On February 21, 2003, a week had passed since the warning was lifted. In addition to Yang Dongxu, who clearly lost in the eyes of others but still persisted, forcing his companies to continue taking body temperatures and disinfecting.
The most discussed issue is whether the black-hearted Millennium Supermarket and Rising Sun Technology Games should close down. Many people no longer care about the original cause of the discussion.
But at this time, SARS, which had been under control, suddenly resurfaced. First, when a retired professor went to Hong Kong to attend a relative's wedding, he was infected by a tourist in the hotel and died in early March.
Later, another American businessman was infected while traveling through Hong Kong. Afterwards, many medical staff at Hanoi Hospital were infected.
Only Yanjing had its first infected patient, and even the source of the 'Poison King' infection appeared.
In mid-March, SARS cases began to appear in Australia, Europe and North America, Indonesia, the Philippines, the United States, Canada and other countries. In just half a month, the whole world was shrouded in the shadow of SARS.
And more and more people are infected, and the number of deaths continues to increase. People who were originally in the shadows became more and more panicked.
In order to prevent the epidemic from further spreading, first, primary and secondary school students across the country began to suspend classes, and then universities also began to suspend classes and schools. SARS patients are not allowed to visit and other measures. The whole world seemed to become quiet and depressed for an instant.
Everything came too fast, everything came too suddenly. It's like yesterday everyone was drinking and chatting happily, and the next moment it's going to be the end of the world.
"Masks and 84 disinfectant must not be out of stock and the supply must be guaranteed. There are also staple foods such as vegetables and rice. No matter what we do, we must ensure that the supply is not out of stock to avoid causing panic among the people." Yang Dongxu was waiting for a mask. The voice had never been more serious.
In the face of the terrible SARS, the state took compulsory measures to isolate patients, and reduced housing prices across the country to prevent people from going out, and even set up cards in every village to manage people returning from abroad.
In addition to the isatis root and white vinegar experiments that have been snapped up, vegetables and food in supermarkets have also become objects of rush buying. Just like epidemic prevention must last forever, many people are afraid that the food stored in their homes will not be enough to eat, so they move everything they see home.
The actual situation is that people try to go out as little as possible to prevent infection, but the channels for commodity circulation are not paralyzed. There are even more frontline workers than ever before.
Just because some highways have checkpoints to measure the body temperature of people passing by, the highways are a bit congested. Therefore, the supermarket is temporarily out of stock. It is a temporary shortage, not an out-of-stock situation.
But the public obviously didn't care about this. After seeing that the supermarkets didn't stock the goods in time after the panic buying, various rumors spread, some of which even made people laugh or cry. But what can you do if the people believe this?
The development of specific drugs is still in the process of public relations, but although the specific drugs have not been developed in time. But the recovery rate of SARS has made many people breathe a sigh of relief.
Although every patient requires focused isolation, examination, dedicated treatment, and even real-time adjustment of the treatment plan. But trouble is trouble and his condition is getting better.
In particular, the sudden outbreak of SARS showed that the previous prevention and control was not thorough. This time it was strictly stipulated from the beginning that all persons with fever must go to the hospital for examination, and suspected cases were directly and completely compulsorily isolated.
All patients are concentrated at the source of infectious diseases, with dedicated personnel responsible for taking care of them and full-time doctors responsible for treatment. All possible contact with the outside is prohibited to prevent secondary infection.
Therefore, the source of the epidemic that seemed to cause panic was actually controlled at the first opportunity. Sporadic infections will not cause major epidemic incidents.
But because the whole country seemed to have entered a state of lockdown in an instant, and the flow of information these days is not as convenient as in later generations. When a suspected case is discovered somewhere, everyone within a hundred miles radius becomes nervous, as if what is discovered is not just one case, but a group of cases.
"When do you think this disease will end?" At the intersection of Yangji Village Market, a railing blocked the road. Xiaowu and Yang Dongxu sat on both sides of the railing.
Originally, a few people from Daliang were also coming, but they couldn't get together to prevent the epidemic. So it became a shift system. Two people, one wearing a mask at a distance, did a particularly good job of prevention and control.
"The sources of the disease have basically been isolated. The main thing now is to look at the treatment situation and the new sources of disease in society. If no new sources of disease emerge, the country will gradually unblock it in half a month at most." Yang Dongxu said.
Some time ago, he kept getting calls, but when SARS became really serious, he didn't have much to do. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so free as to take turns watching at the intersection with Xiaowu and others to prevent outsiders from entering Yangjiacun.
Everyone is just a small screw in the operation of the state machine, and those who can be screws now are professionals. As a layman, apart from making more contributions in material donations, the specific work was not his turn at all.
He had been worried about that before, but when the real thing came to pass, Yang Dongxu found that it was not as dangerous as he thought.
"It will take so long. My whole body is almost moldy. You said you are not allowed to go out now, and you are not allowed to hang out with big names. I almost lose sleep every day." Xiao Wu lay lazily on the chair, Although he said that he was useless when he slept.
But lying on the chair, he showed no intention of getting up and walking around.
"This is already fast, thanks to the quick response from above. As soon as the disease broke out, we immediately ordered the isolation of the source of the disease, and conducted a nationwide census. I heard that foreign countries are still having a headache to control the mobile source of the disease." Yang Dongxu also feels this My whole body felt sore from sleeping for a few days.
Two days ago, he was still trying to tease his son, but it turned out that this little guy's physical strength was even more terrifying than that of a woman going shopping. After being slipped away for two days, he was over the freshness. As a father, he didn't want his son to slip away, so he entered a state of decadence.
And he didn't know how long such days would last. In my vague memory, SARS lasted for more than five months and nearly six months.
Although the response was quick this time, even if the time was halved, it would still take three months, and now only more than a month has passed. Imagine that there will be nearly a month left, and this is still the result of the ideal situation of continuous and good development. Otherwise, the time would be longer, and Yang Dongxu would be even more speechless.
I remember that there was a joke on the Internet in later generations, which was to give you a smart phone and wireless network, and then make you stay at home for a month without going out and give you 100,000 yuan to do it.
If this post were posted now, it is estimated that the sponsor would go bankrupt. People across the country have already done what he said, and they have overfulfilled the task without asking for mobile phones or wireless networks.
"You have nothing to go fishing tomorrow?" Xiao Wu wanted to smoke out of boredom, but he was wearing a mask on his face and in accordance with the village's epidemic prevention regulations, he couldn't take off the mask outside. After hesitation, he gave up.
"I'm going to clean and disinfect the house tomorrow, so don't wander around if you have nothing to do." Yang Dongxu said boredly.
In fact, when SARS first started to spread across the country, his house underwent a comprehensive cleaning and disinfection. Now, being idle at home is idle. For the safety of my family and children, it’s better to do it again.
"I knew we weren't allowed to get together, but I didn't plan to get together. I only squatted with one person more than ten meters apart. I had to yell and talk, and I was wearing a mask. It was okay." It might be crazy to do.
"Be careful. The weather is hot and cold during this period. Don't catch yourself a cold. If you have a fever, you should go to the hospital for testing, or you may even be quarantined directly." Yang Dongxu reminded.
"I know, for the sake of good health, I have stopped holding my wife and sleeping in in the morning. I get up every morning to exercise. Look at my abdominal muscles, which are almost eight-pack." Xiao Wu gestured with a strong posture. .
By mid-March, the rapidly developing disease had been effectively contained, and the skyrocketing number of cases had dropped off a cliff in the face of strict prevention and control measures.
By late March, except for patients in isolation in hospitals who were still treated with caution, many people with colds and fevers no longer had to be as cautious as before.
The vast number of people who are like sitting in prison finally no longer have to lock themselves in their homes and can go out for a walk appropriately. The static society began to slowly circulate.
However, in order to prevent a resurgence like before and cause greater harm, frontline medical staff are still working hard.
Some large-scale activities and sports are also on the banned list and have not been lifted.
Until the beginning of April, no scattered cases had been detected in the society for a week, and disease treatment technology had also made great progress. The success rate and speed of curing SARS patients are constantly accelerating, and some bans are slowly being lifted.
By mid-April, basically the whole country had begun to return to normal life, except for patients who were still being treated in hospitals.
However, international flights and customs are still on alert because compared to domestic bans, there are serious restrictions. The action capabilities of other countries in the world appear to be somewhat insufficient. Many SARS patients were unable to find designated hospitals after falling ill.
Therefore, in order to prevent the introduction of diseases from foreign countries into the country, inspections of foreign passengers are still very strict. But if you don’t go abroad, your life will basically be the same as before. Partying and dancing are no longer prohibited.
Just as people across the country breathed a sigh of relief, a post on the Internet caused a wave of public opinion.
Millennium Supermarket, which was almost hacked before, posted a list of all its goods during the SARS period. The list shows a comparison of the prices of goods during SARS and those before SARS, among which isatis root, white vinegar and salt are particularly obvious.
In addition to the comparison between the prices of its own products and those before, Millennium Supermarket also published the comparison between the prices of its suppliers’ products and those before, as well as a detailed list of the product price changes of some peers during the SARS period.
These documents have been published, instantly causing an uproar in the society.
