PNB Chapter 240 Flu
Chapter 240 Flu
After New Year's Eve, the base lost all trace of festive atmosphere and returned to a lifeless state.
Everyone continued to numbly count their days on their fingers.
The heavy snow that had been falling for almost three months finally stopped shortly after Lunar New Year's Eve.
But the temperature didn't rise at all; instead, a cold, sharp northwest wind picked up and howled painfully every day, making it even more impossible to go out than when it snowed.
Many patrol soldiers who withstood the heavy snow couldn't withstand the northwest wind and collapsed one after another, catching severe colds.
What's worse is that this cold is also highly contagious.
Even though the military intervened promptly after discovering the flu, distributing ginger soup, isatis root water, and cold medicine to everyone as preventative remedies, nearly half the army fell ill after just a few days, and even Gu Tianqi was not spared.
As the flu outbreak occurred in the military, residents in the underground shelter also began to be infected.
The makeshift clinic in the underground parking lot is always packed with people, and all the medical staff are extremely busy.
Flu patients kept arriving one after another, but the base only had so many cold medicines available, and many of them were not even antiviral cold medicines for the flu. So most patients could only go home and tough it out after seeing a doctor.
In less than half a month, many ordinary people died because they couldn't make it through.
When Zhou Yang and his team received the news, it was still before the flu outbreak. At the time, they thought it was just a common cold like the one during the extreme cold last year, so they didn't take it seriously. They simply asked Yan Fei to bring another batch of medicines for preventing and treating colds to the military.
It wasn't until the flu got out of control and broke out directly in the military that they realized something was wrong.
However, by this time many people had already been infected, and even Gu Tianqi had fallen ill. Some ordinary people had even died from the flu.
When Zhou Yang first heard the news, he was momentarily stunned.
In his memory, there had never been a flu outbreak in their small base in his previous life, so he hadn't made any preparations. He never expected to encounter it at the base in Baiji.
However, since people are not moving around much in this post-apocalyptic world, it shouldn't be easy for viruses to spread. We don't know where this flu virus came from.
Could it be that the northwest wind blew it here?
After thinking for a long time without coming up with a solution, Zhou Yang temporarily put aside his thoughts, took out a batch of antiviral cold medicine from his space, and asked Yan Fei to take it to the military, who would then transfer it to the clinic.
However, these medications only provided temporary relief for most people's conditions. Once the effects wore off, the patients would experience a relapse of high fever, forcing doctors to increase the dosage, but ultimately the condition would return to its original state.
This repeated cycle not only failed to control the illness, but also allowed the virus to gradually adapt to the medication, making it even more difficult to treat.
As the virus continued to evolve, all the medical staff felt only despair.
The institute's staff, who were originally responsible for biological research, were forced to directly study epidemiology.
But ultimately, each profession has its own expertise. After nearly half a month of research, they still hadn't figured out anything significant, only confirming that it was a newly evolved influenza virus that ordinary drugs couldn't suppress for the time being.
At this critical juncture, Gu Tianqi also collapsed.
The most important person in the base had fallen, which startled everyone.
Zhou Yang and his team were also extremely anxious, like ants on a hot pan, and specially sent another batch of antiviral drugs over.
When Gu Tianqi fell ill, no one dared to tell Gu Yaoyao. They simply comforted her by saying that her father was too busy and couldn't come over for a meal for a long time.
Gu Yaoyao was also very sensible. When she heard that her father was very busy, she didn't make a fuss. She just asked Yan Fei to pass on a message to her father, telling him to eat well and sleep well.
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As the number of patients increased, the burden on clinics became increasingly heavy. Even medical staff who wore full protective gear every day collapsed one by one under the increasingly heavy workload.
He Shanshan is one of them.
Because the incubation period of this flu virus can be a few days, but once symptoms appear, the progression is extremely rapid, so He Shanshan didn't realize it at first. It wasn't until she felt unwell and started to have a fever at her workstation in the afternoon that she discovered she had also been infected.
After handing over her work to her colleagues, He Shanshan asked for leave from the clinic and went home.
But when I got home, I didn't dare to open the door and go inside.
After thinking for a long time, he decided to knock on the door from the outside.
However, everyone was gathered at Zhou Yang's house at the moment, and because the soundproofing was so good, no one heard anything.
If it weren't for the fact that it was almost dinnertime and Xu Zhiyi was in a hurry to deliver food to He Shanshan, leaving early, He Shanshan wouldn't know how much longer she would have had to wait outside.
"Hey, Shanshan, you got off work so early today? I was just about to bring you your lunch. Why didn't you just come in?"
Xu Zhiyi was holding a thermal lunchbox when he heard a knock on the door. He opened it and saw He Shanshan standing in the hallway, completely covered up.
Just as he was about to reach out and pull the person in, he saw the other person take a step back.
"What's wrong? Come in quickly! Let's go in and eat together!"
"Don't come any closer, I've been infected. Go put on a mask now and get some disinfectant. I'm going back to my room to isolate in a bit, so please disinfect all the places I've been to, inside and outside the door. By the way, let Qingtang and Mom stay at Xiao Zhou's place for now, and you too."
"!!!"
"No way! I can let Mom and the others stay across the street, but I can't leave you alone in quarantine!" Xu Zhiyi firmly disagreed. "Wait a minute, I'll go to Zhou Yang to help Mom and the others move some rooms."
Without waiting for He Shanshan's consent, he went straight in to find Zhou Yang and the others.
Inside the room, Zhou Yang and the others were very surprised to hear that He Shanshan had been infected, especially Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang has been adding spring water to the drinking water. Although the amount added is not much, after half a year, everyone's physical condition should have improved.
Even so, He Shanshan was still infected. The virus on her phone was indeed very difficult to deal with, no wonder so many superhumans in the base were infected.
Then Yu Jing and the others really need to move here, otherwise, as ordinary people, Yu Jing and Gu Yaoyao are very likely to be infected.
Without delay, Zhou Yang immediately went across the street and moved all of Yu Jing's and the others' belongings over, so they could temporarily stay in Zhou Yang's second bedroom.
As for Xu Zhiyi, he insisted on not moving, so Zhou Yang and the others didn't say anything more.
After Xu Zhiyi took He Shanshan back to her room to rest, Zhou Yang and the others disinfected the house inside and out.
Shen Zechuan delivered their dinner directly to the small table outside their room.
Also sent along were several kinds of medicines that He Shanshan had specifically requested.