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Health Minister Karl-"" Landsteiner wearily reported back to Ferdinand: "Your Majesty, this is the latest number of patients we have counted. So far, the total number of patients infected with influenza virus in Bulgaria has exceeded 30. 10,000, and the current death toll is 4,852.

Entering December, the number of flu patients has been greatly reduced, and many people have returned to normal, but for the sake of safety, the patients who have been cured are still in the observation stage and have not returned to society! "

Ferdinand nodded, this number is already quite good, for other countries in the world, this is simply a miracle!

Concerned, he said, "Thank you for your troubles, go and rest first! Everyone can take a breath this winter. This season is not conducive to the spread of the virus, and there will be tough battles to be fought in the spring of next year!"

Karl Landsteiner replied feebly: "Yes!"

Obviously, the recent epidemic prevention work has made him too busy. After the epidemic spread to Bulgaria in June, the nationwide martial law began, and the officials of the Ministry of Health no longer had time to take vacations. The most leisurely department on weekdays jumped Become the busiest presence in Bulgaria!

As a minister, it is natural to lead by example, and Karl Landsteiner also has a good experience of the feeling of being in control. It was good at the beginning, but it was tragic later.

(Note: Bulgarian ministries and ministries are also of different grades. For example, the Ministry of Finance, the 6th Military Department, the Navy Department, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and other real power departments are one level higher, and the minister can be called a minister.

And the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Culture and other departments, the grade should be half a level lower, the minister is the minister of so-and-so, this is also a common unspoken rule. )

Looking at the exhausted Minister of Health, Ferdinand was also helpless. Everyone had no experience in the first epidemic prevention, and many things required their high-level decision-making. This kind of thing can't be done for you!

Only professionals from the Ministry of Health can make decisions, while other departments of the Cabinet Government can only assist from the sidelines.

If there is a problem or let them make a decision, the Ministry of Health will naturally be busy!

By the way, most of the officials in the Ministry of Health are semi-bureaucratic models, which does not mean that half of them are bureaucrats!

In fact, all officials of the Ministry of Health can work part-time as medical staff or drug prescribers. In addition to temporary positions in the Ministry of Health, many of them have other jobs, and they are all in the medical field.

This is also caused by the unique national conditions. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a shortage of medical staff. If the Ministry of Health did not need professionals, then this department would be abolished. Therefore, at that time, everyone chose the art of temporary employment very realistically!

Then, in the hands of Ferdinand, it was promoted again. There is a shortage of medical staff in the whole country, and he can't grab the limited medical resources of the people. Anyway, there are not many things in the Ministry of Health, and it has continued to this day.

Of course, it is not unchanged. He also added a Food Safety Administration under the Ministry of Health, which is responsible for inspecting food safety across the country.

It's just that compared to the strictness of food safety, the control of medicines is not so strict. It is only to crack down on counterfeit medicines and counterfeit medicines. In this era, the side effects of medicines are already big, and there is no way to control them!

Just because it’s useful, don’t investigate the side effects, otherwise there will be no drugs on the market, and the price of drugs with little or no side effects is really not close to the people, at least the middle class can’t afford them!

Thinking about how the major warring countries dared to include drugs in their logistical supplies during the World War, you can see how high everyone's standards are in this era!

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Compared with Bulgaria, which has completely controlled the epidemic, other countries are miserable. Europe and the United States are better, and everyone's medical technology is not bad, basically limiting the mortality rate.

Even so, the death toll of everyone is still quite large. As of 1918, the preliminary statistics of the death toll in various countries:

United States: 512,000

United Kingdom: 200,000 people (only including England and Wales), with a total of 326,000 in the British Isles

France: 293,000

Germany: 388,000

Italy: 378,000

Spain: 168,000

Belgium: 43,000

Portugal: 41,000

Netherlands: 35,000

Denmark: 28,000

Sweden: 42,000

Switzerland: 32,000

Norway: 18,000

Russia: 560,000

Austria-Hungary: 312,000

The above figures are all guessed by Bulgaria itself. The accuracy is estimated to be 70 to 80%. The specific death toll may not be clear to the officials of various countries.

After all, deaths from influenza are mixed with deaths from other diseases. Who can tell the difference? And because of political interests, everyone must keep the death toll down, so the official death toll announced by various countries is much lower!

If you count the number of deaths in the colonies, this number is very scary. The Everbright Commonwealth is the owner of 2000,000+, and it may even be the owner of 3000,000+. The death toll of the big family in India is very impressive. Anyway, everyone There are no specific death statistics.

Even if there is an epidemic in most areas, no one will deal with it. The colonial government tacitly chose to sit and watch the death of the indigenous people. Anyway, they did not know how to prevent the epidemic. They thought it was punishment from the gods. Naturally more!

Elsewhere, Ferdinand doesn't know, anyway, the colony population of Bulgaria dropped by nearly 20% in 1918, and at least more than 5 million people died in this flu!

This is all caused by ignorance. When there is an epidemic, I don’t know how to seek medical treatment and ask for medicine. Instead, I go to worship God; after a large number of patients die, I don’t know how to dispose of the corpses as soon as possible, and they dance around the corpses. Woolen cloth?

Due to the large number of deaths in the colony, in order not to cause a larger-scale plague, the colonial government had to clean up the bodies.

At this time, the superiority of delegating the aircraft to the company is manifested. For safety reasons, we finally decided to send the aircraft unanimously, as long as the crew members drop incendiary bottles from the sky to the ground.

I don't know if it will cause accidental injury if the molotov cocktail is directly surrendered to a village with too many deaths. Anyway, now everyone is afraid to go to the field to investigate, and the fire is completely burned!

The consequences are also very obvious. After the epidemic is over, there will be no more indigenous villages in the plains. They don't even know that the fire that fell from the sky was caused by the colonial garrison. Many people thought it was the punishment of the gods and dared not. Live in the original place!

When Ferdinand knew the result, the fire had already been let go. Since he was born in autumn, he didn't know how many forests also disappeared in the fire. spendthrift!

Then there is no more, these are all fires from the sky, and they have nothing to do with Bulgaria. Naturally, everyone does not have to take responsibility for this!

When everyone was celebrating the rest of their lives, the Bulgarian Ministry of Health issued a disease warning again, claiming that biologically speaking, spring is the peak period for virus breeding, and the epidemic prevention work in 1919 cannot be ignored!

This time, the influence is much greater. No one dares to believe it. Governments all over the world have learned how to behave.

Following the principle that no fault is merit, countries have continued to maintain a high degree of vigilance. Although the virus has already lurked in them, it is impossible to prevent it. However, the lethality of the epidemic in the spring is less, so politicians have announced that human beings are once again Overcome the disease once!

Everyone is propagating invariably that the efforts of their own government in this epidemic prevention work have finally eliminated the "American flu" after everyone's unremitting efforts!

Well, no Spaniards are taking the blame this time. Historically, because the Spanish media first started reporting, and then they were put on their heads, and Spain internally called it the "French Flu"!

Now there is no need for everyone to argue. The European media has tacitly chose to return the property to the original owner. Since it was the first to have an epidemic in the United States, then it is naturally the American flu!

Even when the cause of the virus was traced, some people claimed that a chemical factory leaked in Kansas before the outbreak of the flu. The cause of the flu is likely to be caused by the chemical factory, and then the trouble for Americans will be big!

European countries, including Bulgaria, organized a group to protest to the Washington government, demanding that they hand over the murderer and compensate the countries for their losses.

The protests of this era are not simple diplomatic protests. The League of Nations directly convened a human security conference to discuss the issue of the formation of a combined fleet. All countries have the intention of going to war against the Americans!

Well, these are all appearances. After such a big thing happened, the governments of various countries did not do well in the initial epidemic prevention work, and they were criticized by domestic public opinion. Now some people say that this flu was made by Americans. Is this still worth it?

Does it really matter? For politicians, as long as they can divert the public's attention, after all, compared with severely punishing the culprits, the government's work mistakes can only be regarded as minor!

The sudden blow made the Wilson government almost collapse. Now not only the US government is being asked to explain internationally, but the people in the US have also taken to the streets, demanding that the US government severely punish the murderer!

They all believed it. Anyway, the yellow mud fell out of the crotch and was either shit or shit, and it couldn't be washed properly!

The reason is that before the outbreak of the flu, a chemical plant leaked in Kansas, which also caused the death of nearly 100 people in the area. Soldiers from the state barracks are in charge of the blocked scene!

This is even more incomprehensible. Don't expect scientists to come up with useful explanations. Ordinary people don't understand that much. The chemical factory just leaked and then got the flu. Although it took more than two months, you said it doesn't matter who you lied to?

If it doesn't matter, why did the epidemic emerge from the military camp in Kansas in the first place? Isn't it because they were the first to be exposed to the virus?

What's more, they are still suspecting that the Americans are researching gas bombs, and they accidentally leaked, which caused this consequence!

Then Wilson is Alexander. If you can't explain the ins and outs, the United States will be doomed. The angry American people just want their government to fall, but the angry people of the world may make the United States history!

Wilson asked depressedly: "How is Rice's situation, has the origin of the flu virus been traced?"

Rice's face sank, and he said in embarrassment: "No, we have already held the chemical factories near Kansas to account, and they all claimed that they had nothing to do with them, and the Texas factory that leaked the chemical leakage in late 1917 also claimed, That leak was just an accident!

The most troublesome thing is that several high-level executives of the Texas plant have all had an accident, and the person who was on duty after the accident happened to die in the accident!

The current situation is very unfavorable for us. On the surface, this is more like a silence. We have been unable to confirm what happened inside the chemical plant at that time!

If the outside world insists that we are studying chemical weapons, because of an accident that caused this pandemic, we have no way to come up with valid evidence to prove our innocence! "

Wilson's face sank to the bottom, there is no doubt that this is a conspiracy, who did not know at first, but just happened to encounter this flu, and it turned into a conspiracy of various countries against the United States of America!

Tens of millions of people have died all over the world. As long as the United States cannot prove its innocence, then their troubles will be big. Don't think that if they are alone in the Americas, they will have fewer enemies. In order to dominate the Americas, they have almost become The enemy of Europe!

In particular, the British Empire will not let them go. The current flu is the best excuse. If you can't take action as soon as possible to let John Bull connect the European countries, it will be too late!

"Have our scientists come forward to refute the rumor?" Wilson asked

Rice said with a wry smile: "Major medical institutions and scientific research centers in China have all explained that they believe that the source of the flu is birds, but this statement is untenable in the scientific community!

Kansas is not the largest bird habitat in the world, and even the number of birds is not very large. Scientific research institutions in European countries have all said that the leakage of chemical plants is the core factor causing the flu!

And they also listed a lot of evidence. The Institute of Biology of the University of Bulgaria pointed out that the virus of this flu is different from the past, and it is different from the virus that has been found in nature. It is very likely that it was artificially ripened!

Their conjecture is almost caused by the leakage of our chemical plant, and it has also been recognized by the mainstream scientific community in Europe. The School of Bioengineering of Cambridge University has also publicly stated: At present, they have not found any similar viruses in nature, basically It can be ruled out that the virus is congenital! "

Wilson rubbed his forehead and said, "I believe this explanation! Damn capitalists, don't they have a reasonable explanation?"

Rice smiled wryly and said, "It's a pity, Mr. President. Just this morning, Mr. Jimsberg, the owner of the Texas Chemical Plant, had a gas explosion in his home, killing all 36 people in his family, including his servants!"

Wilson was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. He would bet that if the news spread, it would definitely cause a big uproar in the outside world. Anyone who still believes that the flu has nothing to do with chemical plants is an idiot!

Jimsberg is not a small person. He is at least one of the top 30 big capitalists in the United States, and he is also a member of the largest consortium in Kansas.

Wilson doesn't even need to track down the murderer. He can't find anything at all. Even if he investigates, it's still a matter of a few scapegoats. He can guess the culprit behind the scenes!

As for why you want to silence it, isn't it simple? Now as long as anyone who has anything to do with the Texas Chemical Plant wants to leave the relationship, let alone the shareholders behind the scenes, they must be silenced!

Don't look at their arrogance in the United States, but they don't have much status in the world. In the face of pressure from countries around the world, can the US government keep them?

If it is the US government of the world police, maybe it can do it! If the current U.S. government dares to resist, believe it or not, the European coalition forces will come?

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