Doctor: I picked up attributes in the hospital

Chapter 434 The tranquility before the storm!
The next day.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Dongfang Hospital, large meeting room.

Today's meeting seemed to be a big event, because each department has a director and a deputy director, and they are basically in charge. This is the first time Zhao Heng has seen such a battle.

"Senior, what's the matter?"

Zhao Heng asked softly to Liu Ziang who was sitting beside him.

"You don't know yet?"

Liu Ziang looked at Zhao Heng, and asked in surprise.

"You don't tell me where I'm going to know?"

Zhao Heng said helplessly.

"Didn't you go to Africa? I thought you knew already."

Liu Ziang said slowly.

"Senior, are you talking about Bloody Ebola? Did it break out in GN? No way!"

Zhao Heng couldn't help exclaiming in a low voice, once this bloody Ebola broke out in Gn, it would be a catastrophe.

"How is it possible, we are so strict in defense, Ebola will definitely not be able to survive, but recently the number of fs in the emergency department has increased by at least four or five times, and it is suspected to be a new type of respiratory BD outbreak, so we have a meeting today It is necessary to deploy manpower."

Liu Ziang didn't hold back, and said directly.

"Could it be an LG explosion?"

Zhao Heng thought for a while and said.

What is the greatest threat to human life in the world?
After these years, I am afraid that most people will answer without hesitation: "Pandemic!"

When the respiratory bd appears like a black swan, we realize with great pain that ignorant human beings are so small and vulnerable in the face of the unknown world.

The arduous battle of the epidemic requires everyone's attention and efforts.

In the history of mankind, what can change the course of history is not only technology, culture, war, politics, but also epidemics, that is, infectious diseases.

However, the emergence of an epidemic is more bloody and cruel than any other form. When it brings death, there is no room for any bargaining.

In 1918, a global plague swept the entire world. This is what we later called H1N1bd, or lgbd.

LGBD first appeared at the end of World War I. Soldiers returning home from the battlefield spread BD to all parts of the world, and eventually a rapid global outbreak of infectious diseases broke out.

The 18-month lgbd outbreak resulted in more deaths than the two world wars combined - somewhere between 5000 and [-] million people.

You know, the global population in 1918 was only 18 billion.

This bd has brought two unprecedented challenges to mankind:
One is that humans discovered for the first time that BD would break the boundary between humans and animals, forming a transmission mode of [wild animals-poultry-human-human].

Experts who tracked popular bds in wild animals and poultry found that many horrible bds in recent years are related to bats.

"There are LG outbreaks every year, but the number of people with fever has not increased as much as this time. This is almost five times the data of previous years."

Liu Ziang shook his head slightly and said.

Obviously, he is not in a relaxed mood now. What doctors or hospitals are most afraid of encountering is the outbreak of this epidemic.

The plague has the clearest historical records and is also the most serious outbreak of infectious diseases in ancient times. The plague is definitely well-deserved.

In the dark period of the Middle Ages, the plague was prevalent several times. This infectious disease is caused by the bacillus pestis. The bacteria spread through the lice on the mice. big.

In the past 2000 years, the plague has killed hundreds of millions of people. The Black Death from 1346 to 1353 is considered to be the most deadly plague outbreak in history.

So, how did such a severe plague outbreak disappear in the end?

There is no clear record on this point, but most scientists tend to believe that after all the people infected with Yersinia pestis locally die, the source of infection for the plague transmission is equivalent to being cut off. In such a tragic way, a plague The outbreak is over.

"Could it be a new type of respiratory BD that has not been discovered?"

Zhao Heng thought for a while and said, he felt his scalp tingle when he thought of the relevant knowledge about bd transformation he picked up from Dr. William in Africa.

What Dr. William is researching is not just a technology, it should be called a biological weapon.

Since it is a weapon, it is bound to conduct experiments to collect relevant data.

So, under what circumstances and where will Dr. William's organization choose to experiment with this biological weapon?
Just thinking about it for a while, Zhao Heng felt creepy. Perhaps it wasn't just Zhao Heng who was aware of this, which is why there was such a big meeting today.

"How can it be so easy to have a new type of respiratory BD that has not been discovered? You treat it as an international BD library."

Liu Ziang shook his head slightly and said, the World Health Organization has several bd databases, and the data in these bd databases are common to all member states. Determine which bd infection it is.

Unless it was reconstructed in a laboratory, or it was an ancient BD leaked during a geological event, such as a ground fissure or an earthquake, otherwise, as long as it has appeared, these BD databases will all be included.

"It's hard to say."

Zhao Heng sighed and said, in the past, he must have agreed with Liu Ziang's point of view, but since he went to Africa once, Zhao Heng is not sure if this kind of thing will happen again.

Zhao Heng didn't know anything about biological weapons before he came into contact with Dr. William, but after acquiring Dr. William's knowledge and experience, Zhao Heng's understanding of this aspect can be said to have reached the level of an expert.

To judge whether an organism, whether it is BD, bacteria, chlamydia, or fungi, is suitable for use as a biological weapon, it needs to be considered from many aspects.

The first is the characteristics of the creature itself. A creature that can be used as a biological weapon should have the following characteristics:

First, the survival adaptability must be good (it is definitely inappropriate to inactivate when it is slightly cold or hot)

Second, the more diverse the transmission channels, the better, and the faster the transmission speed, the better
Third, it has an appropriate latency (it is not easy to be found during the incubation period, which is conducive to diffusion to improve the killing effect. If the incubation period is too short, the disease will be prevented and controlled before it spreads in a large area, and the expected effect cannot be achieved. Killing effect. And if the incubation period is too long, it is also inappropriate to use it as a weapon. In addition, it is best to be highly contagious during the incubation period, so that it can spread on a large scale without knowing it. It is highly contagious during the onset period, and it is easy to block the transmission through isolation)

Fourth, there is a certain degree of variability, but the variability should not be too large.

Secondly, if the target is to destroy the economy of an industrial country, then the organisms used as weapons should be aimed at the main crops or livestock of the target country. For example, if it is aimed at corn BD, the plant BD must be developed.

If the target of the attack is to eliminate the population of the enemy country, it should have the characteristics of rapid spread, short-to-medium-term latency, easy mutation, acute onset, short course of disease, and extremely high lethality.

And if the target of the attack is the social stability and economy of the enemy country, then it should have rapid spread, short-to-medium-term latency, symptoms that are easily confused with one or some common diseases, easy to mutate, and acute onset (explosive occurrence of a large number of patients, a large number of Occupies medical resources and social resources), long course of disease (requires long-term treatment, consumes a lot of medical data), has a certain fatality rate but the fatality rate is not high (the fatality rate will lead to social panic, as for why the fatality rate cannot be high, think about the battlefield You will know why you deliberately create enemy wounded soldiers instead of directly destroying them. For specific examples, you can refer to the directional landmines on the battlefield, whose purpose is to cause casualties without death).

Last but not least, the healing microorganisms should appear to be naturally produced and proliferated.

"Senior, do you think there is a technical level to use BD like Ebola as a weapon?"

After a pause, Zhao Heng asked Liu Ziang. He wanted to hear Liu Ziang's opinion. After all, Liu Ziang can be said to represent a small group of people with the highest medical level in China. The level of perception and awareness of medical practitioners on this kind of thing.

"It's difficult, but it's not impossible. With the current technology, if you want to manufacture biological weapons that meet the requirements, you must first find organisms that meet most of the requirements, and then conduct directional cultivation or transformation on this basis. From the current technical level, I don’t think any biological laboratory or biological scientist has the level to transform Ebola’s bd.”

Liu Ziang was a little surprised why Zhao Heng would ask such a question, but he still thought about it and replied.

"Actually, junior, technology is neutral. Sometimes biological weapons are not necessarily all bad things. Sometimes they are also very useful, just like the disaster of rabbits in Australia, which is to use bombers to spread myxoma multiple bd specifically for rabbits." , Killing hundreds of millions of rabbits in one fell swoop, if it was done artificially, the time and energy spent would be unimaginable."

After a pause, Liu Ziang spoke again slowly.

Technology itself is neither good nor bad. Just like nuclear technology, it can be used to make little boys, and it can also be used to build nuclear power plants to provide clean and efficient energy.

"Senior has so much research on this?"

Zhao Heng was a little surprised. Liu Ziang specialized in brain surgery and neurology, but he didn't expect Liu Ziang to know so much about BD and biological weapons.

"In my spare time, I have watched some documentaries. For example, the United States has made experimental Tianhua weapons, and Lao Su has also used smallpox weapons in actual combat, and also experimentally made Marburg BD weapons, but there is no quantity. But in general, the possibility of weaponizing BD is still not high, because we all know that BD is too delicate, such as bacteria such as anthrax, thrown into a small dry bottle and sealed, Buried with bleach, you can keep it for as long as you want, but smallpox weapons are different, the shelf life is only two years, and they often need to be replaced."

"Furthermore, bacterial weapons are relatively simple and easy to manufacture. It's similar to a winery. There is a fermentation facility that can cultivate bacteria. But for BD, it is more difficult, whether it is old Su using eggs or rice. Monkey kidneys are very troublesome and costly."

Liu Ziang seemed to be interested, so he talked eloquently.

"Senior, your research is really extensive. But I think that the current process of BD weaponization may exceed our imagination. After all, this kind of research is kept secret. Even if we know the information, it may be five years. Even more than ten years ago."

Zhao Heng said slowly.

"What you said is not impossible, but the mutation of lgbd is also very fast. In the past two days, I guess it is a mutant."

Liu Ziang looked at Zhao Heng and said, he feels that Zhao Heng is a bit strange today, especially after returning from a trip to Africa, he is a bit different, and he can't describe this difference.

"I hope I think about it more."

Zhao Heng nodded. He also hoped that the BD infection that broke out in the past two days was caused by the natural mutation of lgbd.

After a while, the meeting started. Dean Liu Shangming first briefly introduced the situation, without any politeness, and began to assign tasks.

Zhao Heng listened for a while. Generally speaking, it is to strengthen the monitoring of fever patients in various departments, and then set up a special fever clinic in the hospital. This is also a routine operation when lgbd broke out in previous years. This year, it is just a repeat. That's all.

After the meeting, the directors of each department left, and the dean Liu Shangming left Zhao Heng and Gao Jun behind.

"Xiao Zhao, it's hard work sending you to Africa this time."

Dean Liu Shangming first spoke to Zhao Heng.

"It's not enough hard work. Didn't you just come back after a few days?"

Zhao Heng said indifferently.

"Xiao Zhao, what do you think of the increase in FR patients during this period?"

Dean Liu Shangming nodded and continued to ask.

Hearing this question, Zhao Heng's heart skipped a beat.

"Dean, I think that at present, it is necessary to strengthen the monitoring of FR patients."

Zhao Heng thought about it for a while and said that he was sure from the information he got from Dr. William that the Ebola outbreak in Africa had a very large human factor.

However, he is still not sure about the domestic situation, since there is no direct evidence after all.

However, for this kind of thing, it is always right to take precautions, take two shots if you have dates or not, and it is always right to strengthen prevention, not to mention God knows what kind of lgbd will mutate.

"From the situation in previous years, the lgbd outbreak is basically in this season."

After a pause, Zhao Heng added.

"The current situation in Africa is not optimistic. Although Ebola is currently confined to the Johannesburg area of ​​South Africa, according to the assessment of our epidemiological experts, the outbreak of Ebola in South Africa this time may not be that simple. "

Dean Liu Shangming said with a sigh.

Hearing this, both Zhao Heng and Gao Jun looked solemn.

(End of this chapter)