Rise of Australia

Chapter 474 Accountability and blame

If it is said that the governments of European countries before June were sure to win, then from August onwards, the governments of various countries are like ants on the hot pot, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as panic.

The high number of deaths made the priests of the church almost overwhelmed.Because almost all funerals in Europe require priests to preside over the baptism of the dead to wash away their sins.

But the problem is that the number of deaths in various countries has skyrocketed, but the number of priests has remained basically unchanged.Even quite a few priests are also within the scope of influenza infection. After all, they need to touch corpses, so they are naturally high-risk.

Fortunately, there is no tradition of hanging white sails in Europe, otherwise, Europe at this time would be a white ocean.

Funerals in many areas are even collective activities. A priest often needs to preside over several funerals at the same time, so that the deceased can form a group to meet God.

There is no way to do this. If the dead are not allowed to form a group to meet God, I am afraid that the priest will go to meet God.

It is also fortunate that Arthur has a little morality, and he did not hoard supplies in advance for sale like in previous wars.

Among other things, the coffin dealers made a lot of money this time.The coffin became one of the most urgently needed materials in Europe overnight, and the price even doubled or tripled.

If Arthur really had no conscience, hoarding coffins in advance for sale would at least earn millions of Australian dollars.

However, doing so would indeed cause a loss of prestige, and it was unnecessary for Arthur, who was already wealthy.

Wealth in national calamity and dead man's wealth are Arthur's taboos. People who make such wealth really have no conscience.

When European countries began to implement various systems to curb the spread of influenza, they realized that copying homework was not easy.

It is very difficult to completely isolate a country. The attitude of the people, the guarantee of supplies, and the implementation of governments at all levels all need to be controlled by the government.

Even if European countries completely close their ports and stop trade with foreign countries at this time, it is already too late.

The virus is not something that can be stopped simply by stopping it. Even if Australasia took preventive measures two months in advance, thousands of cases of influenza still broke out, and the death toll exceeded double digits.

European countries are even more tragic. The death toll in the UK has exceeded 30. After the spread from the UK to India, the death toll in India is even more unknown.

You know, the sanitation conditions in Europe are world-class.Colonies like India have poor sanitation.

It is no exaggeration to say that the death toll in India is at least 20 times that of the United Kingdom, and it is not even capped.

Even colonies far away from India, such as the Dutch East Indies, began to spread influenza, and caused a tragic record of all the infections and deaths of hundreds of people in a small village.

The streets of Europe become deserted from August, and it is no exaggeration to say that the alleys are empty.

If you listen carefully, you can hear the wailing wafting over the city. I don’t know how many people lost their family members. Funerals can be seen everywhere in the city. Even a village held nearly 20 funerals a day, setting a record for France.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Europe is a hell, because people feel that their current life is worse than hell.

But there is a key problem. In remote Oceania, there is a country whose current situation is completely different from that of Europe, and it has not even been seriously affected.

As the saying goes, there is no harm if there is no comparison. People originally had a good impression of the free supplies given by the government during the flu period, but with the comparison in Australasia, most Europeans only feel that their country’s government has done nothing because the government The carelessness in the early stage has led to such a serious crisis now.

At this time, the French resumed their traditions, and a large number of people began to parade in the streets, but some wore masks, while others were still the same as before the flu.

I don't even admire the fact that Europeans are not afraid of death when they protest the government. The flu is so severe that some people really don't wear masks.

The public protests have caused a headache for the French government.If a strict segregation regime is implemented as in Australasia, the people will protest that the government has stripped them of their freedom.

But if looser management is implemented, the French will protest the government's inaction. This is simply a difficult choice.

In order to appease the public's anger, the French government had no choice but to find another way, announcing an investment of 40 billion francs to save the flu crisis, of which 25 billion francs were used to purchase supplies and distributed to the public, and 15 billion francs were used for drug research.

Now the anger of the people has subsided.At least the government also took out real money, which can be regarded as making a difference.

Seeing that there were fewer people marching on the street, the French government breathed a sigh of relief, and urgently communicated with other countries in an attempt to purchase some supplies.

As one of the countries with the largest casualties in World War I, France's material consumption is also very huge.

Even France relied on material support from Britain in the middle and late stages, which allowed the French government to persevere.

After the victory of the war, the French naturally did not receive support from the British, and could only rely on the colonies to transport supplies to recover their blood.

But the question is, now that the flu is so severe, do the French dare to let the colonial ships dock?

You must know that through the tracking of the United Kingdom, the second round of the epidemic officially began on merchant ships from West Africa to British ports. This also means that the epidemic in Africa is far more serious than that in Europe, but the statistical capabilities of the colonies and indigenous countries are not so strong.

It's like Britain and India.At present, the total number of deaths in the UK from influenza has exceeded 40, and the total number of deaths in India is almost 50.

But who can believe that this data is true?Speaking of India alone, the number of deaths must increase by at least ten times. After all, India's statistical capabilities are obvious to all.

The British colonial government's statistics on Indian casualties, except for some mixed-race Indians, the British did not care about the casualties of most real Indians.

After all, India has the second largest population in the world, and this is a wealth that cannot be spent at all.

For European countries, the current drug research is basically no progress.Although the British government has invested hundreds of millions of pounds in drug research, the problem is that there are hundreds of types of influenza viruses raging in Europe alone, and the number is still increasing.

It is conservatively estimated that there are at least hundreds of influenza viruses in the world. It is impossible to develop a drug for each influenza virus, right?

Not to mention whether it is possible to develop a drug for each influenza virus, the cost of developing more than 300 drugs alone is enough to cause headaches for any country.

As for whether it is possible for countries to share the progress of drug research, such an idea may be realized in thousands of years, but it is definitely not now.

The competition between countries is terrible, far more terrible than this flu.

It is no exaggeration to say that any country that develops a drug will never choose to disclose it, but will use it as a trump card, and other countries will get several times or even dozens of times the benefits.

As scientific research institutions in various countries began to declare the difficulty of drug research, European countries have also entered a state of pessimism about the flu.

Arthur felt that the atmosphere was almost ready, and asked the intelligence personnel to disclose the ins and outs of the flu and the location of the first outbreak to the European media, and emphasized that the U.S. government knew the outbreak of the flu, but still chose to hide the news, which led to this worldwide disaster. the result of.

Businessmen are all profit-seeking, and the media and newspapers are no exception.After spending a small amount of money, hundreds of European media released news reports on the culprit of the flu on the same day, and pointed the culprit of the flu at the United States, declaring: "If it weren't for the carelessness and concealment of the U.S. government, The world cannot face a crisis of this magnitude."

This report not only emphasized the responsibility of the United States, but also held the United States accountable.

As these newspapers were bought or learned by many Europeans, the United States instantly became the target of public criticism, and even many European countries began to protest, demanding humanitarian compensation from the United States to bear the losses of various countries in this flu.

The United States does not care about the voice of a country, but if it is several countries or even more than a dozen countries, even the United States, one of the great powers, has to stand up and explain.

Unfortunately, the European media and countries do not accept the US explanation.Because there is enough evidence in the report to prove that the flu first started in the Kansas Army Camp in the United States.

Even for the sake of traffic, many media began to self-assertively doubt, and even justly accused the United States of researching chemical weapons, which accidentally leaked, which led to this worldwide pandemic.

It doesn't matter if you open your mouth to spread rumors, it's a waste of time to refute them.Regardless of whether the United States has conducted research on biological and chemical weapons, the current United States is like mud in the crotch, and it is impossible to explain it clearly.

Many small and medium-sized European countries have clamored for the World League to convene a meeting to sanction the United States collectively, and demanded that the United States compensate all countries of the World League.

The British and French who promoted these media in the first place are actually clear. After all, the intelligence agencies of the British and French are not vegetarians.

But the problem is that the flu is so serious that Britain and France also need a blamer to ease the blame of the domestic people.

It is a fact that the British and French governments did not pay attention to it in the early stage of the flu. They can only use a bigger news to cover up the government's responsibility, and the Americans are very suitable.

Anyway, some European countries and people have already believed that the Americans are the culprit of this flu, and Britain and France don’t mind continuing to promote it, so that the Americans will be completely blamed.

Regardless of whether Americans are innocent or not, Americans are and must be the culprit now.

Within a few days, British and French research institutions also published reports one after another.However, the report did not mention that Americans are the culprit of influenza, but it also suggested that the second round of influenza virus is very similar to the first round of influenza, and most of the first round of influenza strains came from the United States.

This can be regarded as a complete conviction of the crimes of the Americans. The Europeans can be said to be the same enemy, and demonstrations broke out one after another, demanding that the World Alliance sanction the United States.

The British and French parade teams also changed from protesting against the government's inaction to protesting against the United States, and even demanded that the United States declare war on the United States without compensation.

I dare not say how much the favorability of Europeans for the United States has decreased, but at least in two or three years, the Americans cannot become the most popular immigrant region for Europeans.

Influenced by European media reports, even many Americans began to erupt in demonstrations to protest the government's concealment of the flu in the early stage.

You must know that the number of deaths in the United States from influenza is not low. The current death toll has exceeded 30, which is five times the number of deaths in the United States in World War I.

The war did not have as many casualties as the flu, which also made many Americans extremely dissatisfied with the government, and even many newspapers shouted: Wilson resigned!
Although Arthur did not make any publicity about the precautionary measures in Australasia in order to avoid suspicion.

But after all, it is a stark contrast. Many Europeans have seen the efforts of Australasia in this epidemic, especially the Australasian army's personal participation in the transportation of materials and door-to-door delivery. The envy of the European people.

If there is a questionnaire at this time to investigate the countries where European people want to travel or immigrate, Australasia is definitely ranked first, and there is no competitor.

When it comes to tourism, we have to mention those tourists who are dissatisfied with the isolation system in Australasia and choose to return to their own country before the flu.

Most of these people are Europeans, and they have successfully returned to their countries.

If you want to ask these people how they feel at this time, you can see how much they regret from the expressions of these people's remorse.

On the contrary, the small group of tourists who choose to stay in Australasia are very lucky at this time.

After learning about the current situation in Europe, they did not hesitate to choose to join the citizenship of Australasia and enjoy the free treatment of influenza in Australasia.

The materials they quarantined are free, and the Australasian government is responsible for all food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the treatment is also free.

Thanks to Australasia's precautionary measures, very few of the remaining tourists were infected.Although there are some individual deaths, compared to the status quo where most people are safe and sound, staying is definitely the best choice.

These people no longer dare to have any dissatisfaction with the segregation policy of Australasia, and tout the Australasian system in any venue.

This situation was also disclosed to their relatives in Europe, and was quickly learned by European newspapers and more Europeans.

After knowing that Australasia not only supplies all materials for free, but even provides free treatment for flu, a large number of Europeans have only one thought at this time, that is: how good it is that they are Australasians!
Although this flu prevented them from immigrating to Australasia in a short period of time, many people have firmly believed in immigrating to Australasia, and the attractiveness of Australasia's immigration has skyrocketed overnight.

Even some extreme people are ready to buy a boat ticket to Australasia immediately.

Although Australasia has already closed its borders, the colony is not completely closed, and there are still individual ports that can receive some immigrants.

It's just that these immigrants will be completely isolated in the colony, and they can choose the area they really want to go to after the flu is completely over.

But in any case, these immigrants will also enjoy free supplies, which also makes many Europeans feel excited.

It is not easy to buy tickets during the flu season, especially for such tickets that span half of the world. It is inevitable to call at other ports.

It is precisely this reason that prevents a large number of Europeans from immigrating to Australasia. Otherwise, Australasia can obtain millions or even millions of European immigrants in a short period of time simply by virtue of free supplies and free treatment.

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