Chapter 316: A Lot of Trouble
"Okay." Jin Yue stood up and told everyone about the effects of the vaccine, her voice crisp and bright.
She talked about how vaccines can prevent measles, reduce complications, control the spread of the disease, reduce the economic burden, and so on.
This lecture lasted for half an hour and made her mouth dry.
Unfortunately, the villagers sitting in the yard were not so enthusiastic. Some were eating melon seeds, some were yawning, and a few boys were squatting in the corner, whispering to each other with a smile on their faces.
When Xu Nuo saw this, he couldn't help but shake his head.
She remembered what Wang Fang had said to her before she left, asking her to be mentally prepared.
Fortunately, Wang Fang gave her a heads-up. Although she was a little disappointed, she still accepted it.
Jin Yue finally finished her speech, bowed to everyone, sat down, opened the big teapot and gulped down a few big gulps of herbal tea.
"Okay, well said." Xu Nuo gave his affirmation.
Lu Mancang took the lead in applauding: "Does everyone understand? So, our doctor comrade will work here tomorrow! For the health of our villagers, I hope everyone will take the initiative to cooperate with our work."
After a burst of sparse applause, Lu Mancang was very dissatisfied.
"Applause!" he suggested loudly again.
This time, everyone raised their hands and reluctantly gave him face.
"Did everyone understand?" Xu Nuo asked again, "If you understand, please go back and tell your family members to line up with your children for vaccination tomorrow. We will have injections in the morning and other arrangements in the afternoon. I hope everyone doesn't miss it."
"Doctor Xu..." A hand was raised slowly in the crowd. It was Zhang Ergou, the village's famous "100,000 Whys". "I heard that this vaccine will cause fever? Then if I don't get the vaccine, I won't have a fever!"
There was a burst of laughter from the audience.
It sounds like this person is deliberately looking for trouble.
Jin Yue couldn't help but frown. She had been talking for a long time, but what did he hear?
What a waste of emotion!!!
Xu Nuo smiled faintly, but did not indulge him in his words: "You might choke while eating, why don't you just go on a hunger strike?"
There was another round of laughter, but at least some people started nodding.
Xu Nuo straightened his face and said seriously: "Fellow villagers, measles is not a joke! Fever and rash are contagious, and children suffer and adults worry! Vaccines can solve this problem very well, and they are provided free of charge by the government, so why not get vaccinated?"
"Doctor Xu." Suddenly a voice came from that room. Xu Nuo looked in the direction of the voice and saw a skinny boy squatting on the branch of the old locust tree in the yard. "My mom said that vaccination will make me mute!"
There was a burst of laughter in the crowd, and the women hugged their children tighter in their arms.
"No," Xu Nuo said, "There have been so many vaccinations in our country, and there is no data showing that it will make children mute."
After saying this, Xu Nuo added some content about herd immunity.
She explained it again to the villagers in the simplest and most understandable language, giving examples, metaphors, and data, using all the means she could.
There are even more methods than those used in her graduation thesis.
I thought I had explained it clearly enough, but unexpectedly, a simple and honest man stood up and asked, "Doctor Xu, can I understand it this way? Other people's children have been given injections, so my child doesn't need to be given an injection, and it's less of a worry?"
Xu Nuo: “…”
I've been talking for so long, but it's all in vain!
"Does anyone understand? Why don't you explain it to him?" Xu Nuo looked around the yard, but everyone just stared at her and no one raised their hand.
Jin Yue and Zhou Ling could not help but sigh quietly - the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard!
"Then let me ask all the village leaders present here, does anyone understand?" Xu Nuo asked again.
There must be no one who didn't understand this lecture.
At this time, the women's director Liu Chunlan raised her hand tremblingly, and Xu Nuo's eyes lit up: "Great, can you tell us about it?"
Liu Chunlan smiled embarrassedly: "Doctor Xu, I don't understand this question either. Everyone has taken the shot, so it won't be a problem if I don't take it, right?"
Snap——
Xu Nuo accidentally broke the pencil in his hand into two pieces.
“Okay, let me explain it again.” Helplessly, she had to say, “Vaccine protection is not 100%. Even if vaccinated, there is a very small number of people whose immunity may not work. If everyone holds the same idea as you, then this virus will never be eradicated.”
At this point, she was afraid that the villagers might not understand, so she added: "Let me give you a simple example. If only half of the families in our village were vaccinated, it would be like only building half of a firebreak in a forest. Once the sparks jump over, the families without protection will still catch fire! Do you understand now?"
Lu Mancang said hurriedly, "I understand, I understand! So everyone, don't say anything tomorrow, just come and get vaccinated. Doctor Xu is a doctor in the army, can he deceive us? Can the country deceive us? Right?"
"Secretary Lu is right. My colleagues and I will be waiting for you here tomorrow." Xu Nuo was really exhausted. He gave a few simple instructions and said, "It's getting late. Please go back so as not to disturb everyone's rest."
As the crowd left the meeting, dragging their messy shadows, she suddenly realized that the most difficult viruses to eliminate might never be under a microscope.
Lu Laoer and Lu Kai, father and son, dragged it on until the end, and only when all the villagers had left did they come forward.
"Doctor Xu, do you still remember us?" asked Lu Laoer.
Unexpectedly seeing him here, Xu Nuo was surprised and delighted: "Uncle Lu, Brother Lu, you are from this village!"
"Yes. I didn't expect you to come here. You came just in time. The measles in our village is too serious and it's almost out of control." Lu Laoer said, "It was said before that three or four hundred families were infected. No, it's more than that..."
"We know." Xu Nuo said, "Don't worry, we will do our best to eliminate the virus."
"That's great." Lv Laoer said excitedly, "Junjun is in great shape now, thanks to you. I wanted to thank you last time, but I didn't have the chance. Now that you've come to our village, if you have any trouble in life or work, come and find Uncle Lv. By the way, the village party secretary Lv Kun is my nephew, so you can find him!"
"Thank you. I feel relieved when you said that. If I encounter any difficulties, I will really ask you for help."
"That's right."
"When you are not busy, come home and your sister-in-law and I will cook for you." Lu Kai said.
"Okay." Xu Nuo agreed readily.
A few people chatted for a while, and as the night grew darker, Lu Laoer and his son returned home.
Lu Kai entered the house, washed his face and feet, and lay down on the bed.
Mu Pingping got into his arms, put her arms around his neck and started chatting with him: "Aunt Shi came back from a meeting tonight with the other aunts. I heard Aunt Shi talking to her daughter-in-law at the door. She asked her daughter-in-law to keep an eye on her husband and not let him be seduced by the new vixen. Who is the vixen? Are you talking about the new doctor?"
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