Chapter 400: Get vaccinated first
"What do you mean, sir, to let us vaccinate against smallpox?" Xia Wuji asked.
Qin An nodded and said: "While smallpox has not spread yet, we should vaccinate everyone with cowpox as soon as possible. In this way, we can get immunity as soon as possible. Even if most people in the village are infected with smallpox, some people can be immunized." People survive.
What's more, smallpox has just been discovered, and there is still an opportunity for villagers to be vaccinated against cowpox.
Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind. We have no cattle infested with smallpox. "
"Yes." Xia Wuji said.
"Yes?" Qin An said with joy on his face, "Where is it? Tell Lao Zhang quickly and ask him to find the cows and start inoculating people with the blacksmith shop as the center."
"It was at Butcher Zhang's home." Xia Wuji said, "At that time, someone at home had a fever and he asked me to see him. His symptoms were very similar to smallpox, but much lighter than smallpox. I didn't pay attention at the time.
Now that I think about it, Butcher Zhang was probably infected with cattle smallpox, which is why he had a fever. He got better after a few days, so I didn't pay attention. "
"I understand." Qin An said, "Lao Zhang, go to Butcher Zhang's house, bring me the cow, and ask Butcher Zhang to come over and help.
Since he has been infected with smallpox, he no longer needs to be afraid of smallpox. Let him take care of the blacksmith shop and give him one tael of silver a day. "
"It's his blessing to be able to work for my husband, and I don't have to pay him any money," Zhang Han said.
"You still have to give what is due. Only in this way will the villagers be motivated and have hope in dealing with disasters." Qin An said.
"No. I'll make arrangements now."
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At this time, all the villagers in Zhaojia Village had been driven back to their homes. They were not allowed to go out without any matters. They just received this order and did not know about the smallpox incident.
Wei Liaozi sent people there. Because the manpower in the village was tight, Wei Liaozi and the trained special forces and Mo Dao soldiers came back.
Wei Liaozi directly led 300 people to see Qin An outside the blacksmith shop: "I have met Mr."
"Old Lieutenant, you are welcome. I called you here this time. I am afraid that due to the epidemic in the village, some villagers will be unstable and do something. Therefore, I plan to hand over all the military forces in the village to you.
You arrange people to patrol, whether they are doing stupid things or taking advantage of the chaos to do bad things, catch everyone they see, and then educate them after the epidemic is over. "Qin An said.
"There is no problem with this, but this is smallpox. We have been patrolling outside. Is there any danger?" Wei Liaozi asked.
"No." Qin An replied, "I will vaccinate you with cowpox first. After the cowpox is vaccinated, people with good health will be fine. People with poor health will have a fever, but it will be fine. As long as the fever It will go away on its own in two days.
The good thing is that people who are vaccinated with cowpox will not get smallpox again. "
"Really?" Wei Liaozi asked in shock. He thought there was something wrong with his ears.
"I don't need to lie to you. In the whole world, except for those who still live in the tribal system and suffer from smallpox, no one is afraid of smallpox." Qin An said, "And I have been vaccinated with cowpox since I was a child, so I dare to face it." To smallpox.
Lao Zhang had suffered from smallpox before, so he was not afraid of it. "
Wei Liaozi still didn't believe it, so he looked at Xia Wuji and said, "Is this true?"
Xia Wuji said: "Whether it's true or not, I can only believe sir now. In addition, Butcher Zhang in the village also got smallpox a few days ago, but the symptoms were very mild.
It was so mild that I thought it was just a common ailment. As soon as my husband said it, I realized that it turned out that Butcher Zhang had smallpox, and the symptoms were so mild.
And there happened to be a cow with smallpox in his house. The two appeared at the same time, which shows that what the husband said may be right.
In the face of smallpox and to solve the current predicament of this village, we can only trust Mr. "
"Okay. I'll make the arrangements now. But what should I do next?" Wei Liaozi said.
Qin An said: "Thank you for believing in me. When the cowpox comes, we will vaccinate everyone immediately. There is no way to extract the vaccine now. We can only use the most primitive method, using a silver needle to stain a little cowpox juice, and then prick the person's The skin of your right arm will do.”
Immediately, Qin An lifted his right arm, and everyone could clearly see an acne scar on his arm.
"This is the pimple mark from the smallpox vaccine I received when I was a child. You are all the same as me. You can use a silver needle to prick this spot, either with your left or right hand."
"Okay." Wei Liaozi and Xia Wuji responded at the same time.
Xia Wuji said, "I'll prepare the silver needle."
Wei Liaozi said: "I will arrange for the soldiers to prepare for vaccination."
"good."
Not long after, Zhang Han came back with several cows, all of which had smallpox.
"Sir, these five cows have all contracted bovine smallpox, and the disease seems to have spread among the cattle. There may be more cows infected with the disease."
Qin An frowned and said: "Smallpox is an infectious disease for humans, and it is also an infectious disease for cattle.
I give you a hundred men, and you separate all the cattle in the village so that they cannot stay together. "
"I understand." Zhang Han said, "But what if most of the cattle are infected?"
"Keep them for now. Don't let other cows or animals get close to these sick cows. When the village chief comes back, hand them over to him. I think he will need them." Qin An said.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."
After Zhang Han left, Qin An immediately arranged for Xia Wuqi and others to vaccinate Mo Dao soldiers and special forces with cowpox.
Wei Liaozi took the lead in vaccination, so that the special forces and Mo Dao soldiers who were originally worried were no longer afraid. As the saying goes, there will be no weak soldiers under a strong general.
Now that Wei Liaozi has shown the demeanor of a strong general, how could Mo Daobing and the special forces act cowardly?
After a while, everyone was vaccinated with cowpox.
Qin An said: "Brothers, you can rest assured. Although cowpox is smallpox in cows, it cannot kill people. If the body is better, there will be nothing wrong, or a slight fever.
If you have a weak constitution but a severe fever, it will take at least fifteen days to recover. Also, be careful not to touch your wounds with water.
Even if you are taking a shower, don’t touch the water, do you understand? "
"Understood." Everyone said in unison, their voices were very loud and their momentum was like a rainbow. This was the result of training.
Qin An looked at them with satisfaction, then gave a few more instructions and asked Wei Liaozi to arrange for everyone to patrol.
Wei Liaozi divided them into three teams and took turns patrolling 24 hours a day. This was simply the easiest job for them.
Compared with daily training, this is not called a task at all, it can only be regarded as giving them a break. How can they not be happy?
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