Chapter 1356 European Flu

And this also makes the Spanish Flu in the previous life known as the biggest medical disaster in history. If it is not handled well, even developed countries will not be able to deal with it. For example, in the United States in the previous life, this plague reduced the average life expectancy in the United States by nearly ten years. age.

And this is not the real horror of the Spanish Flu. The deadly thing about the Spanish Flu was that it killed mainly young adults. Half of the deaths from this flu were concentrated in those in their twenties to forties.

If this plague develops according to the previous life, then I am afraid that some governments will have a headache, especially in Europe, which has lost a large number of young and middle-aged men due to war. If the plague causes the loss of a large number of young and middle-aged people, , which is undoubtedly adding insult to injury, especially for a country like France with relatively precious population resources.

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East Africa.

In Rhine City, experts from the East African National Epidemic Prevention Office and related fields are reporting to Ernst.

"We call this influenza the European Flu because there are too many countries involved and the virus may have appeared at the end of the war, so it is almost impossible to trace the source."

"It is impossible for us to find the source of the virus, because during the war, countries strictly controlled public opinion, and many diseases were concealed by European countries."

"In addition, this is also a job that can easily offend people. After all, if the source of the virus is found, I am afraid that a certain country will be offended. And now, the plague has broken out and spread around the world. No one can be held responsible. Realistic."

Ernst nodded and said: "In that case, let's name this plague according to what you call the European Flu!"

Generally, orders for such large-scale infectious diseases are named after the place where the disease originated.

There is no doubt that Spain was a very unlucky scapegoat in its previous life. Because it was the first to report the true situation of the pandemic, and because it failed to grasp the control of public opinion and the moral high ground in time, it eventually became a scapegoat, and the influenza was prefixed with Spain. .

There is no doubt that this caused irreparable damage to Spain's international image at the time. Almost the whole world accused the Spaniards of being the creator of the flu.

This time the Spaniards escaped, and East Africa became the first country to detect the epidemic, and the outbreak was detected at the beginning of the outbreak.

Ernst naturally wanted to learn from history and take a pre-emptive strike in terms of public opinion and morality to pin the source of the plague to the European continent.

He told fellow officials: "Our public opinion agencies must do a good job in publicity, not just on the domestic public's perception of the dangers of this round of European influenza."

"We need to do a good job in promoting international public opinion. We must know that this epidemic originated in Europe. Although we don't know which country first appeared, we must prevent Europe and the United States from throwing the blame on us."

As for Ernst's concerns, it is clear that officials in East Africa did not realize the seriousness of the problem.

East African Health Minister Garroway said: "Your Majesty, is this a bit unfounded? No matter how much we talk about this epidemic, it is impossible for anyone to blame us!"

Ernst said unceremoniously: "Be careful and you won't make a big mistake. European and American countries are not good things. What's more, Europe is the center of world public opinion. They have the ability to turn black into white and white into black. "

That’s what he said, but Ernst also knew very well that if European and American countries wanted to shift the blame, it was unlikely that they would blame East Africa. After all, East Africa was not the original outbreak place of the epidemic.

In the past life, the reason why Spain took the blame was not only due to the loss of the first report, but also the deeper reason is that when Spain reported the story in the previous life, the domestic epidemic in Spain was already very serious.

Moreover, the time when the epidemic broke out in Spain in the previous life was too close to the time when the Spanish flu broke out in Europe, and Spain itself is within Europe, so the first source Spain itself is also highly suspected.

This is not Ernst's imagination. After all, no one can completely deny the Spanish Flu in the previous life. Spain is really not the origin. After all, in addition to war, the Spanish Flu may also be caused by the poor health conditions in Spain. This This possibility is very small, but it cannot be completely ruled out, so Spain is in trouble.

Ernst said: "In short, we must be alert to the possibility of this happening. We must first exclude East Africa and let the whole world know in detail and truthfully how we discovered this epidemic. This epidemic came from Europe."

After all, the first batch of cases discovered by East African customs were carried by people on European ships, so Europe cannot escape suspicion.

It is not even considered a suspicion. It is 100% certain that the origin of this plague is Europe, but it is impossible to confirm a specific country.

Of course, according to Ernst's personal inference, there is an 80% probability that the origin of the European influenza pandemic is France. After all, France is the main battlefield on the Western Front, and the harsh environment on the battlefield is the most conducive breeding ground for the plague.

However, Ernst's personal inference obviously cannot be used as evidence, and no country in Europe can completely escape suspicion.

Of course, Ernst and the East African government don't care about the specific country. In short, it just needs to be a country in Europe.

Following Ernst's instructions, the mainstream media in East Africa, led by the Rheinland News Agency (Rheinland News Agency), and the overseas media controlled by East Africa soon began to promote the "European Flu" around the world.

The truth about this European flu pandemic has been made public, but this has not caused much controversy in countries around the world, and it will take time to ferment.

The reason for this result is that except for a few countries such as France, they did not take the epidemic seriously.

Many people think that the governments of East Africa and France are just sensationalizing. The so-called "European flu" may be just a simple cold. The two countries are making too much fuss.

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It was a few months later that the concept of "European Flu" became widely spread. At that time, the epidemic in Europe and other parts of the world was uncontrollable and caused great damage. But for a country As far as I'm concerned, it's already too late.

By the time the epidemic broke out completely, the "European Flu" had already taken root in the hearts of the people, which also caused blame-shifting and blame-shifting among European countries.

After all, although it has been determined that the source of the plague is Europe, which country is the origin is a topic of great concern to the people of various European countries. After all, no country wants to be "infamous".

This led to a few months later, when European media, large and small, listed the most hated countries in their countries as suspects, accusing each other of "poisoning". Among them, the French media was very busy. They found a suspect. all over.

The French believe that archrival Germany and "former ally" Britain are possible, and they do not rule out France's neighboring countries such as Spain and Belgium.

The Germans naturally accused France of being the origin of the European pandemic, and the United Kingdom also listed Germany and France as targets of speculation.

The major European countries blame and suspect each other, while the small and weak countries in Europe are also full of ugliness. Even Serbia, which has just returned to the country, secretly accuses Bulgaria of being the origin of the virus.

The reason for this result is that the European influenza pandemic spread too quickly and may have spread to most of Europe by the end of 1919.

Of course, the Western European countries are the most suspect, that is, the four countries in East Africa that were the first to discover problems with the ship's crew: Britain, France, Spain and Portugal.

And this is why it is ridiculous for Serbia to accuse Bulgaria of being the origin of the virus. It is obvious that the Serbian people are completely mixed with personal emotions and have no regard for rational thinking. Who made Bulgaria offend Serbia the most.

In fact, judging from the characteristics of the spread of the European epidemic, there is no way it could have occurred in the Balkan Peninsula countries located in southeastern Europe.