Doctor: Picking Up Attributes in the Hospital

Chapter 567 - 433: Calm Before the Storm

The next day.9:00 AM, Eastern Hospital, large conference room.

This meeting today seems to be a big deal because every department has sent a director and a deputy director, essentially the top brass, such a line-up, Zhao Heng is seeing for the first time.

"Senior, what’s going on?"

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

"You don’t know yet?"

Liu Ziang looked at Zhao Heng, somewhat surprised, and asked rhetorically.

"If you don’t tell me, how would I find out?"

Zhao Heng said a bit helplessly.

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

Liu Ziang slowly said.

"Senior, are you talking about the lethal Ebola? Did it break out in gn? That can’t be real!"

Zhao Heng couldn’t help but whisper in shock, if the lethal Ebola were to break out in gn, it would be an absolute catastrophe.

"How could it be, we’re on high alert, Ebola definitely can’t get through, but recently the number of fs in the emergency department surged by at least four to five times. There’s suspicion of a new type of respiratory bd outbreak, so today’s meeting is to allocate personnel."

Liu Ziang didn’t hold back, and spoke directly.

"Could it be a major lg outbreak?"

Zhao Heng thought for a moment and said.

What is the greatest threat to human life in the world?

After experiencing these past few years, I fear the vast majority of people would unhesitatingly answer: "Epidemic!"

When respiratory bd appeared like a black swan, it painfully made us realize that ignorant humans, in the face of an unknown world, are so small and vulnerable.

This grueling battle against an epidemic requires attention and effort from everyone.

In human history, what can alter the course of history are not only technology, culture, war, politics, but also epidemics, which are infectious diseases.

However, the emergence of an epidemic is bloodier and more brutal than any form, when it brings death, there is no room for negotiation.

In 1918, a global pandemic swept the entire world, which we later refer to as H1N1 bd, or lgbd.

lgbd first appeared at the end of World War I, soldiers returning from the battlefield spread bd to various parts of the world, eventually triggering a rapid global infectious disease outbreak.

During the 18-month lgbd outbreak, it caused more deaths than the total of both World Wars, approximately fifty million to a hundred million people.

We must know, in 1918, the world population was only 1.8 billion.

This bd brought two unprecedented challenges to humanity:

Firstly, for the first time, humans discovered that bd could suddenly break the barrier between humans and animals, forming a transmission pattern of [wild animal-poultry-human-human].

Experts deeply tracking epidemic bd in wild animals and poultry have found that many terrifying bds in recent years are related to bats.

"There are lg outbreaks every year, but the number of fever cases has never increased this much, it’s almost five times the usual data now."

Liu Ziang slightly shook his head and said.

Apparently, his mood is not at ease now, what doctors or hospitals fear most is the outbreak of such an epidemic.

The most clearly recorded history is also the most severe outbreak of infectious disease in ancient times; the plague is undoubtedly worthy of this title.

In the dark period of the Middle Ages, the plague struck several times, this infectious disease was caused by the plague bacterium and is spread by fleas on rats. After human infection, the droplets produced from the respiratory tract spread through the air among the population, making the plague extremely lethal.

In the past two thousand years, the plague has claimed hundreds of millions of lives, the Black Death from 1346 to 1353 is considered the most deadly outbreak of plague in history.

Then, how did such a severe plague outbreak finally disappear?

On this point, there is no clear record, but most scientists tend to believe that after all the local people infected with the plague bacterium died, the source of infection was effectively cut off, ending the plague outbreak in such a tragic manner.

"Could it be an undiscovered new type of respiratory bd?"

Zhao Heng thought for a moment and said, remembering the knowledge about bd modification he gleaned from Dr. William in Africa, he felt chills down his spine.

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

Since it’s a weapon, then inevitably it’s necessary to conduct experiments and gather relevant data.

So under what circumstances and in what location would the organization Dr. William belongs to choose to experiment with this biological weapon?

Just a little thought gave Zhao Heng a sense of dread, perhaps not only Zhao Heng realized this, which is why today’s meeting had such a considerable turnout.

"It’s not that easy for an undiscovered new type of respiratory bd to appear, you think the international bd database is just for display?"

Liu Ziang slightly shook his head and said, the World Health Organization has several bd databases, and the data in these bd libraries are shared with each member country to determine which bd infection it might be as quickly as possible when there’s a suspected bd outbreak.

Unless it was modified in a laboratory or leaked from ancient bd during geological events such as earthquakes or fissures, any bd that has appeared would be included in these bd databases.

"It’s hard to say."

Zhao Heng sighed and said, if it were in the past, he would certainly agree with Liu Ziang’s point of view, but since going to Africa once, Zhao Heng dared not be sure whether such a thing would happen.