Chapter 1191: The Shadow of War

The first thing Mao Wubing did after returning to Lan was to immediately arrange for the imitation textile enterprises under the Fan Investment Group in Jiangnan Province to suspend other work and first mass-produce medical masks and high-standard medical isolation protective clothing and other equipment needed to fight infectious diseases.

Fan Wubing's decision made the leaders on both sides confused. After all, although the ** was in a big fuss in Guangzhou, there was no feeling on the mainland. Life was still very normal, and everyone did not pay attention to the panic there.

But Mr. Fan's order was supreme. Therefore, the textile factories on both sides started new production tasks and began Fan Wubing's preparations for a rainy day.

At the same time, Fan Wubing also called his nephews. The medical supplies company they jointly established also began to produce various scarce drugs and medical equipment that were indispensable in fighting the **. For example, disinfectant liquids and disposable tools, etc.

The most important point is that Fan Wubing has obtained serum samples from ** patients through his own channels and sent them to his Human Gene Research Institute in the Northeast for in-depth analysis to determine whether this thing is really as he knows. It is a genetic virus created by a certain country.

Fan Wubing also went to Mount Tai to meet his teacher Fan Tianlan and asked him to help fight the spread of ** with traditional Chinese medicine.

Fan Tianlan's health was not very good, which made Fan Wubing a little worried, but the old man still accompanied Fan Wubing. He took his plane back to Beijing.

Through the video communication system established with Guangzhou, Fan Tianlan carefully asked about the symptoms and manifestations of ** patients, and had in-depth exchanges with Academician Zhong and others who were fighting on the front line, and had some intuitive understanding of this new virus.

"Generally speaking, this still needs to be solved from the aspect of clearing fire and detoxification. If it is not a particularly critically ill patient, rashly using hormone treatment is really more harmful than beneficial." Fan Tianlan quickly grasped the key, and he gave several different prescriptions. Then let Guangzhou cooperate with the current treatment to observe the effect.

The next situation developed quickly. On February 18, the Institute of Viral Diseases of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention found an inclusion body in two autopsy specimens through an electron microscope, which was determined to be chlamydia. The Guangdong Provincial Health Department held an emergency discussion meeting to exchange views with experts from major hospitals in Guangzhou on the issue of chlamydia. The expert group members unanimously agreed that chlamydia cannot be simply identified as the only pathogen.

On February 26, Hong Kong reported the first case of COVID-19, and COVID-19 landed in Hong Kong.

It was also at this time that the scientific and technical personnel of the Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences. After repeated analysis of the results of the experiment, they believed that the pathogen of COVID-19 might be a coronavirus.

In fact, Hong Kong heard about COVID-19 in December last year. Initially, the Hong Kong authorities reacted similarly to other parts of the world. Because they knew nothing about the new disease, they were not prepared and did not take strong measures in time to isolate and prevent the epidemic from entering Hong Kong.

According to existing records, COVID-19 was first brought into Hong Kong by Dr. Liu Jianlun, who had treated COVID patients on the mainland. He told the hospital after he was hospitalized, so the hospital where he was treated was not infected. But he had already infected nine other people in the hotel where he stayed, and several of them spread COVID-19 to Canada, Singapore and other places after leaving Hong Kong.

In February this year, there were cases of COVID-19 in Hong Kong, and it was also known that the disease was highly contagious, but the Hong Kong government still tried its best to reassure people that Hong Kong was safe.

Relevant government officials also accused the media of not describing Hong Kong so badly, which was not good for Hong Kong. In early March, the epidemic in Hong Kong was rampant, and a special speech was made, asking everyone not to panic.

At this time, the Singapore government had begun to take strong measures, while Hong Kong still did not take any major actions, such as suspending classes in primary and secondary schools. Stopping large-scale crowd gathering activities, etc.

The media strongly criticized this, and the Hong Kong government considered the impact issue and decentralized power. It was up to each school to decide whether to suspend classes.

This time, the response of the Hong Kong government made everyone feel a little strange. Why didn't Hong Kong act as quickly and severely as Singapore?

In fact, this is the same as the mainland government, which is afraid of affecting its image and even more worried about causing serious economic losses.

If you say that there is a very serious infectious disease here, then tourists will not dare to come, which will have a huge impact on Hong Kong's tourism industry, and Hong Kong's tourism industry is a pillar industry. At present, the Hong Kong government is suffering from deficit difficulties and is worried that strict control of COVID-19 will affect revenue and worsen the fiscal deficit.

Another point is that the current SAR is indecisive and lacks decisiveness in decision-making and action on almost all issues. The Chief Secretary for Administration handled the chicken plague case. Millions of chickens were killed in two days, but there is no such style now.

Another key issue is that the SAR government officials have to look at the eyes of the mainland.

Under the premise that the mainland remains silent, although the SAR government officials are actually in a bad situation, they dare not speak out. When the Hong Kong government officials asked about the situation of the virus, the official said that the virus was likely to be introduced to the mainland through Hong Kong, so the Hong Kong security officer had to shut up.

Out of respect for the mainland and to avoid embarrassment to the mainland, the Hong Kong SAR government also intends to handle the situation in a low-key manner.

It is said that many officials of the Hong Kong SAR government are trained by the British. They can fully express their opinions during internal discussions, and once conclusions and decisions are reached, they will work hard to implement them. However, they are not used to the official style of the mainland, which does not allow discussion but allows you to use all kinds of tricks during implementation.

In many things, the Hong Kong SAR government can react faster than the mainland, mainly because of historical, geographical and economic ties that make Hong Kong more sensitive to the international community's anti-independence. In this case, the Hong Kong media has freedom to discuss and discuss Hong Kong's internal affairs. The media's supervision and criticism of the Hong Kong government has played a big role, and the criticism of the democrats in the Hong Kong Legislative Council has also stimulated it.

But it is obvious. As the connection between the mainland and Hong Kong becomes closer, some bureaucratic atmosphere in the mainland has also affected the Hong Kong SAR government. Especially on some major issues, the SAR government officials still have to rely on others.

On February 26, an American businessman showed ** symptoms in Hanoi, Vietnam, and World Health Organization officials reported to the WHO that a highly contagious disease had occurred in the region.

On the same day, US President Bush spoke on the post-war issue in Iraq, saying that he hoped to see a democratic Iraq and set an example for other Arab countries.

On March 1, the United Arab Emirates expressed the hope that Saddam would step down to avoid war, and Kuwait later made a similar statement.

Fan Wubing was busy again at this time. He knew very well that the cowboy president of the United States was about to start a protracted war against Iraq. Since this situation was inevitable, Fan Investment Group should start to make corresponding policy adjustments so that it could gain more benefits from the sound of this war through the recent operations.

In recent days, the focus of the news media has been on whether the United States will go to war with Iraq and whether the second Gulf War will break out. As for the ** in a certain city in the south, there was no mention of it.

In particular, what impact will the United States have on the economy if it goes to war in Iraq. It is also the most heatedly discussed issue.

In the Gulf War of 1991. When the Iraqi army fled from Kuwait in defeat. They set fire to and destroyed more than 700 oil fields, causing 4 million to 6 million barrels of oil per day, equivalent to one-tenth of the world's daily oil consumption, to turn into billowing smoke. A total of 500 million tons of carbon dioxide were emitted into the atmosphere.

This not only worsened the environment in the Middle East, but also caused global air pollution.

To date, two-fifths of Kuwait's water sources are still polluted. At least 10 million barrels of crude oil leaked into the Gulf, polluting about 5,000 kilometers of coastline.

During the nine months when the oil wells burned, the local temperature dropped by ten degrees Celsius, and the total devastating losses were about 40 billion US dollars.

The World Source Research Institute found that gas samples extracted from farms in Iran 2,000 kilometers away from Kuwait actually contained oil sediments, butterfly smoke, sulfur and other black carbonates.

In addition, unburned oil was deposited in farmland, forming large pieces of black clay. As a result, the fields can no longer be cultivated. In southern Kuwait, there is an oil mud lake that is 800 meters long and about 5 meters deep.

The impact of the Gulf War on the environment is extensive and lasting. The multinational forces destroyed 75% of Iraq's chemical weapons production capacity by air strikes. The poisonous gas produced by the attacks on 21 chemical weapons depots and factories spread and polluted the environment. Hundreds of oil wells burned for nine months, causing a vicious environmental disaster with black clouds covering Kuwait for a long time.

Carpet bombing left bullet holes on the ground, and thousands of military vehicles crushed the surface of the desert violently. Sandstorms became more frequent. The weapons used in the war not only directly destroyed the soil structure on the earth's surface and polluted rivers, but also a large number of weapons including biological and chemical weapons will be left on land and water, forming a lasting and terrible environmental hazard.

According to statistics from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States. Iraq also dumped 6 million to 8 million barrels of oil into the Indian Ocean at that time. The oil spill on the sea caused the death of a large number of seabirds, and the rotting corpses accumulated on the coastline into a thick layer of black sticky substances. The already fragile marine ecological environment there suffered a devastating blow, and now it has become the most seriously polluted area in the world.

And this time. After the Americans said they were going to attack Iraq, it was said that Saddam had already wired up 1,500 oil wells. If there was a fatal threat, he could order the oil wells to be set on fire at any time.

一一…Today’s second update is sent to “一一一川 (To be continued)