Chapter 577: Unknown fungus, worsening condition
The spread of this fungus and its harmful effects are still unclear.
The CDC staff appeared to be extremely cautious.
First, take a sample and then examine the specimen urgently to see what kind of organism it is.
Li Quan was unlucky today and suffered a lot of misfortune.
He was temporarily arranged in a conference room with other close contacts to wait for testing.
If things go wrong, you might be quarantined.
You know, he still has a lot of things to do. Apart from anything else, this medical skills competition is very important to him.
It has only been going on for one day so far, and it will take at least two more days.
If he needs to be quarantined, he won't be able to compete.
Without the participation of in the top 10, or even in the top 30.
People were invited into the conference room one after another.
These people are those who had close or indirect contact with the three infected patients.
They all had solemn expressions, some frowned, and some looked worried.
Some even had faces filled with fear.
Faced with unknown dangers, no one is not afraid.
"Please keep your distance from others, talk quietly, and avoid physical contact. Wear a mask and do not spit. Special medical staff will take samples from everyone one by one in a while, please cooperate. Thank you."
The man speaking should be the leader of the disease control department.
Wearing a mask, he looks quite majestic.
The staff on site were wearing protective clothing that wrapped them tightly from head to toe.
Their eyes can only be seen through goggles.
It's even difficult to tell whether it's a boy or a girl.
"Dean Li, Dean Li..." Professor Hawking has a very high status, but at this moment he is no different from everyone else present.
He was one seat away from Li Quan.
This is also the requirement of the CDC staff that everyone must maintain a distance of more than one meter.
"Please go ahead!"
Li Quan saw a hint of anxiety on Professor Hawking's face.
Experts are also human beings and are afraid of death.
Professor Hawking must have been under a lot of pressure after being infected with this unknown disease.
"Are you sure I'm infected?" Professor Hawking asked in a low voice.
"I'm not sure, but there are some abnormalities in your complexion and eyes. You have similarities with those three antique dealers." Li Quan said tactfully.
"So do you think this pathogenic microorganism is powerful?" Professor Hawking is a top brain expert, but at this moment he is like a three-year-old child, frightened by this unknown infectious disease.
He even regarded Li Quan as his inner spiritual support.
"Professor Huo, I can't give you the most professional answer as to whether this microorganism is powerful or not. I believe that we will know the answer after the CDC tests it out. Don't worry, don't be anxious, it will be fine."
Li Quan could only comfort Professor Huo.
"Well, I'm old, and I don't mind dying. But my precious granddaughter is only three years old. Every day when I get home from get off work, she will climb on me and act cute. I'm afraid she will be infected. You know, if something happens to me, I will die with regret."
Professor Huo sighed and beat his chest.
It turned out that he was so anxious because he was worried about harming his granddaughter.
The love and care that elders have for their children and grandchildren is truly touching.
As they were talking, a young woman dressed as a white-collar worker walked in, holding a delicate little girl.
The woman was about 30 years old, wearing a metal mechanical watch, sparkling diamond earrings on her pink earlobes, and a twisted diamond ring on her left ring finger.
There is also a diamond pendant hanging in front of her fair and slender neck.
It appears to be a set of diamond jewelry.
At the same time, she is also announcing to the world that she is already a married woman with a boyfriend.
What this woman is wearing, the accessories she wears, and the noble temperament she exudes all prove that she comes from a wealthy family and has a very high quality of life.
"grandfather!"
The little girl shouted crisply at Professor Hawking.
Her young little face was filled with excited smiles of seeing her relatives.
Children are innocent and have no idea that they might be infected.
It turns out that this little girl is Professor Hawking’s granddaughter.
"My precious granddaughter..."
Professor Hawking stood up excitedly to greet him.
He just opened his arms and quickly retracted them.
"My dear granddaughter, grandpa doesn't have the strength today. I'll hold you another day." Professor Hawking was actually afraid of infecting his granddaughter.
When he looked at his granddaughter, he was filled with guilt and love.
"No, no, I just want you to hug me!" The little girl was acting coquettishly in her mother's arms, asking her grandfather to hug her.
"My dear granddaughter, grandpa really can't hug you today. Can I hug you another day?" It can be seen that Professor Hawking is usually very obedient to his granddaughter.
“Wow… No, I just want grandpa to hug me…” The little girl was very shrewd. When she saw that her request was not met, she immediately pretended to cry.
Professor Huo had no idea what to do with his precious granddaughter.
"Mengmeng, be good and don't make trouble!" The elegant woman coaxed the little girl at the right time.
But the little girl was spoiled and would not listen to any advice. She just kept crying and wanted to be held by her grandfather.
She didn't even know that her grandfather's lack of fear of her was actually a sign of love and care for her.
She thought that maybe her grandfather, who usually loved her, suddenly stopped loving her, so she was very sad.
"Little friend, I'm your grandfather's colleague. Let me tell you, your grandfather was so tired from treating the patient just now that he couldn't even lift his hands. If you insist on letting your grandfather hold you now, he will definitely feel very painful. Uncle knows that you are a cute and sensible child, and you will definitely not have the heart to let your grandfather feel pain, right?"
Li Quan smiled and persuaded the little girl in a gentle tone.
"So that's how it is! I didn't know!"
After being praised by Li Quan, the little girl really became very "sensible".
No more crying.
"Dean Li, you still have a way." Professor Hawking smiled gratefully at Li Quan.
"thank you!"
The elegant
"You're welcome!" Li Quan waved his hand.
The woman looked at Professor Hawking and said, "Dad, are Mengmeng and I really infected?"
She must have received a phone call and rushed here with her child for testing.
"It's not clear yet . If I had known, I shouldn't have returned home these days, but should have stayed in the hospital. What if I hurt your cute little girl?" Professor Hawking was full of regret. "Dean Li, can you please help my granddaughter and daughter-in-law?"
After that, he said to Li Quan, "Oh, let me introduce you. This is my daughter-in-law Ye Zhilan. This is Dean Li Quan of Huier Hospital. Although he is young, he has made great achievements in many medical fields."
In his speech, Professor Hawking praised Li Quan highly.
"Hello, Dean Li!"
Professor Huo's daughter-in-law smiled and nodded to Li Quan. She did not shake hands with Li Quan because she was worried about cross infection.
In fact, both sides are now keeping a certain distance.
If you want to shake hands, you have to get closer.
"Hello!" Li Quan also smiled and nodded.
"Dean Li, are my daughter-in-law and granddaughter infected?"
Professor Huo asked.
"From their complexion and eyeballs, it seems likely that they are infected. But I am only an ordinary person, so my observations are not reliable. We have to wait until the staff takes samples from them for a check and draws a conclusion."
Li Quan spoke tactfully.
But I was sighing secretly in my heart.
Unfortunately, both the child and her mother were infected.
Li Quan's current diagnosis skills have reached the master level, and the chance of making a mistake is extremely low.
"I, I am a sinner..." Upon hearing this, Professor Hawking could no longer bear it and fell down on the chair.
If he hadn't been in front of his granddaughter, he would probably have had a mental breakdown and cried with his face covered.
Professor Huo's daughter-in-law also turned pale and sat down weakly on the chair holding the child.
"Dad, what's the worst that could happen if I get infected?"
Ye Zhilan paused and asked.
"I don't know for now. Maybe they have confused day and night and their biological clock is disrupted!" Professor Huo made this inference based on the symptoms of the three antique dealers.
In fact, as a medical professional, he should be very clear that biological clock disruption is only the initial symptom.
As the disease progresses, other symptoms will surely appear.
Just like cancer, which scares people, there are almost no obvious symptoms at the beginning, and at most there is only slight pain or discomfort that is inexplicable.
But once cancer develops to the late stage, it becomes a terminal illness.
It can be fatal.
For patients in the advanced stage of cancer, the survival rate is unlikely to exceed six months.
Next, everyone sat in the conference room and waited silently.
About an hour later, staff came over to give everyone samples.
It mainly involves the collection of saliva specimens and blood specimens.
…
It was around eleven o'clock in the evening, and just when everyone's patience was worn out, some people started to bang on the table in protest and demanded to go home and rest.
The test results from the CDC finally came out.
"Please be patient, everyone. Our Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has conducted expedited testing and has now determined that the microorganism that infected the three antique dealers is an unknown fungus.
At present, we only know that they feed on human blood and have some characteristics of brain-eating worms.
It is not yet certain whether they will suck human brains or destroy human brain tissue.
Their main transmission routes are contact and saliva.
Tests have shown that they can be spread through the air through saliva, blood, oral saliva during kissing, etc.
This is a new type of unknown fungus that is more terrifying than a virus.
Experiments have found that many antifungal drugs developed by humans are ineffective against them.
Fortunately, the temporary pathogenic symptoms they reveal will not pose a threat to human life. They will only disrupt people's sleep time and make them reverse their night and day.
For safety reasons, all of you who are tested positive for this fungus must be isolated and treated.”
There were about fifty or sixty people in the conference room, which was considered a small number.
Nearly half a month has passed, and the number of people who have had close or indirect contact with the patient must be more than this.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun to conduct epidemiological investigation as soon as possible.
It seemed like more than two hours had passed.
The CDC conducted emergency testing on their samples and the results are out.
"The test results of Huo Jin, Huo Mengmeng, Li Zhilan... these people are positive. Li Quan, Zhou Cui'e... the test results are negative."
CDC staff announced the test results.
Professor Hawking is so unfortunate.
The whole family was infected.
Fortunately, his son was not at home, otherwise he would not have been spared.
Just then, someone rushed to the door.
"Excuse me, is Professor Hawking in there?"
"What's the matter?"
the CDC official asked.
"I'm here!"
When Professor Hawking really got the test results and found out that his entire family was infected, he no longer had time to think about it.
The most important thing now is to find a drug that can kill this unknown fungus.
The history of human existence is only 65,000 years.
Bacteria have been around for billions of years.
Even if fungi are weaker than bacteria, they are not much worse.
Bacteria, fungi, viruses, every one of them has existed on this planet much longer than humans.
Whether it is a known virus, fungus, or bacteria, humans basically have ways to eliminate them. The most commonly used ones are antibiotics, vaccines, disinfectants, etc.
"Director Huo, this is bad. The three antique dealers just woke up and started screaming and shouting like crazy, holding their heads in agony. They pulled their hair out in clumps, and they didn't stop even when their bodies were covered in blood."
The person who came to report was a male doctor.
He was probably frightened by the crazy behavior of the three antique dealers.
"How could this happen? Aren't they usually fine after waking up in the middle of the night?"
Professor Hawking was shocked.
What you fear will come true.
The conditions of the three patients who were first infected have begun to deteriorate and are developing in a very bad direction.
The human scalp is closest to the pain nerves.
Therefore, the pain when pulling out a hair is very intense.
But now the patient is pulling out his hair in clumps. You can imagine the pain.
If the patient was not in extreme pain, why would he resort to such crazy self-mutilation as a way to relieve the pain by pulling out clumps of hair?
"Comrade, my test result is negative. Can I leave now?" Li Quan walked to the door and asked the leader of the CDC.
You can see a large number of security guards on guard outside.
There are also many staff members wearing full body protection standing by on high alert.
It's difficult to force your way out.
Of course, with Li Quan's strength, he can definitely do it.
But that's not necessary.
"You can go now. But we may call you at any time to investigate some situations. Please keep your cell phone turned on and try not to go to crowded places. It's best to stay in a hotel or at home."
The leader of the CDC warned.
There was a hint of contempt in the expressions of everyone looking at Li Quan.
At this time, Li Quan proposed to leave.
He is clearly a coward who wants to stay away from this dangerous ward.
"Take me to the ward to see the three antique dealers." After Li Quan walked out the door, his next sentence made everyone blush.
It turns out that I misunderstood him.
