Chapter 556
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Chapter 556: Avian Flu (1)
It must be said that Jie Zichuan handled this matter with great meticulousness.
Even the smallest details were clarified by him.
It was at this moment that Luo Ji completely confirmed it.
The influenza epidemic raging within his Myriad World Civilization was indeed avian flu!
Earlier, when sifting through the identity records, Luo Ji had already had his suspicions.
He had seen several consecutive patients who originated from factories raising poultry.
Of course, there were also some who didn’t.
In this situation, Luo Ji couldn’t definitively conclude it was avian flu.
Therefore, he sent Jie Zichuan to investigate.
And now, seeing the investigation results, the answer was clearly on the verge of being revealed.
A sense of difficulty immediately arose.
Even in modern society with advanced medicine, avian flu had once caused widespread panic.
Now that the cause of the influenza outbreak had been confirmed, he had a clearer idea of what needed to be done.
The source of avian flu infection was poultry infected with the flu.
In modern society, many families, during avian flu outbreaks, would directly choose not to eat chicken or eggs, and would also avoid contact with any poultry.
They would use this method to eliminate their chances of getting sick.
Therefore, whenever avian flu breaks out, the profits of related businesses always suffer a clear blow.
The profit curve can be said to plummet in a straight line.
There have even been cases where small businesses collapsed as a result.
Luo Ji was a relatively rational person, and he wouldn’t go to such extremes.
And at the same time, this issue also involved ‘eating.’
As a foodie, Luo Ji naturally had to understand avian flu thoroughly to avoid any unexpected mishaps.
As such, avian flu was surprisingly one of the influenza diseases he was quite familiar with.
Simply put, there were generally three ways avian flu could be transmitted.
The first, of course, was by being with infected patients and getting infected by them.
There was nothing more to say about this.
The second was by eating undercooked chicken or eggs.
In other words, thoroughly cooked chicken and eggs were actually not an issue because all the germs inside would have been killed.
At least, as a modern person who dared to eat chicken during an avian flu outbreak, he had lived to this day without any problems.
The third method was through the blood, secretions, and excrement of poultry.
Among these, the virus in the excrement was the most potent.
If these substances directly entered the body, then there was a 90% chance of infection.
As for what constituted direct contact with the body, to put it bluntly, if you ate poultry excrement, that would qualify as direct contact.
Of course, this example is ridiculous.
When an expert first gave this example, they were ridiculed by many netizens.
After all, who would be crazy enough to eat that?
But in reality, they might have simply wanted to convey the level of ‘direct contact’ at the time.
Poultry secretions, blood, or excrement on your skin would clearly not be enough to make you sick.
Only when they enter the body or come into contact with your wounds or blood would it reach the level of ‘direct contact.’
Undoubtedly, the wound on Old Yang’s forearm, an employee at the chicken farm, was the source of infection.
No matter how clean a chicken farm was, it wouldn’t be perfectly clean.
The poultry kept inside would inevitably have some excrement on their claws.
And according to the information Jie Zichuan gathered, the chicken farm had experienced some chaos due to a small incident before the harvest day.
Old Yang had apparently scratched his skin with a poultry claw while catching the poultry.
The virus attached to the poultry’s claws came into contact with Old Yang’s blood.
This is what infected him!
Afterward, Old Zhao visited him and took him to the hospital for treatment.
During this period, due to excessive contact with the infected person, Old Zhao also contracted avian flu.
However, avian flu has an incubation period.
So, at first, Old Zhao didn’t feel any abnormalities.
During his regular work at the chicken farm, he inadvertently infected other co-workers.
After a day’s work, these employees each went home.
A large number of patients carrying avian flu roamed the city, further expanding the scope of infection.
The thought alone was terrifying!
What Luo Ji needed to do now was undoubtedly issue a political decree.
While informing all the people of the Myriad World Civilization about these common facts concerning avian flu, he also had to order all factories that raise poultry, including the farms operated by their official agricultural department, to carry out a thorough sanitation cleaning and disinfection!
This announcement, once posted, was equivalent to dropping a bombshell right over the entire Myriad World Civilization.
Many people were stunned by this bomb.
After all, chicken was one of their main sources of meat!
Now Luo Ji was telling them that this influenza had actually been transmitted from poultry.
How could the people who had eaten chicken remain calm?
“It’s over, it’s over! I just ate chicken yesterday!”
Next to the city’s notice board, a man, upon learning the content of the announcement, immediately felt his legs go weak, then with a ‘plop’ he sat down on the ground.
The people who were originally standing near him instantly scattered like startled birds.
They actually cleared out an empty space in that crowded area.
In the empty space, only the man sat there, his face filled with fear.
However, he was not the only one who had recently eaten chicken.
Among the crowd, many people’s faces visibly turned pale.
Luo Ji was clearly prepared for this situation.
The soldiers standing on both sides of the notice board shouted loudly.
“Everyone, pay attention! Eating chicken does not guarantee infection. Thoroughly cooked chicken and eggs are safe!”
“Of course, if you feel unwell, experiencing symptoms like coughing, high fever, general weakness, or difficulty breathing, please seek medical attention promptly!”
The soldiers’ words might have had some effect. Or perhaps not.
In any case, those who should panic and those who shouldn’t, all began to feel panic in their hearts.
Long queues formed directly outside the hospitals in various cities.
Some people were perfectly fine.
But just the psychological effect made them feel uncomfortable all over.
The doctors responsible for diagnosing illnesses in the hospital kept telling them, “You’re not sick!”
But this group of people simply wouldn’t believe it!
They kept saying, “Doctor, please check me again. I feel a bit dizzy, my throat is a bit uncomfortable, and I’m having trouble breathing.”
Faced with such a scene, the doctors, who were already driven to near madness by their busy schedule, found themselves somewhat amused and frustrated.
With no other alternative, they could only prescribe something to each of these “troublemakers” to send them on their way.
The prescription uniformly stated to drink more hot water, ventilate more, worry less, and sleep more!
