspapers that foreign countries were suffering from the flu, he knew his chance had come.
As for influenza, the only effective drug is oseltamivir. Ren Yuanfei has been "researching" it for many years and has even written a paper on it, and Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Company has also applied for relevant patents a long time ago.
Chen Xia was just waiting for a good opportunity to make a splash.
Wait, it feels weird when I say this.
Fourier once described capitalist society as follows:
Doctors hope for many patients, coffin sellers hope for many deaths, grain speculators hope for famine, lawyers hope for every family to be involved in a lawsuit, architects hope for every day there will be a fire, and glaziers hope for hailstorms that shatter all the glass...
It seems that Chen Xia feels that he is already showing signs of transforming into a capitalist.
Finally, the dragon slayer became the evil dragon.
Chen Xia touched Gu Lin, but she slapped him away. "You rascal, why are you touching us? The babies are watching us."
The three little babies, Chen Zijin, Chen Zipei and Chen Ziyou, are about to be three years old. Especially little Youyou, who is so cute with her pink and chubby face that Chen Xia can't let go of her.
As for his two sons, ahem, in his eyes they were the epitome of stupidity, and they would just smile foolishly when being bullied by their sister.
As a result, the boss Chen Zijin quit and said very seriously:
"Dad, it's not that I can't beat my sister, it's because grandma said you can't bully little sisters, so I didn't fight back?"
Chen Xia was suddenly happy. He didn't expect his mother-in-law's education to be so successful. So he looked at the second child, Chen Zipei:
"Pepe, your sister bullied you, why didn't you resist?"
"I won't resist. Later she'll pretend to be dead and then cry and tell daddy about it. Then daddy will spank us."
Chen Xia was stunned, while Gu Lin hugged her two sons and laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her back:
"Chen Lao Er, Chen Lao Er, look at your spoiled daughter, now she's lawless. Do you know you were wrong now?"
When Chen Ziyou heard that his true identity was revealed, he quickly hugged his father's thigh and blinked his big eyes at his father, looking very pitiful.
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