678. resurgence
Death means end.
But from another perspective, in addition to ending someone's life, death also brings another beginning to the people around. Even if this beginning is extremely painful, the surrounding environment will turn into rolling wheels and chase them forward.
Reality is in front of you how Daisy should pay for the medical expenses after her death and how to raise their sons.
For this man, work income, debt, and integrity are all shackles that are pressed on him. If he wants to live well, he doesn’t have much time to be sad. If he doesn’t clear up his mood as soon as possible and think about paying off the debt until the bill is delivered to his doorstep, he may not be far from his real collapse.
But now, the pain of losing his wife is eroding his spirit. It is difficult to face it calmly in the eyes of a husband who has not experienced much sadness.
Even if a person is cruel and rational, when he sees a big man, he will put his business aside and give him some time and space to vent his feelings quietly.
"Another victim of American Medicare loopholes."
"Multiple organ failure, liver, kidney, lung and heart are not good. After anesthesia, all indicators are running wild, and it is normal that they cannot be rescued." Xu Jiakang stood aside and said that he pressed the word "normal" very lightly. "Actually, her heart stopped three times in the car, and it is not easy to persist until now."
"..." Qi Jing was silent for a while, "I said just now, have you asked him?"
"I asked, Daisy is in good health before giving birth, so she often goes out and goes to many places." Xu Jiakang said, "At least, Lehn must have traveled all over the whole world."
"I've been there in just two weeks?"
"yes."
"If it is shortened to a week, I will ask where his wife has been to the seven days a week ago and now, and whether anyone else has been to the house?" Qi Jing continued, "And has he seen anyone with colds and fevers himself? Has anyone ever come to their home..."
"This..." Xu Jiakang looked back at the husband and shook his head slightly, "You heard it too, and you can't ask at all now."
"It's really troublesome." Qi Jing changed his question, "By the way, how is he now? Do you have flu symptoms?"
"No, I just cried a lot."
"I'm afraid something happened to the Statz Hospital now." Qi Jing hypothesized, "If the virus goes there, so much population and epidemic will definitely cause the virus to break out completely."
"Actually, we didn't have any contact with others along the way. The medical staff and her husband also wore masks." Xu Jiakang explained, "I don't think there will be any problem with Statz."
Qi Jing also knew the situation when a critically ill patient was transferred to the hospital, and ordinary people could not get close to him. Moreover, Daisy was in a coma, without coughing or sneezing, and H1N1, which was transmitted by droplets, was difficult to enter other people's bodies in this environment.
According to the direction of H1N1 in the previous life, it should also go south to Texas and California, and then enter Mexico.
Qi Jing had a premonition, but there was no evidence. After all, Stetz was in the east, completely in the opposite direction.
"If you have nothing to do, come back as soon as possible and bring him back by the way." Qi Jing said, "There are limits on the number of nucleic acid testing reagents in CDC. You both are close contacts and you must check them. Especially him, an absolute high-risk group."
Xu Jiakang nodded, then asked, "CDC has arrived?"
"It was four o'clock in the morning. I just had a full nucleic acid test. After the investigation, I didn't find any positive ones." Qi Jing was still a little nervous when he said this. "But they just didn't lock the hospital. H1N1 has an incubation period. If you want to do a real investigation, you have to isolate it. What is the difference between not locking the hospital and not having a test..."
"But if it is closed, Quanleen will have no hospital."
"If you don't seal it, the hospital will be done!"
“Not that exaggerated…”
"Oh, wait and see."
H1N1, which caused tens of millions of infections around the world, cannot disappear so easily. Qi Jing is very clear that this virus is quietly growing and growing where they cannot see it.
Now there is a chance to detonate this thunder.
In the last life, Mexico first ignited the fuse. Later, although the United States itself exploded, the virus was named after the Mexican swine flu.
The real source of H1N1 is unclear. The United States said that there was a problem with pig farming in Mexico, and Mexico said that the pigs raised were originally from pig farms opened by Americans in Mexico. Both sides had their own opinions and were quarreling.
In the end, because the mortality rate of the new virus was low, both sides simply put their hats on the pig's head and left it alone.
If the WHO and pig farmers had not rehabilitated the pigs, I'm afraid the general public would have been afraid of talking about pigs for a long time in the future.
Qi Jing was very interested in the source of H1N1 and wanted to bring CDC people to Daisy's house for a thorough inspection. But after all, he was in the United States and his circle was too small, and the only people he knew were not CDCs. Even though Siphrek was the director of NIAID, his influence in CDC was very limited.
He stayed in Lehn Hospital for a night and thought about it over and over again, and decided to put aside the idea of traceability first or to expose the news of the new virus.
The first thing to have a good chat is Syphus, the old guy who previously claimed that there was no new virus at all.
Originally, when H1N1 was rekindled, Qi Jing must have called Sife's private phone to explain the situation. But the old man seemed to like him, who liked to turn off the phone at work. After a few calls failed, Qi Jing could only turn to NIAID's office phone.
Unfortunately, office phone calls are not easy to call, and ordinary people can't even hear serious voices, so they can only listen to the voice of a robot.
There was no way, Qi Jing finally chose Chris.
NIAID researcher, 996 is the norm, and 007 is not without it. Now with the H1N1 virus, his team is the first research team to come into contact with, so they have been working hard to study it during this period.
Boring research is all about Chris's life. There is no entertainment without a girlfriend, and it lacks too much color.
In this state of mind, he suddenly saw Qi Jing's call. Not only did he not feel disgusted with the pigeon being released, but he even had some small expectations. It was not until his mind reacted that he realized the feeling of expectation revealed by the subconscious mind, which made him feel nauseous.
"Damn, why did this guy think of calling?"
Chris took off his gloves, stepped on the lid of the trash can, and threw them in hard: "Hey, what's the matter?"
"The H1N1 checked in North Carolina has appeared again." This is not just a straightforward approach. In order to make Chris "sighted", Qi Jing directly opened the door, "It's in Lehn, who you have been to."
"Hmm?" Chris wanted to pretend to be stupid, "What H1N1?"
"Don't pretend, Director Siphe has told him everything." Qi Jing directly confronted him, "The positive one is a newborn baby, who is still in Lehn. The mother was sent to Statz after giving birth and was not saved."
"Newborn..."
Chris has worked in the University of North Carolina laboratory for so long and has received many H1N1 cases. He has never seen a newborn infected person. Qi Jing's attitude is indeed a bit tough and he doesn't take him as a top researcher seriously at all, but the value of his phone call is really great.
They have envisioned many possibilities for the new virus, such as high severity rates like sars, high mortality rates like West Nile virus, and high infectious rates like influenza. However, after research, it was found that H1N1 was just slightly stronger than ordinary influenza.
The CDC report also completely blocked the infection and took two months to clear the cases.
Because of the zeroing, after thorough research, they and the CDC must send detailed reports. Now Lehn's situation has completely disrupted their plans. NIAID is in charge of research, and it may not be that serious, but the CDC has completely failed.
The rekindled love is slapping them in the face.
"You have to look for CDC when you rekindle. Why do you call me?"
"This new virus will definitely cause large-scale infection, please pay attention to it."
Chris thought Qi Jing was just an audience member. He stood from the perspective of the bystander, talked about his feelings, expressed his opinions, and then scolded CDC and their NIAID. Even if there was not much aggressiveness in language, Chris could still feel a little worried.
In 2003, China, which had not even understood the Sars, controlled the US defense system, and Chris, as an American, would definitely not be able to bear it.
So his answer was very straightforward: "Let's go to North Carolina because of the importance."
"No, you didn't understand what I mean." Qi Jing explained with a smile, "What I mean by paying attention is not necessarily to stop Yiqing. Anyway, you can't stop it..."
"Hmm? What did you just say?"
"Oh, nothing." Qi Jing cleared his throat, "I mean, you have fought with it for three months, mastered the gene sequence, and had a rapid nucleic acid test method. So have these cases been reported to WHO?"
This talks about Chris' weakness, because both them, CDC, or doctors at Lehn Hospital were clearly told that no information about the new virus could be transmitted. Lehn's excuse for blockade was influenza, and the banner used by the outside world was also a relatively serious flu. Blockade was just a precaution for safety reasons.
Even what Sifer revealed to Qi Jing was just a small town with an outbreak similar to that of an influenza outbreak.
The blockade was not long, and the locals didn't care much. As for outsiders, who would care about a town with only tens of thousands of people?
When reporting the WHO, if the situation is properly controlled, it will naturally be reported. By reporting to yourself, it is the best of both worlds. But if you don’t control it, reporting the WHO will definitely kill the source and cannot stop it from spreading. The pot is all from the United States.
How could they do such a bad thing...
broken!
Chris remembered this morning's morning meeting, and reports from CDC and NIAID were uploaded. Once he mistakenly thought that the situation was under control and ventilated with the WHO, wouldn't there be a big problem?
"I can't decide whether to report to WHO or not. You should ask the CDC or Director Sever." Seeing that Qi Jing had to say something, Chris directly blocked his mouth with his work, "I'm still doing an experiment here, so that's it."
Qi Jing looked at the phone call he hung up and felt that Chris' reaction was a little strange. However, he didn't go into delving into anything. There were more important things to do here.
Something more important than the American situation.
......
It is now 8:30 am in North Carolina, and 9:30 am in the evening in China. It happens to be the time for Huang Jianshi to have a good meal and read books.
He was still a little surprised when he heard the phone ring. He only realized that it was Qi Jing after seeing the call prompt.
"What's wrong? You're having a good time abroad." Huang Jianshi asked with a smile, "Is there anything fun? I thought of coming to tell me?"
H1N1 is right in front of you, Qi Jing can't be ridiculous: "Teacher Huang, don't joke, there is a new flu virus here in the United States, and the severe disease rate is much higher than that of ordinary flu."
“New flu?”
Huang Jianshi has worked in the United States for more than ten years and has a much wider connection than Qi Jing. But he has never heard of any new flu: "Are you sure?"
"Sure."
"Is it a mutation or a new virus?"
"I don't know this either, it's because the probability of pneumonia is very high, and once pneumonia occurs, there is a high probability that it will become severe pneumonia."
Qi Jing has not yet been exposed to NIAID information, nor has he talked to CDC people about this. All of them can only be guessed: "I suspect it is a new virus. It is easier to attack human lung tissue than the systemic toxic symptoms of influenza."
Huang Jianshi didn't dare to neglect after hearing this, so he immediately pulled out paper and pen from the side: "Tell me about other symptoms."
"It is generally flu-like symptoms, and the details will be slightly different. For example, low body temperature, or high upper respiratory tract symptoms, and there will be simple cold symptoms and asymptomatic infections. Another point is that many severe cases have pneumonia as soon as they start, which is very annoying. As for the prognosis, I still lack information here, but at least the mortality rate will not be very high."
"It's not easy to distinguish influenza."
"If you distinguish it, there are already rapid nucleic acid testing here, and the cost is quite reasonable, but once the number of infections increases, it will be different."
This was the important factor that the United States gave up at the beginning, money.
Even Mexico chose to lock down the city for two weeks to separate the chain of infection, but the United States embarked on another path. They shouted a large flu and let the virus spread endlessly.
Even if many people immediately realize that doing this is wrong, it is difficult to change the reality. Many people even weave fig leafs and say words of conscience for the glory of the world superpower on their faces.
Huang Jianshi was separated from a huge machine like the United States and knew the capabilities of this country very well.
But now that the financial crisis is ahead, there is a question mark on how much strength you can exert and how much strength you are willing to exert.
"Teacher Huang, we are different from them." Qi Jing expressed his concerns, "It's November now, and it's December soon. Then it's the Spring Festival, and there's the Spring Festival. One-third of the world's population flows, and we can't afford to gamble than their empty highways and towns."
Chapter completed!