1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 639, the plague (two)

“The most terrible virus?” Little Morgan’s eyes were suddenly attracted by the title. At this time, he had just eaten lunch and was sitting in a small courtyard full of sunshine, basking in the sun while reading the newspaper. So he immediately saw such an article in the popular science column of the New York Times.

“What is the deadliest virus like? The death rate is extremely high. Once it strikes, it will die 100%. There is no hope of cure? Such a virus does exist. For example, rabies virus, once it strikes, there will be no cure. The hope of treatment, whether it is sulfonamides, or antibiotics that have played a miraculous role in treating the wounded in recent years, or the bitter herbs prepared by wizards in Africa and Asia, or the devout priests. Holy water, everything is useless, patients will die because of 100%, without exception. (Until today, there is only one recorded rabies patient in the world who did not die because of the virus. The destruction of the system turned into a complete idiot. As for the reason why this patient did not die, the United States Hospital who treated him is not clear.) However, this deadly virus has never caused a large-scale plague, the reason It’s very simple, because this virus relies on animal bites to spread. This transmission method is naturally very inefficient, and it is naturally not enough to bring a great plague that swept the world. (So, it is spread by biting people. The so-called zombie virus brings the end of the world or something, it is also just a joke.)

From a historical point of view, the most difficult transmission method to defend is airborne and contact transmission, and food and drinking water transmission. The former is represented by smallpox, plague, tuberculosis and influenza, while the latter is represented by cholera…

Recently, our doctors discovered a new type of influenza in Europe. According to research, we believe that this type of cold has the potential to become the most terrifying virus. As a kind of influenza, its transmission ability is beyond doubt, and according to the situation of the two hospitals we have statistics, this kind of influenza also has about 0.4% (normal influenza is about 0.4%). About 0.1) death rate. Although this number is not large, considering the infectious ability of this virus, if there is a pandemic, it may also bring tens of thousands of deaths… We suggest that once this virus becomes epidemic, every household should …”

“It’s really interesting, what’s the purpose of the McDonald guys now producing such an article?” Little Morgan thought. MacDonald has always been doing deep research on influenza and many other infectious diseases, which Little Morgan knew. After Scrooge McDonald retired, he hung up the title of a professor of medicine at the University of Cleveland. As the first author, he published many papers in various journals. Although these papers were completely unknown to Morgan, But he knew that most of these papers were related to viral infectious diseases. Jr. Morgan’s consultants told Jr. Morgan that the research level of the McDonald Consortium in infectious diseases is absolutely the world’s top.

“Those guys who believe in MacDonald are definitely scumbags who only know money. Are they trying to scare people through this article and sell a lot of things?” Little Morgan thought, “No, if you are going to scare people, This kind of publicity is far from enough. After all, the popular science edition is at the end of the newspaper, and it is not available in every issue. Moreover, this article is not in a very conspicuous position. To do publicity, it is far from enough to scare people. Could it be…well, the old man said when he was alive that the old MacDonald is a complete hypocrite, he always has to do Devil’s things, but also pretend to be more pure than the Virgin…”

“Androni.” Little Morgan said to Secretary Own, “There is one thing I want to ask you to do.”

“Sir, you just tell me.” The female secretary with brilliant blonde hair and a delicate face bent down and gave a cup of freshly brewed black tea to Little Morgan.

“Dear Androni, you arrange for someone to go to Yale and ask Dr. Jameel for advice. Is it possible to use artificial means to create a super terrible virus or germ, and use it to create a plague. “Little Morgan said.

“Okay, Mr. Morgan, I’ll make arrangements now.” Androni said.

“No, don’t be in such a hurry.” Morgan said, “I’ll stay with me here for the sun. When do you remember this kind of thing these days, you can ask someone to ask. Anyway, this matter is just for me. It’s just curiosity.” Little Morgan replied.

…

“Man-made plague? Oh, my god, how did you think of such a thing?” Dr. Jameel, a professor at Yale University School of Medicine, asked while smiling and shaking his head.

“Doctor, this is just a personal interest.” The person who asked the question also smiled and replied.

Dr. Jameer frowned slightly. Although it was a little bit for a senior intellectual like him to answer such pediatric questions, but considering that the gentleman who asked the question was a representative of a foundation, and he owned a lot of them. The research projects are supported by this foundation, so although his questions are stupid, they still have to be answered.

“Mr. Bode, man-made plagues have existed in history. In the 14th century, the Mongols once threw the corpses of people suffering from the plague death into the enemy’s city by throwing the corpses of the plague to the enemy’s city. Plague. Now, in theory, as long as a large number of pathogenic bacteria are cultivated and then projected to the enemy’s area in some way, the plague can be artificially created. But Mr. Bode, the influenza you just mentioned is not. Not a suitable choice.”

“Then Doctor, can you explain it to me?” Bode continued to ask.

“Ah, Mr. Bold, do you know the difference between germs and viruses?” Dr. Jameel asked.

“This, it seems that the virus is much smaller than the germs, right?” Bode replied unsurely.

“This statement is true.” Dr. Jameel nodded, “However, one of the more important differences lies in the cultivation of viruses and bacteria. Bacteria are bacteria and can be cultivated with nutrients such as agar. But the virus is different. The virus must grow in the organism. Therefore, it is very difficult to cultivate the virus. In addition, the influenza virus is even more special. The University of Cleveland has very research on the influenza virus. Their research shows that almost Every influenza virus is different. There is even a clear difference between the pre-epidemic and the late stage. This shows that the virus is upgraded very quickly, and the reason for its upgrade is the upgraded mechanism. At present, we-I It means that the researchers in the entire world know nothing. Therefore, we don’t even know how the virus reproduces and how to cause disease. So, Mr. Bode, as you imagine, make a It’s almost impossible to have an influenza that has plagued consequences.”

“It turned out to be like this. Thank you for your explanation, Dr. Jameel.” Bode replied, “In addition, I have another question, that is, if it is bacteria, is it possible to be mass-produced and treat it as Weapons to create a man-made plague?”

“This…” Dr. Jameel was silent. He was a little doubtful whether the questioner really thought about making such a thing. After all, in today’s era, especially in wars. At such an intense time, people’s moral lower limit seems to have been lowered a lot.

“Even if I don’t say it, there will naturally be guys with no lower limit who will tell them, as long as they are willing to give money. Maybe Jia, I will make the difficulty and risk higher, and let them give up such terrible ideas. Right.” Dr. Mill thought.

“Mr. Bode, in theory, it is not impossible, but the risk of doing so is very difficult to control. This risk refers to both the technology itself and other social risks. You think, in the research process, as long as Any leakage will lead to a terrible disaster. Moreover, these things are very difficult to control when used. The person who releases such a devil cannot guarantee that he will not die in the hands of such a devil. Because this thing is not like this. Poison gas, its effect will not be limited to a certain region, nor will it be limited to a certain country, but will spread among all human beings. This thing is like the devil in a bottle, it is easy to release, but once it is released, It will probably hurt yourself…”

“Ah, Professor Jameer, thank you for your answer. I’m sorry, because a little of my personal interest took you so long.” After Professor Jameer finished explaining, Bod stood up and said goodbye to Jameer. .

…

“Donald, this is a report on the influenza virus that emerged in Europe. You have to take a look first.” Greystone handed the report to Donald.

“I don’t look at it, I don’t understand it anyway.” Donald said, “Grey Stone, you just tell me what the hell is going on.”

“Okay, Donald, according to the report, although the fatality rate of this flu is four times higher than that of the general flu, this fatality rate is still not enough to cause a panic. Of course, this thing may be upgraded and changed in the future. It’s more deadly, but it may also become less deadly. Who knows? But, do you know? Grandpa intervened directly and let our medical department start hoarding materials for antiviral oral liquids and drastically reduce antiviral oral liquids (The anti-viral oral liquid has been introduced to the market, and has even been widely used. After all, it is very uneconomical to make a drug never make money on the market.) He seems very sure that this virus will return Towards a higher fatality rate, it has been upgraded,” Grey Stone said with a frown.

“Who knows? Maybe it’s because Scrooge Uncle invested a lot of money in this project before, but now from the sales of antiviral oral liquid, although the cost is recovered, it is no problem to make a small profit. But when it comes to efficiency, I’m afraid it’s the least profitable business that Uncle has personally managed. So Uncle may be a little unwilling.” Donald guessed, “However, it’s more likely… You know, we two. Not as smart as Uncle…”