Chapter 1190 The Whole World Catches a Cold

the next day,

When Jiang Hao went to Anne's Manor to teach, he found that there were many more people waiting beside him, and there were two men in black staring at Jiang Hao from a distance, as if he was afraid that he would do something obscene to the princess.

Jiang Hao knew that this was a prison cell and a warning from the royal family.

"Annie, let's start today's training." Jiang Hao didn't care about these, and said to Annie with a smile.

"Okay." Annie couldn't feel anything stupidly.

In fact, this is fine, she is responsible for happiness, there is no need to pollute her with some messy things.

After the training was over, Annie took the towel from the servant, wiped the sweat from her temples, and asked with a smile, "Jon, where are we going to play today?"

Jiang Hao glanced at the housekeeper who was staring at him, and gave Annie a smile, "I'm a little busy these days, I'm afraid I can't take you out to play."

Annie was a little disappointed, "Okay, you go about your own affairs first, and we'll go out when we have time."

city ​​of london,

A young man walked into the hospital coughing, and his face was very ugly. The doctor in the clinic handed him a thermometer, and then asked, "What's wrong?"

"Doctor, since last night, I have had a fever, cough, sneeze, and sore throat," the young man said.

The doctor shined a small flashlight on his throat, picked up the stethoscope and listened to the lung sounds, "I have a cold, it's nothing serious, I'll prescribe you a few pills, you go back and take some sleep, and you'll probably be fine tomorrow. "

The young man took the medicine and left, went around the vegetable market, shopping malls and other places, bought some needed things, and then returned home. A single sneeze can spread the virus to hundreds of people.

the next day.

The young man woke up and found that his cold symptoms did not improve, but felt even more uncomfortable. He had to come to the clinic again, "Doctor, I took your medicine and it didn't improve, but my condition worsened. Now I feel cold all over, Headaches, generalized joint pains, and some diarrhea."

The doctor checked the patient again and found that this guy’s condition had indeed worsened, and even there was a sound in his lungs, which was the rhythm of turning into pneumonia. Periodically, after taking the medicine and going back to sleep, it will probably be much better tomorrow."

It was the same words again.

But on the third day, the young man came again. This time his complexion was even worse, and he walked tremblingly. "Doctor, I feel so uncomfortable. I feel like I'm going to be out of breath."

The doctor was also surprised. He took out his stethoscope and listened, and found that this guy's pneumonia was very serious. He immediately asked the patient to be hospitalized for treatment, started to give him infusion, and used penicillin.

Penicillin can now be said to be a kind of magic medicine. Since it was developed, it has saved countless lives. it is good.

But not this time, the young man's fever never subsided. Although the pneumonia did not continue to worsen, it showed no sign of improvement. As long as the infusion was stopped, the fever would recur again the next day, and it just stayed there.

This young man's illness is not unique.

These days, many patients have come to major hospitals and clinics in the UK one after another, almost all with one symptom, fever, cough, fatigue, loss of appetite, sore throat, body pain, headache, chills, followed by diarrhea and vomiting, severe cases Pneumonia and respiratory failure will follow.

When the number of people increased, the hospital reported the situation to the British Ministry of Public Health and began to pay attention. After statistics, it was found that the situation in the whole of the UK was already very serious. More than 100,000 people had been infected in London, and the hospitals were overcrowded.

Not only London, but also a large number of similar influenza patients in other counties, it is clear that the virus is spreading rapidly.

After studying the patient's condition, a senior British medical expert said worriedly: "Obviously, this flu is different from the past. It is not a seasonal flu, but a viral flu. It spreads very fast. This virus can almost kill the flu." It is transmitted through various channels, object contact, food contact, droplets and even air, which makes it difficult to prevent. What is even more frightening is that the most effective drug, penicillin, cannot deal with this virus. I even doubt that this time I'm concerned that the flu could be something like the Spanish flu."

The expert's words were published in the newspapers by reporters, which immediately caused panic among the public. You must know that the Spanish flu was a devil-like term in Europe. The terrible flu broke out and infected the whole world. There are incomplete statistics. About 20 million people died in the influenza epidemic, which lasted more than a year, far exceeding the death toll in World War I.

It has only been more than 20 years since the Spanish flu pandemic, and many people who survived that year are still alive. The horror scene at that time is still in people's minds, and there are dead people everywhere. When it was burned in the incinerator, many people did not have a funeral, because too many people died. In that flu, countless people's relatives died, and many people have not yet come out of the shadow of that time.

Now some experts say that the Spanish flu is coming again, and the best medicine, penicillin, cannot be cured. How can this prevent the public from panicking?

The Ministry of Public Health England issued an alert, asking the public to stay away from infected people and avoid contact with people with flu-like symptoms. If you find family members and friends with fever, cough, runny nose and other symptoms, please send them to the hospital in time.

Pay attention to personal hygiene, exercise frequently, wash hands frequently, keep indoor ventilation, avoid crowd gathering, avoid going to crowded places, try to wear masks and gloves when going out, and take some medicines that can improve your own immunity.

As soon as this announcement came out, the horror of this flu was confirmed. The British people became extremely nervous and everyone was in danger. Many schools even chose to temporarily suspend classes to avoid cross-infection caused by the gathering of students.

The traffic of major markets and shopping malls in the UK has suddenly decreased by 80%. People stay at home and do not go out. The usually lively streets of London have become deserted.

Now the most lively places are the hospitals in the UK.

At the same time, the British royal family also announced that all royal activities will be suspended, and several planned public activities will be directly cancelled.

But even so, it still didn't stop the flu from raging. The number of infected people across the UK is still explosively increasing, and the number of people reported every day is increasing. From the original hundreds of thousands, it grew to a million people a week later.

Now the entire UK has a population of only 50 million, and one million infected people is already an extremely terrifying number.

British medical experts are doing their best to study this new type of virus and try to find a cure. The experts found that the influenza virus this time is indeed very similar to the pathogen of the Spanish flu. It belongs to a new variant of the Spanish flu and was finally named H2N2. flu virus.

However, it is easy to find the virus, but it is extremely difficult to prevent and treat it. In the past, it was normal to study a new drug for as short as a few months or as long as a few years. There is no good treatment plan either.

Even in the 21st century when technology is more advanced, there are still several large-scale outbreaks of influenza viruses, such as swine flu and bird flu, which have made the whole world tremble. Under such advanced medical conditions, it is necessary to develop a new drug. In the past few months, let alone 1955, modern medicine has not really been perfected.

Seeing this situation, other countries issued emergency notices one after another to minimize personnel exchanges in the UK. All personnel exchanges must be strictly checked, and anyone with fever and cough symptoms is prohibited from entering the country. But even so, a week after the outbreak of the flu virus in the UK, other countries Cases have also appeared in the country one after another.

The United States was the first to bear the brunt. The first case appeared in New York. Just after the first case appeared, it seemed that the fuse was ignited, and the flu virus exploded. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, etc., flu patients appeared in more than a dozen cities. And the numbers increased at an explosive rate. In just one week, the flu population in the United States exceeded two million.

Because of the outbreak of the influenza virus, it also seriously affected the normal economy and life in the United States, causing great losses.

Not only the United States, many European countries also won the bid, France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Spain, etc., and then spread to Australia, and some Asian countries were not spared, and influenza outbreaks in India, Indonesia, and Japan also broke out.

Countries fell into panic and launched epidemic prevention mechanisms one after another.

This autumn, the whole world is catching a cold.