Chapter 475 Confirming the Charge

In addition to human deaths, this influenza has brought various economic losses to the world, which are even immeasurable.

In just over six months since the confirmed influenza outbreak in March, at least tens of millions of people have been infected and millions of people have died, which is comparable to experiencing another world war.

And this influenza is a fatal blow to the world's economy. Because of the flu, people were afraid to go out, and a large number of factories closed down because they could not sell their goods.

The closure of small and medium-sized enterprises has led to a continuous reduction in the production of goods. With supply exceeding demand, the price of goods has increased wildly, and people have become increasingly unable to afford daily necessities.

This caused the originally balanced economic system to collapse instantly. The economies of various countries were experiencing the Great Depression, which was more severe than the war. Countless people jumped from buildings due to bankruptcy, and even exceeded the number of deaths from the flu in a short period of time.

According to a report by an American media, the highest number of people jumping from buildings in a single day in the United States has exceeded 2,000, exceeding the 1,900 deaths due to influenza that day.

The U.S. government urgently invested a batch of supplies to save the people, but the supplies were quickly snatched away by middle- and high-income people. Low-income people could not grab much supplies at all, and they also contracted the flu because they went out to buy supplies.

It is not that the U.S. government has not tried to use the military to distribute supplies to the people, but the problem is that no one is willing to risk their lives to transport supplies to the people.

Americans are used to talking about freedom, and most of them are thinking about themselves at this time. Among the more than 100,000 U.S. troops, less than 10,000 are willing to take on the task of transporting supplies.

Due to the lack of supplies, zero-dollar shopping campaigns are happening in every state in the United States. The low-income class, headed by black people, went crazy in major shopping malls and department stores in the United States and stole a large number of goods.

Although the U.S. government dispatched emergency police to expel these people, the situation was too chaotic and no good progress was made.

Even more serious conflicts between whites and blacks broke out in the United States because an unnamed white policeman accidentally shot and killed a leading black man in panic.

Although the conflict was eventually suppressed by the U.S. government, approximately thousands of black people were shot, arousing widespread anger among black Americans.

It can be expected that even if the U.S. government survives the flu, it will still face a more serious conflict between white and black.

Black people have forgotten that a few decades ago they were lowly manor slaves. There is already a very large group of black people who want to fight for more rights in the United States.

October 1, 1918, the White House, United States.

President Wilson looked pale and was listening carefully to his subordinates' report.

So far, at least 3 million people in the United States have been infected with the flu, and more than 700,000 people have died, which is 10 times the number of deaths in the United States during World War I.

Currently, some protest groups and opposition parties in the United States are clamoring for the impeachment of President Wilson, claiming that it was President Wilson's carelessness that led to the outbreak of influenza that spread throughout the world.

"Ronnie, is there any good solution now?" President Wilson looked at his friend and confidant with a tired look and asked.

"It is too difficult to contain the flu at the moment, Mr. President. The only way to avoid being impeached may be to shift the responsibility for this flu to other countries." Ronnie shook his head and said with regret. .

There are at least 3 million people infected with influenza in the United States, and there is no exact list of these 3 million people.

How else to contain the flu? We can't follow the Australasian approach and impose a nationwide quarantine.

Let’s not talk about whether this is effective. If President Wilson really gave the order, the people would definitely erupt in a larger demonstration to oppose President Wilson’s restriction of their freedom.

"Damn it!" President Wilson cursed secretly, no longer as high-spirited as before at the Paris Peace Conference. Gently rubbing his eye sockets, President Wilson asked: "Who can we blame? Now that the whole world knows that the epidemic broke out from the United States, I'm afraid no one will believe what we say."

"Mr. President, have you forgotten that before the second round of influenza came, Australasia had already announced the influenza to the world several months in advance? Although we admire Australasia's attention to influenza, but when the influenza just broke out, , when there is no fatality, Australasians know the real fatality of influenza, which makes people feel a little suspicious," Ronny said with some profound meaning.

"Huh?" President Wilson was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood Ronny's intention. Without any hesitation, he immediately ordered: "I'll leave this matter to you, Ronny. I hope to see relevant reports as soon as possible, to alleviate the pressure currently faced by the government.”

Ronnie nodded, also without any hesitation. As President Wilson's subordinate, his relationship with President Wilson was both prosperous and destructive.

If President Wilson were impeached and removed from office, the power he currently possesses would disappear in an instant.

Therefore, preserving the status of President Wilson is the goal of all officials in President Wilson's current circle.

Ronnie acted quickly. Starting from October 4, some media in the United States began to report news about the flu, claiming that Australasia was the culprit of the flu because they were the only country to prepare for the flu in advance. , which also means that Australasia is likely to be the real culprit behind the flu.

Some news agencies even exaggeratedly stated that Australasia had secretly researched biological weapons, and influenza was one of Australasia's biological weapons.

The reason why Australasia promised to treat influenza for free was because they had a corresponding antidote for this biological weapon to prevent the death of Australasia from influenza.

President Wilson spent a lot of money this time, and hundreds of American media published these reports in just two days.

The spearhead of the domestic protests in the United States also turned directly, from expressing dissatisfaction with the government and President Wilson to demanding that the government investigate the truth and give Australasia the punishment it deserved.

Seeing that the blame-shifting operation was very successful, President Wilson finally breathed a sigh of relief. At least his position was stable in the short term. As long as the domestic supply of materials and medical conditions were ensured, the impeachment of the opposition party would not be a problem.

At this time, Europe and Australasia naturally learned about the reports and situations from the United States.

Arthur had already dealt with this. After all, no one could bear the responsibility of letting the flu rage. This would not only make anyone lose their current status and reputation, but would even directly become a sinner of all mankind and be remembered by all mankind with an extremely negative reputation.

Arthur had reserved some of the previous news reports, and now he just took them out as a trump card to deal a fatal blow to the Americans and President Wilson.

On October 8, 1918, most media in Australasia and Europe simultaneously published a report with a photo of the US military blocking a chemical plant leak in Kansas.

The terrible thing is that the situation in the photo happened just before March. It was also more than a month after the chemical plant leak that the flu broke out in the Kansas military camp, and then spread the flu to the world.

There were very few words in the report, only introducing the location and time of the photo, and at the same time hitting back at the United States with a striking headline: "Wilson, please give an explanation!"

Now, this photo is completely a hammer. In this era when photography technology was not well developed, there was no so-called PS technology.

This also means that the photos are 100% true, and the flu virus is very likely to have flowed from the American chemical plant.

For a while, the depressed mood caused by the flu in European people and countries had a place to release, and an unprecedented large-scale epidemic broke out in Europe. The title of the march was unified: "Sanction the United States!"

The flu broke out after the chemical plant leaked, and it was impossible to think that the chemical plant was not related.

When this report was transmitted back to the United States, the US government had no time to suppress it, because the World Alliance headed by the Allies had already condemned the United States.

The public condemnation of the World Alliance undoubtedly directly confirmed the guilt of the Americans. News reports may be wrong, but the World Alliance, which is united by dozens of countries, will not target you alone, the United States, right?

It was also after the World Alliance spoke out that the sanctions on the United States demanded by the European people's march had turned into a declaration of war on the United States, and the demand for compensation from the United States had turned into the elimination of the scourge of the United States.

Although American scientists also stood up in time to refute the rumors, saying that the things studied by the chemical plant in Kansas had nothing to do with the flu, and the United States had no responsibility in this flu.

But the European people, who were already blinded by anger, would not believe the words of these American scientists.

Not long after the chemical plant was exposed, influenza broke out in Kansas. The first to show flu symptoms were the soldiers who blocked the chemical plant at that time. Who would believe that there was no connection between the two?

These scientists' statements could not fool the European people, let alone the American people.

The American people then realized that the previous reports were all false, and the responsibility for the flu really lay on their side.

For a while, a large number of American people also took to the streets and began to condemn the government and President Wilson.

Under the joint efforts of Britain and France, public opinion gave the United States the final fatal blow.

The British laboratory responsible for drug research disclosed a set of data to the European media, indicating that the earliest influenza strains were different from all viruses found in nature, and it might be a new type of artificially cultivated virus.

This is not over yet. The French laboratory also disclosed a set of data, indicating that the virus strains in nature could not have such frequent changes. The current influenza strain has the greatest possibility of thousands of changes, which is the result of artificial cultivation.

Although the spearhead was not directly pointed at the United States, there is no doubt that the biggest suspect is the Kansas chemical plant in the United States.

The statements of the two laboratories also directly confirmed the suspicion that the United States used chemical factories to study biochemical weapons. The United States has become a street rat in Europe and is spurned by most European civilians.

You know, the deaths of European countries in the flu are not small, and the economic losses can only be described as immeasurable.

According to the death figures reported by various countries, Russia has the highest number of deaths in this flu. The number of infected people is inestimable, and the number of deaths is at least 800,000+.

This is also unavoidable. After all, Russia is relatively backward among European countries in terms of medical conditions compared with Western and Central European countries.

In addition, there are a large number of low-income farmers in Russia. These people have no good way to deal with the flu, and they do not have enough funds to treat it.

In addition to Russia, the second most dead is France, with at least 3 million infected people and more than 400,000 deaths.

The data of the United Kingdom is not much different from that of France. The number of people is also more than 3 million, and the number of deaths is also around 400,000 (local).

The following deaths are 370,000 in Austria-Hungary, 350,000 in Germany, 320,000 in Italy, 200,000 in Spain, 100,000 in Serbia, 80,000 in Romania, 50,000 in Belgium, 50,000 in Portugal, and 50,000 in the Netherlands.

All European countries have people who died from influenza. Neutral countries such as Switzerland and the Netherlands have lost at least tens of thousands of people due to the impact of influenza.

It is no exaggeration to say that the impact of this influenza on the European population is huge. Unlike the last war, the impact of influenza on all countries is fair, and no country can escape.

This is only the number of deaths in the mainland of European countries. If the deaths in colonial countries such as Africa and Asia are calculated, it is definitely a terrifying number.

However, countries will not pay attention to the deaths in the colonies, and will never report them. After all, the deaths in the colonies are at least millions, which will not only increase the public's panic about influenza, but also increase the government's responsibility in influenza.

After all, there is a real difference between hundreds of thousands of casualties and tens of millions of casualties, and the responsibilities are even more different.

The loss of the Americans this time is absolutely huge. It is definitely not just European countries that hate the United States, but also the vast indigenous countries in Asia.

Although Arthur did not know the death toll in Asian countries, the situation in the Dutch East Indies was not very good.

After the flu spread to the Dutch East Indies, the Dutch East Indies became a chaotic situation. Even Arthur did not know the specific death toll in the Dutch East Indies, but conservatively estimated that it was at least 5 million.

With such huge casualties in European countries and countries around the world, it is impossible not to find a scapegoat with enough weight.

Not to mention that the United States does have a huge responsibility at present, even if the United States has no responsibility, as long as the United States is splashed with dirty water, European countries will definitely push it.

Take the counterattack against the Americans this time as an example. Arthur just took out the photos, and the rest were led by Britain and France.

The result was also very smooth. This flu was officially named the American flu, and European countries threw all the responsibilities on the Americans. The World Alliance is already discussing how to sanction the United States.

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