"Dudududu..."
The phone rang for a while and then someone picked it up. The soldier in the telecommunications room immediately handed the phone to Zhou Yang.
"Hey, Liuyan Institute, who are you looking for?"
"Hello, comrade, I am Zhou Yang, please help me pick up your Director Zhang!"
"Please wait!"
Zhou Yang is not in a hurry. He knows that in a secret unit like this, calls must be transferred after calls come in.
However, the other party did not keep Zhou Yang waiting. Soon Director Zhang's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Comrade Zhou Yang, have you arrived at the Malanshan base now?"
"We're here, we arrived last night!"
"What's the situation over there?" Director Zhang asked hurriedly.
"It's not good. It's indeed hemorrhagic fever, and it's very infectious!" Zhou Yang said.
"How many infected people are there currently, and can the situation be controlled?"
Zhou Yang thought for a while and said: "So far, more than 300 people have been infected, and the number is still increasing."
"It is difficult to say whether this can be controlled. On the one hand, the source of infection for hemorrhagic fever is rats and food and water sources contaminated by rats. If we cannot control this, it is impossible to control the epidemic."
"In addition, the conditions at the Malanshan base are really poor, and there is a serious lack of medical care, especially doctors!"
Director Zhang immediately said in a deep voice: "Didn't Kong Sixth Hospital support a group of medical staff over there?"
"We supported 26 people, but there were only 3 doctors, and the rest were all nurses and guards!" Zhou Yang replied.
"so little?"
"This can't be blamed on the Kongliu Hospital Base. They have tried their best. There are only four doctors in the entire Kongliu Hospital Base!" Zhou Yang said with a sigh.
In fact, it's not just these military bases. Looking across the country, medical resources everywhere are extremely tight.
Especially in some township health clinics or smaller production teams, many places may not even have a doctor who graduated from a formal college. The people who usually prescribe medicine and treat diseases for the people are "barefoot doctors."
The reason is that our country has a large population and a very short supply of medical resources, especially doctors.
Director Zhang thought for a while and then said: "Let's do this. I will ask the superiors for instructions and immediately dispatch a group of capable medical forces from the capital to the Malan Mountain base!"
"This is the best thing. In addition to the lack of doctors, the medicines here are not very abundant, especially diuretics and epinephrine, which are consumed in large quantities!" Zhou Yang said.
"Okay, I'll have them sent to you as well. Do you have any other requirements?" Director Zhang said.
"Yes, I request that Song Shi, Yang Chunhua and others be transferred over, and the batch of vaccines produced be shipped over too!" Zhou Yang said.
"Comrade Zhou Yang, do you want to use this batch of vaccines directly?"
"I have this idea!" Zhou Yang said.
"I don't agree. The vaccine is undergoing clinical trials and the results have not yet been released. The safety of the vaccine cannot be confirmed at all. How can it be used directly by people?" Director Zhang said solemnly.
Zhou Yang immediately said: "Director Zhang, you also know how long it takes to develop a qualified vaccine. If you follow the normal process step by step, it will take at least two years to get the results..."
Before he finished speaking, Director Zhang said in a deep voice: "No matter how long it takes, we can't experiment on ordinary people. This is a crime!"
After a moment of silence, Zhou Yang said again: "Director Zhang, haven't you discovered that since this year, hemorrhagic fever outbreaks have become more and more frequent and the scale is getting larger and larger?"
"this..."
"Did you know that the hemorrhagic fever epidemic in Saibei Province at the turn of spring and summer directly affected almost all 12 cities in the province? Although it was discovered in time and the response measures were very effective, there are still more than 200 cases in Qingcheng. Ordinary people are dying from this disease, and the death toll in the province is as high as over 2,000!”
Then Zhou Yang continued: "We can study it step by step, but the people can't wait!"
This is indeed the case. Although hemorrhagic fever occurs frequently now, it is far from reaching the peak period of this infectious disease outbreak.
Hemorrhagic fever was really rampant in the 1980s, with hundreds of thousands of people infected every year, making it the most terrifying infectious disease threatening the lives of Chinese people.
It is precisely because of this that Zhou Yang is so eager to get the vaccine out.
The other side of the phone suddenly became silent!
After a long time, Director Zhang said again: "What if the vaccine has serious sequelae?"
Zhou Yang said immediately: "I have confidence in the vaccine we have developed, and I will be the first to get vaccinated when this batch of vaccines arrives at the base!"
"Nonsense, it's not your turn to dedicate yourself to science. How can I explain to my superiors if something happens to you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yang suddenly said: "Director Zhang, you may not know that Professor Song, Comrade Yang Chunhua, and Comrade Duan Yinzhong have all vaccinated themselves with this vaccine. I am the last person in the entire team to receive the vaccine!"
"What... have they vaccinated themselves?"
"Yes, otherwise they deal with hemorrhagic fever virus strains every day, and they might be infected one day!" Zhou Yang said.
"When did they receive the vaccine? Why didn't they ask for permission for such a big thing?"
"What are you asking for? The higher authorities won't approve it!"
Then Zhou Yang continued: "Besides, as a scientific researcher, injecting a vaccine developed by yourself, what's the fuss about it? Even if they inject themselves with hemorrhagic fever virus, I think it's normal!"
Zhou Yang didn't say this deliberately to make up a story to convince Director Zhang. In fact, there are many such crazy scientists, such as Mr. Sun, the former researcher at the Gansu Institute of Biological Products.
In order to clarify the etiology of epidemic hemorrhagic fever and isolate the virus, as well as to understand the activity patterns of Apoderma agrarian and the transmission routes of epidemic hemorrhagic fever, he lived and ate in the countryside for a long time, and stayed with his assistants all day and night. Around rat holes in the fields.
While extracting the virus, Mr. Sun was accidentally infected with hemorrhagic fever and was in critical condition. He was rescued only after struggling to save his life. However, he only rested for 10 days before he devoted himself selflessly to developing a vaccine.
After six years of hard work, the world's first purified and inactivated subunit vaccine for epidemic hemorrhagic fever was finally developed.
Some medical scientists even deliberately let themselves suffer from a certain disease in order to overcome it. This is not uncommon in the medical field.
After being silent for a while, Director Zhang finally regained his composure and asked: "How are Professor Song and the others doing now? Are there any obvious sequelae?"
"Yes, pain, itching, redness, and swelling may occur at the injection site after vaccination, and systemic reactions such as mild fever, discomfort, and fatigue may also occur, but they are all mild!" Zhou Yang said.
"That's okay, but their vaccination time is still relatively short, and the scope is too small, so it cannot represent universality..."
Zhou Yang immediately said: "I know the last thing you said, so I asked you for instructions to use this epidemic to try the effect!"
"Professor Song and others have personally tested the safety of the vaccine. The preventive effect and safety are quite good. We can definitely take further steps in research and development!"
Director Zhang thought for a while and then said: "Since you are so confident, then I will accompany you crazy once. This time I will go to the Malan Mountain base with Professor Song and others!"
"Then I'll wait for your arrival here!" Zhou Yang said.
"good!"
"I'm still busy here, so I won't tell you!"
After saying that, Zhou Yang hung up the phone directly!
........
(military restricted area)
(Abandoned military base)
