Chapter 2056 Disaster Strikes (Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!!! Please Subscribe!!! Please Recommend!!!)

It's just that the situation in different parts of the world is different.

For example, a disease broke out directly in the British Isles. Then people started dying in London! The British government just gave up... and proposed a cross-era response strategy, that is, "herd immunity"!

The main point is that it doesn't care whether people live or die!

The concept of "herd immunity" seems to be high-sounding, but in fact it is "survival of the fittest".

When a new virus appears, the entire population has no vaccine, and very few people may have innate immunity. If the spread of the virus is not curbed and the entire population is exposed to the virus, it is impossible for herd immunity to occur. What will happen is: those who will die if infected will die, and those who will not die if infected will be immune and continue to live. This phenomenon is the "survival of the fittest" proposed by the famous British scientist Darwin.

When a person gets a certain acute infectious disease, there are only two outcomes in most cases: death or immunity. The former is easy to understand, and the latter means that the immune system of the infected person "recognizes" the pathogen, and will not be infected next time it encounters it. Only in a few cases will acute infectious diseases turn into chronic infectious diseases, such as HIV virus reverse transcription into DNA and then integration into the host's genome, or hepatitis B virus entering liver cells and transforming into "covalently closed circular DNA" (cccDNA), hiding in the host's cell nucleus. Of course, both situations are relatively rare. Death and immunity are not the two outcomes that occur immediately after infection, but require a period of time. During this period, the infected person becomes a source of infection, responsible for helping the pathogen find the next host.

Here we must first introduce a concept: the basic reproduction number, scientifically known as "R0". R0 is the number of people that can be infected by each infectious disease in a natural state.

This number reflects the infectiousness of the disease. In theory, as long as R0>1, the infectious disease will continue to spread. Imagine that in a closed small-scale human community, when a pathogen spreads to everyone, it has only one way to go, that is, extinction. In fact, this is the ultimate fate of most human pathogens in the primitive society. When the population expanded rapidly and cities finally appeared on the earth, the situation changed. Because of the large population, babies are born every moment in the city, which is equivalent to providing a steady stream of new hosts for pathogens, and pathogens finally see the hope of eternal life.

In this case, the fate of each pathogen depends on its own R0 value and the population of the closed community. According to calculations, even for measles with an R0 value of 12-18, if the total population of a closed community is less than 500,000, it cannot survive forever. Unfortunately, with the expansion of urban scale and the continuous expansion of human migration routes, most human infectious diseases can easily find new hosts and continue to spread among human groups. This is the survival situation of humans before the birth of modern medicine. At that time, humans were not the masters of microorganisms, and the two sides maintained an equal relationship of mutual struggle and mutual use. On the one hand, pathogens become more and more mild after constantly infecting humans. On the other hand, the human immune system becomes stronger and stronger under the selection pressure of various pathogens. After infection, the probability of obtaining lifelong immunity after a minor illness continues to increase. This is why the human species can survive to this day. However, this natural process is inevitably accompanied by the death and elimination of the old, weak, sick and disabled. This is also an important manifestation of Darwin's theory of biological evolution. But it is precisely because of human evolution, especially the emergence of humanitarian spirit, that human attitude towards natural selection has been completely changed. The emergence of vaccines is the direct result of this change in attitude. In the 18th century, a British doctor named Edward Jenner invented the cowpox vaccine, which completely changed the relationship between humans and viruses.

Vaccines are essentially an inactivated (or attenuated) virus that spreads rapidly among the population through artificial means, so that most people in this group quickly gain immunity, thus getting rid of the "natural" selection effect of the virus on humans. So, can 100% of people be vaccinated to block the spread of the virus? In fact, as long as there are enough people with immunity, infectious diseases transmitted by people will also die in the constant "wall collision". We understand that the concept of "herd immunity" actually comes from describing the protective effect of vaccines. Everyone knows that vaccines have the effect of protecting themselves from infection, but they are not very familiar with their role in protecting other people from getting sick. For infectious diseases with strong transmission ability, the higher the proportion of vaccinated people in the group, the less chance of disease transmission, and the easier it is to interrupt the transmission chain, forming a similar "barrel protection effect". Therefore, even those who have not been vaccinated have received corresponding protection, which is the herd nature of the vaccine.

Therefore, "herd immunity" is very different from what everyone knows: it means that when the number of people who are immune to a disease reaches a certain threshold, the disease loses its ability to spread among the population, thus achieving the collective victory of mankind over the virus.

Of course, the logic of the government is not based on this.

They are simply from the perspective of statistics and economic interests.

When you talk about "herd immunity" to the general Chinese public who have some sense of conscience, the average person's reaction is: "Whether you can save it or not is one thing. What is your attitude if you don't save it at all? How can human lives be calculated in money?"

Wrong, according to the logic of capitalism, human lives can be calculated into money.

The reason is simple.

Suppose that the general wage for a general job in a general capitalist society is X. (such as movers)

Then the wages of certain high-risk jobs (such as miners) with the same working hours and workload will be higher than X by a certain percentage. Because miners bear a higher mortality rate than ordinary workers. Just pass the changes in the mortality rate of several types of work and the difference between X and Y. A seemingly complex but actually simple mathematical model can calculate the general economic value of an average human life in a general capitalist society.

In fact, the governments of every capitalist country have done calculations. The British and American governments have very precise figures on how much a human life costs. Let's say it's Z. And this Z value will depreciate. For example, the value of disabled people who need social assistance, chronic patients who take up medical resources, and the elderly who need blood-sucking pensions will be relatively devalued, or even negative. In a major disaster, many people will die. Relying on human lives, then the loss of the working-age labor force + the value of the depreciated population - the value of the negative population is the economic loss of human life caused by a disaster. Let's assume this loss is A. And if there is a large-scale national lockdown, schools will be closed, the sick population will be subsidized, small and medium-sized enterprises will be subsidized, and commercial activities will be stopped. How much economic value will be lost? Chief economists can figure this out very clearly. Let's assume this loss is B.

From the perspective of capitalist logic, as long as A

Understand the logic of capitalism. Let’s see how reasonable, scientific and rational the “herd immunity” solution is!

80% of people only have cold symptoms, while only 13% have severe symptoms and 7% have severe symptoms. The mortality rate is only 2.3% (UK estimate is 1%). Current medical reports are that only 0.2% of young people will die. The estimated death toll is 400,000-2.5 million. Let's calculate the median as 1 million. How many lives are worth Z? How many human lives are devalued.

Of these one million, how many are valuable human lives, and how many are chronic patients who need to occupy medical resources and the elderly who need blood-sucking pensions? The chief scientists are all able to figure it out accurately. Will this A cause more economic damage than large-scale confinement? What's more, these negative-value leeks that were sacrificed will harvest themselves. If you have to "keeping clam and carrying on", why do you want large-scale confinement? Is there something wrong with your mind?

Regarding, if our group is exempted, the harm to other countries is none of my business? What? Will the people react? You underestimate our propaganda machine too much. Even the intellectuals on the other side of the earth can be completely wiped out by us. What? But people must not be able to bear it when they experience death around them? The worst case scenario is to replace the gambler Boris. He is just a puppet we use to gamble. He won Brexit. If he loses, the worst case scenario is that he will step down. In a democratic society, you are responsible for what you choose, and we will let you choose anyway. Don't let Boris vaccinate you all, "many people must be prepared to lose their loved ones."

This is the logic of capitalism.

There is no way, the disease this time came too strangely, without any signs.

At first, everyone thought it was a natural disaster.

But soon, the British Templars (a supernatural organization that appeared in the UK) discovered that this was not a natural disaster, but a purely man-made disaster.

Someone is spreading the plague.

But whether it's a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, Dai Ying doesn't have the energy to care... Dai Ying has become like this in this time and space, who has the energy to care about it.

There is no other way but to ask for help.

It's a pity... Dai Ying still overestimated his international reputation.

As soon as Dai Ying's call for help was sent out.

The Gauls on the opposite side directly blocked the strait!

I even warned you that if you dare to cross the border, I will kill you!

This Dai Ying directly broke through the defense... It is true that Dai Ying is a poor family, but the world is changing so fast that they have no time to adapt.

You know, just a few years ago, Daiying was a popular target for all kinds of illegal immigrants. Daiying even withdrew from the EU directly because of this incident. The reason was that EU member states wanted to open their borders, which caused many illegal immigrants to flee. Come to them!

Now that I'm fine, it's time to take my children to immigrate to other countries.

Originally, this was nothing. You have to know that before the release, everyone was still quite happy to accept immigrants. After all, they were high-quality immigrants. But things have been different in recent years. Everyone has closed their borders to immigrants, making it difficult for normal immigration...

This change made Dai Ying very hurt... You know, it was already very miserable when the sun never set and turned into the sun, but now that he has become disliked by everyone... it hurts his self-esteem too much.

Originally, Dai Ying was still accusing the Gauls internationally, but this accusation became even more outrageous, and other countries also made the same choice.

It's one thing for people to hate dogs, but the other thing is that people don't like diseases caused by dogs to spread to their own countries!

Of course, the most important thing is that other countries are not doing well at the moment.

For example, take the sworn enemy the Gauls.

Their largest city is now haunted every day!

That’s right, it’s haunted!

It's very fierce. In broad daylight, as long as the sun doesn't come out, you can see the sky above Paris, which is green!

It's all ghosts!

There's no way, who said there's a huge corpse hole under Paris!

Paris, the romantic capital known as the "City of Light", has a rich history and cultural heritage, attracting countless tourists. But did you know? Under this beautiful city, there is a creepy secret: a huge underground tomb filled with bones from various periods, totaling six million. These bones are neatly arranged on the wall, forming a series of weird decorations, which form a strong contrast with the surrounding darkness and silence. This is the Paris Catacombs, a place known as the "Empire of Death". The history of the Paris Catacombs can be traced back to the 15th century, when there were many limestone quarries in the city of Paris, providing raw materials for the construction of the city. These quarries gradually expanded underground, forming an intricate network of tunnels covering the entire central area of ​​Paris. However, over time, these quarries were abandoned, and due to lack of maintenance and supervision, some ground collapse and building collapse accidents occurred. In order to prevent greater disasters, King Louis XV ordered the inspection and consolidation of these quarries in 1774, and established a special agency to take charge of this work.

At the same time, cemeteries in the urban area of ​​Paris also faced a serious problem: overcrowding. Due to the growth of the city's population and limited space, many cemeteries can no longer accommodate more corpses, and even have corpses piled on the ground, corpse stench, sewage infiltration and other bad conditions. The most serious of these is the Holy Spirit Cemetery in the Les Halles district, which is the oldest, largest and busiest cemetery in Paris and has a history of nearly ten centuries. It is estimated that more than two million bodies are buried in this cemetery, including many victims of the Black Death and other infectious diseases. These bodies not only occupy a large amount of land, but also cause serious harm to the surrounding environment and residents. On May 30, 1780, the basement of a resident next to the Holy Spirit Cemetery suddenly collapsed, revealing a pile of rotting bones and foul-smelling liquid, which caused panic and anger among the public.

In order to solve this crisis, King Louis XVI ordered the closure of the Holy Spirit Cemetery in 1785 and moved all the bones inside to the Tomby-Issoire Quarry, an underground quarry located in the south of Paris that had been abandoned for centuries. This work was in the charge of Albert de Grave, the chief of the Paris Police, who commissioned an architect named Herbert Tiber to design and supervise the project. Tiber first cleaned and reinforced the quarry, and then engraved a warning inscription at the entrance: "Stop! This is the empire of death." Then he began the work of transferring the bones, which was a difficult and mysterious process. Every night, a team of priests and workers, with carriages full of bones, set out from the Holy Spirit Cemetery and slowly drove along the streets covered with black cloth to the entrance of the quarry. There, they unloaded the bones, transported them underground on carts, and then piled them on the wall according to Tiber's design, forming various patterns and symbols. This work lasted for more than two years until April 7, 1787, when all the bones in the Holy Spirit Cemetery were emptied.

It is estimated that by 1814, there were six million bones in the Paris Catacombs, occupying a small part of the underground tunnels. These bones came from different periods, classes, professions and beliefs, including nobles, civilians, monks, soldiers, artists, scientists, etc. They may never have met each other in their lifetime, but after death, they together formed this huge ossuary.

I didn't think it was a big deal before, and it was even a famous attraction in Paris.

But recently, I don't know what went wrong, and countless wronged souls suddenly drilled out of the corpse cave!