African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 1354 The plague is coming

Compared with higher education in East Africa, the quality level of higher education in Europe and the United States is higher than that in East Africa. This is a fact that cannot be changed in the short term. After all, East Africa lacks historical heritage.

Knowledge can also be inherited, and Europe, as the birthplace of modern scientific and technological civilization, has accumulated a large number of relevant talents for a long time, and it has monopoly characteristics in the field of science and technology itself.

In the previous life, the United States surpassed Europe by relying on the harvest of talents from the two world wars. In this time and space, East Africa also had a certain impact. In addition to East Africa's large-scale investment in education and the great results achieved, in this war, East Africa The positive actions of the talent introduction plan have attracted many European talents to East Africa.

Among them, the most proud achievement of the East African government is to take advantage of the turmoil in Russia's internal situation to introduce a large number of high-end talents cultivated during the Tsarist Russia from Russia.

At the same time, the East African government used the First World War to obtain a large amount of technology from the Allies, which also played a verification and supplementary role in the development of East Africa's science and technology field.

These will be transformed into East Africa’s national strength during the Fifth Five-Year Plan, and are expected to directly promote East Africa’s development in chemical, energy, machinery and other industrial fields, and indirectly promote East Africa’s cutting-edge theories, including mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry. and the development of theoretical science.

And Cabinda City will naturally enjoy this wave of dividends. After all, Cabinda City is a bridgehead and an international trade port in East Africa opening up to Western Europe, North America, South America and other Atlantic countries.

Cabinda has been able to achieve rapid development in East Africa. In addition to policy support, geographical location is a very key factor. Although East Africa has the territory of Cameroon and Gabon, they are far away from the center of East Africa's economy, which also means that it will be difficult in the future. Beyond the cities of Cabinda and Luanda.

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While Director Borna and Lischer were talking in the office, there was a sudden knock on the door, dong dong dong…

"Come in!" said Borna.

The door of the office was opened, and Borna's secretary walked in with a panic look on his face, saying, "Director, something went wrong!"

Seeing the secretary's nervous look, Borna's heart skipped a beat, but he asked calmly: "I'm so anxious, what big thing happened?"

The secretary quickly said: "In our recent work, we have discovered that something unusual has happened on ships from Europe in the past few days. The number of sick people on European ships has obviously increased in the past few days."

"Of the twenty-five international ships we recently reviewed, six of them had similar cases. These patients had symptoms such as headaches, high fever, and muscle atrophy. These six ships were from the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Portugal. Four countries.”

"Therefore, our epidemic prevention experts concluded that this may be a large-scale plague, and that this plague mainly broke out in Europe."

After hearing the secretary's words, Borna could no longer remain calm. He suddenly asked: "Is the news confirmed?"

The secretary said: "There is a 90% probability. This is the conclusion given by our epidemic prevention expert. He concluded that this plague may have just taken shape in Europe and was affected by the war, and it broke out during this time period."

"Because most ships have not experienced similar situations, and some ships even have the same port of departure as the source of suspected cases."

Borna said with a serious face: "I would rather believe that this kind of thing happened than not believe that it didn't happen. Report the situation to the General Administration of Customs immediately and request to send professionals to investigate."

"At the same time, contact the Cabinda City Epidemic Prevention Station, Health Bureau and other relevant units to ask them to cooperate."

"At the same time, suspected patients will be quarantined, and all ships coming from Europe will be subject to focused investigation and re-examination."

"Inform the city police station and the Immigration Department will ask them to investigate and control recent immigrants."

It is inevitable that Borna did not pay attention to it, because East Africa itself is a country that attaches great importance to epidemic prevention. This is the tradition of East Africa. After all, the conditions in East Africa were relatively harsh at the beginning, and the tropical regions themselves are prone to large-scale infectious diseases.

December 29, 1919.

As the new year is about to arrive, the plague in Europe has dealt a blow to the entire East African government. This period was originally a rare vacation period, but due to the outbreak, various government units in East Africa had to return to work and get busy.

Rhine city.

Ernst asked Health Minister Garroway: "Is the news true?"

Garroway said: "Yes, Your Majesty, according to the confirmation of the empire's top epidemic prevention expert team, this is a plague originating from Europe."

"Suspected cases have been found in several ports on our west coast. At the same time, local health bureaus have also compiled individual cases. It can be determined that a large-scale plague is sweeping towards the empire."

The west coast of East Africa is currently the main target of trade between East Africa and Western European countries. This was affected by the previous blockade of the Allied Powers by the Allied Powers.

Although the two camps have ceased fighting and the blockade has ended, many ships trading between East Africa and Europe have become accustomed to the Atlantic route.

Although the Suez Canal has resumed navigation, it will take some time to recover.

Ernst was mentally thinking about how to deal with this plague. Ernst had actually anticipated this plague. After all, the Spanish Flu had occurred in Europe in his previous life.

The old saying often says that after a catastrophe, there must be a great epidemic. The entire World War I lasted for nearly five years, and the plague broke out at this time, which was already extremely beyond Ernst's expectations.

However, this is also in line with the pattern of epidemics. The plague just started to break out just after the war.

And through the confirmation of the East African Customs Epidemic Prevention Staff and the Ministry of Health, this plague should be in the formation stage, otherwise the East African Customs Entry-Exit Inspection and Epidemic Prevention Bureau would not have discovered it. You must know that East Africa is the country that attaches the most importance to epidemic prevention in the world. .

As early as the last century, when East Africa was still a colony, East Africa established a relatively developed epidemic monitoring and prevention system. The first batch of immigrants arriving in East Africa were quarantined and disinfected before settling in East Africa.

Ernst ordered: "According to the strategy we prepared in 1917, we must immediately activate the emergency plan to monitor the epidemic nationwide. All ports in the country must immediately impose martial law, especially ships heading to Europe and the United States. We must focus on surveillance, issue early warnings to European countries, and send some of the data we have obtained to the countries involved.”

"At the same time, we must also pay special attention to ships heading towards the Persian Gulf. After all, a tragic war has just ended there, and big problems may also occur."

As early as 1917, under Ernst's instructions, East Africa had prepared prevention plans for a possible large-scale epidemic in Europe.

However, this plan was never activated, because from 1917 to 1918, no relevant situation was detected in East Africa, and individual cases were eventually considered to be false alarms.

By 1919, Ernst had almost forgotten this incident. Unexpectedly, the time was approaching the beginning of 1920, and the epidemic was belatedly arriving.

Health Minister Garroway said: "Yes, Your Majesty, we will start implementing relevant work immediately to ensure that the impact of this epidemic on the empire is minimized."

On the same day, European countries received a reminder from the East African government, which immediately attracted the attention of European countries.

In fact, some European countries have already noticed the outbreak of the epidemic, such as neutral countries such as Spain and Portugal. This is also easy to understand. Other countries, especially the participating countries in World War I, had a lot of things to deal with. For them, the epidemic was a small matter. After all, during the war, a large number of casualties were much more violent than the epidemic, and war It has just ended, and their workload is not small.

Just cleaning up the ruins left by the war and post-war reconstruction work are enough to keep them busy.

Moreover, due to the destruction of social order and shortage of supplies during the war, a large number of diseases broke out in Europe itself, which also made the epidemic easy to ignore.

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Port of Le Havre, France.

The Port of Le Havre is an important port on France's Atlantic coast and the second largest port in France. During the war, this port was extremely prosperous.

Supplies from various countries are transported throughout France through Le Havre to support France's war and social production needs.

However, as the citizens of Le Havre celebrated the New Year and the end of the war, a sudden disease broke out in Le Havre.

The bustling streets are no longer busy with traffic as before, with only patrol officers walking along the streets and conducting door-to-door propaganda.

"Due to the recent outbreak of the epidemic, it is best for everyone not to go out or gather. Hundreds of cases have been found in Le Havre. This is a flu that is highly contagious. It is safest to stay at home now."

"If you find a suspected case, please take the initiative to report it and don't hide it. The fatality rate of this epidemic is quite high, and the city government still has sufficient drugs and supplies to deal with the outbreak."

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The reason why the Le Havre city government is confident is that there is a large amount of medicines stored in the city's warehouses. These medicines were originally intended to support the front line, but after the war, these medicines had no where to go. It was temporarily stored in a warehouse in Le Havre.

The Le Havre city government is not panicking for the time being, but this does not mean that the French central government is not panicking.

Paris.

The president of France at this time is still Clemenceau. Clemenceau had already stepped down at this time in his previous life, but now because of the delay of the war, he is still in this position.

However, Clemenceau has been in a bad mood recently. On the one hand, the French people are not satisfied with the outcome of the war. On the other hand, other interest groups in France seem to want to make him a scapegoat.

Because of this war, France not only failed to get the spoils of war, but also failed to complete the strategic goal of defeating Germany that it had promised before the war.

It is conceivable how bad the mood of the French people will be. It can be said that the current French media, large and small, do not describe Clemenceau very well.

However, France is in a mess now, and no one dares to take over from Clemenceau.

"Your Excellency, the East African government sent us an early warning. They said a plague is breaking out in Europe. Let us make relevant preparations."

Clemenceau said angrily: "It seems to be another bad news, but I have become accustomed to it recently. People from the health department have reported the outbreak of the epidemic before, and now it seems that we are facing another tough battle. "

Clemenceau has accepted his fate, and now he is very clear that he has become the "scapegoat". Of course, the responsibility for this must be inevitable, but in a democratic country like France, it is impossible to put all the blame on Clemenceau. On the shuttle head.

Clemenceau said: "Now I have to stand the last guard for France. Although the people misunderstand me deeply, I do have an unshirkable responsibility."

"Our generation has blindly indulged in France's past glory, but a war woke me up. We are no longer qualified to continue to be Germany's opponents. Although we are unwilling to do so, we must admit that Germany's strength is beyond Our imagination.”

"Germany's national strength is twice or even three times that of ours. The future European order may be dominated by Germany and Britain. The only thing I can do is to delay the further decline of the Republic."

"Oh, forget it, it's too late to say anything. Let's talk about the epidemic! What is the situation across the country now?"

The subordinate said: "Now the epidemic is basically confirmed. It is a large-scale influenza, especially in northern cities. Similar situations are also occurring in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom."

"Based on the data from East Africans, this epidemic has even affected East Africa, and we can confirm that this is a worldwide epidemic."

"After all, if East Africa is affected, the United States, Brazil and other parts of the world will certainly not be able to escape."

"At the same time, according to the tips from the East African government, the outbreak point of this epidemic is in Europe. They warned us that the lethality of this plague may not be inferior to previous wars."

After hearing this, Clemenceau began to pay attention. He asked: "Do you think the East Africans are alarmists?"

We must know that the number of casualties in World War I was as high as tens of millions. Clemenceau could not imagine that the destructive power of the epidemic could exceed that of World War I.

Of course, the East African government did not say that the epidemic could be more destructive than a world war. Instead, it said that it might be as harmful as a world war. But this is also extraordinary.

There was indeed such a powerful plague in European history, that is, the Black Death, but this epidemic was obviously not the Black Death, but influenza, so Clemenceau was skeptical of the East Africans' claims.

The subordinate said: "I think we should take it seriously, because the East African government said that this plague is spreading extremely fast. They suspect that the entire Atlantic coast countries and Europe have been affected. If we don't take it seriously, it may cause irreparable damage." result."

"Moreover, the current plague has an extremely high fatality rate, is highly contagious, and has a high transmission rate. Even if it does not reach the horrific level of the Black Death, it can still cause severe damage to countries around the world."

Clemenceau frowned and thought for a moment, then asked: "What is the epidemic situation in our country now?"

The subordinate said: "It is already serious, but it is still within control. But if it is true as East Africa said, then we may have to go all out."

The best way to deal with this large-scale plague is to isolate, but obviously this will cause dissatisfaction among the people. After all, isolation measures will seriously affect people's normal lives.

Without a courageous leader, it is difficult to make a decision. If it were the Black Death, Clemenceau would definitely impose nationwide martial law without hesitation.

However, the specific situation of the plague is still unclear, and Clemenceau's approval rating is also in jeopardy. If it is not handled well, Clemenceau may really be discredited and become the worst-reputed president in French history.

However, Clemenceau is obviously not an ordinary person. He is a real strongman. Now that he has received reminders and warnings from the East African government, Clemenceau believes that he has the responsibility to take on the important task of ensuring the safety of all people in France.

Anyway, he is now "stinky" in France, so he might as well go all out and do one last thing for the French people, even if this will further attract the people's disgust.

(End of chapter)