Chapter 2069 Devils in the World

Haakon explained the use of protective clothing to Joan and the others, and then took out a bunch of masks from the warehouse, which were also special equipment for epidemic prevention.

The shape of this mask is very strange. The long and narrow device raised on the face is like a bird's beak, and it is filled with sawdust, cotton and disinfectant. If the inhaled air contains viruses, the viruses will be filtered out by the "bird's beak" to ensure that clean air is inhaled.

Joan and the others are no strangers to this kind of anti-epidemic masks. From the Old World to the New World, crowded towns are prone to outbreaks of infectious diseases, the most famous of which is the plague.

This kind of bird's beak mask is the anti-epidemic equipment invented by doctors in the past. The "plague doctor" wearing this mask looks a little scary. It is said that in addition to protecting himself, it can also scare away those spectators who gather in the epidemic area to join in the fun. , Indirectly play the effect of urging susceptible groups to maintain social distance.

Audrey tried to put on the beak mask, but felt a little stuffy and obstructed her vision, so she took it off and put it aside, and said to the Volsunger brothers and sisters, "It's enough for me to wear protective clothing, and I don't need to wear a mask."

Haakon nodded knowingly: "That's right. You are a paladin of the Sun God. You are blessed by God and immune to diseases. You don't have to worry about being infected. Others should wear beak masks and be more careful."

After thinking for a while, Joan took out the kettle and soaked the "Tears of God" to make a potion for preventing viruses, poured it into a cup, and shared it with his companions.

Taking this potion, everyone can gain immunity to infectious diseases for at least the next six days. You don’t have to wear a mask, but you still have to wear protective clothing. If you get infected with the virus, there is no guarantee that the virus will survive six days later, leaving a hidden danger of infection.

After changing their clothes, everyone rode to the woods where the hospital was located. It took less than a quarter of an hour to ride along the river bank, and there was a boulevard paved with gravel in front of you, with flat wooden piles on both sides of the road.

The crowd rode into the forest, and walked half a mile. The open forest ahead came into view. Rows of black and white tents were like mushroom rings after the rain.

Sluder reined in the reins, got off his horse, and said to Joan and the others: "This is the place where patients are treated intensively. It is said to be a hospital. In fact, we don't have any good means to deal with the virus, and there is no special medicine. We can only Concentrate limited magical powers for treatment, send one away after one is cured, patients waiting for treatment are isolated in white tents, as for those who unfortunately died of illness before receiving treatment, they are temporarily parked in black tents."

After hearing what she said, Joan, Hailaer, and Zion siblings all turned their heads to look at the clearing in the forest. After a rough calculation, at least one-tenth of them are black tents used as morgues. Based on this calculation, the fatality rate is really frighteningly high!

Joan noticed that there was an open space in the north of the woods, and a masonry building stood there, which looked a bit like a water tower, with a thick chimney erected on the top of the tower, billowing black smoke, and you could feel the building from a long distance away. Heat waves emanating from the building.

Slude followed his line of sight, with a hint of sadness in his eyes, and explained in a low voice, "It's a temporary cremator, specially used to incinerate the corpses and clothing of the sick and dead..."

"Unfortunately, in order to ensure the interruption of infection, we cannot leave the body or memorial items to the family of the deceased."

"It's cruel, but we have no choice but to protect the health of others."

Qiao An suddenly felt a dry throat, suppressed the palpitations, and took the initiative to express the guess that he least hoped to come true.

"smallpox?"

"That's right, it's smallpox." Slude nodded heavily, "In just over a month since the outbreak of the epidemic, more than 200 lives have been claimed in Hegu Town. I don't know how many people will die because of this..."

Joan was silent.

Hailar, Audrey, and Holden looked at each other, with unconcealable horror in their eyes.

"Smallpox" is a well-known severe infectious disease in this era. Its reputation is no less terrifying than that of "Black Death". If the epidemic does not break out, it will be ferocious once it breaks out. The average fatality rate of infected people is as high as 30% within 15 to 20 days. !

So far, the medical community has not identified an effective conventional treatment for "smallpox virus".

"Divine magic" such as "removing the disease" can cure smallpox, but it cannot make the cured person immune to the smallpox virus. There is still a risk of infection in the future, and it can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

What's more, in a natural state without intervention and isolation, an average smallpox patient can infect five people (basic reproduction number R0=5)!

This means that when an infectious disease begins to break out in a certain area, the number of patients will explode exponentially. Compared with the rapidly expanding number of infected people and the speed of disease deterioration, it is impossible for most epidemic areas to gather enough people in a short period of time. priests and druids, cast spells to quell the epidemic.

In addition to being highly contagious and highly fatal, smallpox virus has a great ability to survive. It can resist dryness and low temperature, and can survive for several months to a year and a half on scabs, dust and clothing!

In order to avoid the spread of the virus, the personal clothing and utensils left behind by smallpox patients must also be burned and buried. This is the basic common sense of epidemic prevention. It is no wonder that a large cremator was built near the Hegu Town Hospital.

"It would be unbelievable if it really was a smallpox outbreak." Holden couldn't help questioning, "According to the records about smallpox outbreaks in history, if a certain place is densely populated, the epidemic will soon start from the first outbreak." The villages and towns spread to other surrounding towns, and River Valley Town is very close to Grizzly Town, why has hundreds of people died of smallpox in River Valley Town, but there is no case of smallpox infection in Grizzly Town?"

"That's a good question, Mr. Holden. We also suspected this. After some in-depth investigations, we found out that the outbreak of smallpox in River Valley Town was not a natural disaster, but a despicable conspiracy. Someone intentionally spread the virus in the town! "

Slude's clenched fist trembled slightly with uncontrollable anger.

"How is this possible?!" Hailar couldn't help raising his voice, "Who would deliberately come here to spread the virus, isn't he afraid of being infected?"

"In fact, people who do this are really not afraid, because the smallpox that broke out in River Valley Town is a mutated virus that only poses a fatal threat to us Asa people. Even if the colonists from the old world are infected with this virus, the symptoms are mild Much more."

Haakon said with a wry smile.

"How can there be such a smallpox virus that treats different races differently?" Hailaer shook his head repeatedly, "This is too mysterious, it's like a virus weapon specially made to kill the Asa people, I have never heard of it Such a thing!"

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