Chapter 187 Chapter 187
It was not enough to just check for sick pigs. Ye Qing quickly wrote a report and asked the county to call the provincial capital immediately.
Fearing that the matter would not be taken seriously in the provincial capital, Ye Qing even reported it himself to the Jicheng Agriculture Department.
She had an old relationship with the Jicheng Agriculture Department. She had previously held a meeting with the old minister in order to shoot a live pig breeding program. When she came back, she left the contact number of the Ministry of Agriculture. So this time she called directly. When the old minister heard that it was Ye Qing looking for him, he happily answered the call.
But after hearing Ye Qing's talk about the situation in Jiaotan County, the old comrade suddenly stopped laughing.
The reason is simple. The TV program that the Ministry of Agriculture and the Propaganda Commission filmed last year was recently completed and the broadcast schedule has been set with the TV station. It will be broadcast in July.
Who would have known that before the program was even aired, swine fever had broken out in Jiaotan County? How could this old leader not be anxious?
“Is the situation really that serious? Are these pigs really at risk of infection?”
Ye Qing himself felt heartbroken as well. How many pigs would be lost? But early detection and early treatment are the keys to timely treatment. If we deal with it now, it is still in time. If we do not deal with it drastically, once the swine fever spreads rampantly, it will not just be a small Jiaotan County, but may soon spread to the entire three northeastern provinces, and it is even possible that the entire country will suffer. This would be a major accident.
In order to reduce losses, losses must be stopped in time!
"Yes, we must send people to deal with it as soon as possible. This is a serious infectious disease. I am not sure whether it is transmitted to humans, but it is a fact that Jiaotan County has been hit on a large scale. We must quickly cut off the source of infection and seal off the transportation channels in Jiaotan County. At least we must ensure that this batch of pigs in Jiaotan County cannot flow out. Even if all the pigs in Jiaotan County this year are gone, at least the virus is under control here. We must not drag other counties and cities around us into the water, otherwise the consequences will be even more serious, and it will be irreversible by then!"
Ye Qing's tone was harsh, but he still urged the Ministry of Agriculture to make a decision quickly.
"Got it." The old comrade paused for a few seconds before simply replying to Ye Qing with three words.
The provincial capital was almost in an uproar when they got the news. Originally, because of the booming pig farming industry in Jiaotan County this year, the provincial leaders were in high spirits. They could be said to receive countless compliments wherever they went. Leaders from other provinces were so jealous that their eyes were almost bleeding. They saw that these leaders would be able to reap a wave of dividends based on their outstanding political achievements. Who knew that such a short time would pass before a swine fever broke out. If it was not handled properly, the pig industry of the entire Jiaotan County and even the entire province would be ruined. These people felt that their mood had fallen from the clouds to hell in an instant, and they were completely unable to react for a while.
Then the Jicheng Agriculture Department issued a red-headed document, blocking all major traffic routes and controlling the pigs in Jiaotan County. Not a single pig would be allowed to leave Jiaotan County, and all available forces would be mobilized to participate in anti-epidemic and disaster relief work. Not only would ideological work be done for members and anti-epidemic propaganda be in place, but a professional medical team would also be formed as soon as possible to conduct research on this infectious disease. A specific medicine for this disease would be developed in the shortest possible time to save Jiaotan County's pig industry losses as much as possible!
The official documents have been issued. The province dare not harbor any more complacency and must quickly follow the requirements from above and obey orders in all actions!
As a result, the entire Jiaotan County was mobilized, and all departments and units received the task of arranging people to go to the countryside to carry out publicity work, to comfort the rural residents and to eliminate illiteracy. The villagers must be made aware of the harm of swine fever and how to simply treat pigs infected with swine fever. If the disease cannot be controlled and the sick pigs die, they must not be discarded or buried at will. They must be handled professionally, and the meat must not be cooked and eaten, as this may infect people with the virus, and in severe cases, even kill them.
If someone were to bury the sick pigs without any real intention, the common people would naturally complain. Even if they understood the interests involved, how many of them would be willing to hand over the sick pigs?
The higher-ups also understand that farmers steal sick pork because they are poor and cannot afford the losses caused by swine fever, so the province has explicitly stipulated that as long as the sick pigs are handed over for collective destruction, and relevant information is reported, both units and individuals will receive corresponding government compensation later.
After knowing that they would receive subsidies when sick pigs died, the resistance of the members who secretly hid the sick pork was not so severe, and they basically obeyed the government's arrangements.
But the workload was huge and tedious, requiring a lot of manpower and material resources, so the cadres from the county went to the townships, the cadres from the townships went to the communes, and the cadres from the communes rushed to the production teams without stopping, knocking on doors from house to house. Even if they had to rush in the rain or at night, these cadres did not dare to stop to rest, and for the next few days, they kept running without sparing any effort.
After hearing the news, people in the city were terrified. Everyone kept silent, and they didn't even dare to go to the meat stall at the supply station for fear of eating sick pork. Not to mention the pork on the black market, which sounded unreliable. The pork that came from illegal channels was most likely infected with the plague!
When the medical team organized by the province came to Jiaotan County for support, Jiaotan County had already almost completed the statistics of the pig breeding situation in each township under it. However, the data submitted was not optimistic. A large number of pigs were sick and the mortality rate was abnormally high.
Just looking at this thick stack of statistics is enough to make one's scalp tingle, not to mention that these data are from real, fat and strong pigs, which are the meat on the tables of ordinary people.
Ye Qing was asked to join the medical team's infectious virus research. She was considered an expert in human medicine, but she had no say in veterinary medicine. The people sent by the province to conduct the research were all very powerful researchers from various research institutes, so after Ye Qing joined, she had no say in the research work at all.
Her strengths were mainly in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, and she was good at acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine pharmacology, while these researchers all used various instruments to test and analyze various data, including conducting experiments and research, all of which were decided by machines. At the same time, they were also developing specific drugs for the plague, and they were also moving in the direction of Western medicine. This made Ye Qing feel out of place. She didn't understand the equipment in these laboratories, so she couldn't fit in at all and couldn't help.
As a result, even after Ye Qing had joined the group for a day or two, she still couldn't find her specific position in the team. Seeing that these people were busy with their own work in an orderly manner and no one had the time to pay attention to her, Ye Qing could only find things to do by herself, helping these researchers with chores and logistics, and reducing her presence as much as possible.
But this was definitely not a solution. When she had some free time, she read through various materials on her own, trying to use the various Chinese medicine pharmacology she was familiar with, combined with some pathological details she had discovered in the sick pigs at Qingshan Farm, to see if she could find any breakthrough.
After a few days of assistance, Ye Qing finally found some feasible clues for the plague from various large-scale Chinese medicine books. So during the routine summary meeting of the medical team that day, she took the initiative to raise her hand, stood up and put forward her views:
"Well, if Western medicine vaccine research is too slow and technical requirements are limited, why don't we consider the research direction of traditional Chinese medicine?"
The entire medical team looked at Ye Qing in surprise.
"I just can't find the direction of your expert group's research for the time being, so since Western medicine can't be developed in a short time, why don't you try traditional Chinese medicine?"
"Chinese medicine may not be as effective as Western medicine in treating this disease, and may not have an immediate effect, but it should not be difficult to find a few preventive prescriptions. If the research team cannot come up with a plan for the time being, I think we should change our strategy and try the roundabout method of Chinese medicine."
"I think our current goal is to control the spread of the plague first, to nip this infectious disease in the bud, and to give Jiaotan County's pig market a chance to survive. This will actually buy time for your research team to develop an effective vaccine. A combination of Chinese and Western medicine is the right way to solve this crisis."
Ye Qing thought that her analysis was fairly fair and did not contain any personal preferences or inclinations. As long as the medical team members thought about it calmly and objectively, they would support her proposal.
But what Ye Qing didn't expect was that the reactions of the researchers present were so strong. Their attitude towards her could be said to be quite repulsive and unfriendly. This was totally beyond her expectations.
"Who is this woman? Does she know what plague is? This is hilarious. This is a contagious virus. If Chinese medicine can cure it, why would it need people like us? Isn't this a fool?"
"Hush, please keep your voice down. Just listen to me. Don't start a fight in front of others. This person is a big celebrity now. He got in through the back door and got the job. Aren't you afraid of offending others by being so direct?"
"Yes, this woman is a famous educated youth who went to the countryside. She was the one who invented the scientific pig farming in Jiaotan County. Now the whole country is learning how to raise pigs from her. It's caused a big stir and was even reported in newspapers and on TV!"
As soon as this was mentioned, someone in the lab immediately remembered:
"So it was her. I remember that she was delivering a sow and was on the news. It turned out to be her, but isn't she a human doctor? Does she know anything about veterinary medicine? She came here to show off her skills and talk nonsense. She wanted to talk about Chinese medicine right away. I'm afraid she is too addicted to Chinese medicine?"
"Who knows what she was thinking? I think even her identity as a doctor is fake. There have been many cases of fraud in the past. Jiaotan County wants to be famous for its aquaculture reform, so it deliberately promoted a female educated youth as a model and created a lot of gimmicks to attract attention."
"Yes, I think there is a problem. Look at how old this girl is. How can it be possible that her medical skills are comparable to those of expert professors in their 40s and 50s, as the media reports?"
"Whether she knows human medicine or not, that doesn't give her the right to come to our research group and give us instructions. If she comes up with such a bad idea and delays the epidemic prevention and treatment work, who will be held responsible? If the higher-ups blame her, will she be held responsible?"
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