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Volume 1 Vice City Chapter 301 The virus pretending to be dead

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    Chapter 301 The virus that pretends to be dead

    Everyone returned to the hall and stood in front of two yellow doors.  Dr. Clinton said to Theresa: "Harry is waiting for you in the locker room. She will teach you how to do it. We will wait for you at the back door of the women's locker room." Theresa nodded and walked through the yellow door.  Clinton then said: "Gentlemen, please follow me."; everyone followed Clinton into the men's locker room.  The locker room was painted a weird orange color, but otherwise it looked like any other locker room.  The waiter handed Sean and others the lock without a key and the freshly washed lab coat.  Paper underwear, socks and cotton slippers were all placed in a plastic bag.

    Clinton then led everyone to a row of empty lockers, and then said: "Please take off all clothes, including underwear and jewelry.";

    Sean and the three men were all naked in an instant. Sean found that the tall policeman was carrying a miniature pistol with a barrel of more than two inches long, and his penis was not as long as the gun.  Sean laughed secretly and almost couldn't wait to tell Teresa this discovery.

    The tall policeman turned around and saw the gunshot wound on Sean's chest and said, "It's very close to the heart."

    "Fortunately I don't have a heart." Sean said.  It was caused when he and the extremist leader Watt were shooting at each other through the roof of the car.

    Clinton put on a too baggy white coat and now looks like a penguin.

    Sean put the padlock on the lock and locked it, and straightened the paper underwear on his body.

    Dr. Clinton looked at everyone and then said: "Are you ready? Okay. Please follow me."

    "Wait a minute"; the short policeman said: "Do we still have to wear masks, respirators and the like?";

    "Not in District Two, officer. Maybe in District Four, if you're interested in going deeper. Come on, follow me." Clinton said.

    When everyone arrived at the back of the locker room, Clinton opened a red door with a strange biohazard sign on it, and the words "Zone 2" written below the sign.  Sean heard the sound of air moving.  "This is caused by negative pressure in the air," Dr. Clinton explained. "The air pressure here is one pound less per cubic inch than outside, so no pathogenic bacteria can accidentally escape.";

    "It would be really bad if he escaped." The tall policeman said casually.

    "Plus, the granular air filter on the roof will clean all the exhaust coming out of here." Clinton ignored him.  continued.

    The tall policeman remained fiercely skeptical, as if unwilling to accept any suggestion that would be favorable to Sunny Island and undermine his long-established views.  That is, the biohazardous effects of Sunny Island are equal to those caused by Three Mile Island and Chernobyl combined.  (World famous nuclear radiation zone.:)

    Everyone walked into the corridor made of prefabricated cement blocks. Clinton looked around and asked, "Where is Ms. Teresa?";

    "Doctor, are you married?" Sean answered by asking.

    "It's over. Oh Of course, it may take a while for her to change clothes, as a woman." Clinton finally understood Sean's answer in a roundabout way.

    "It's not possible, it's inevitable." Sean said with a smile.

    Finally, Teresa came out of the door marked "Ms."  She was wearing a loose white coat and cotton slippers, which made her legs look even longer.

    Teresa also heard the sound of air flowing.  Clinton explained again about negative air pressure.  And ask people to be careful not to bump into bottle racks or carts that hold pill bottles or things like harmful insects and chemicals.

    Clinton looked at the crowd and said, "Okay, please come with me, and I'll show you what's going on here, and tell your friends and colleagues that we're not building bacteriological weapons." He laughed, and then said  He said in a serious tone: "District Five is off-limits. You need to undergo special vaccinations and receive special training such as wearing biohazard-proof clothing and respirators. In addition, the basement is also off-limits.";

    "Why is the basement off limits?" Sean asked.

    "Because we hid alien corpses and Nazi scientists there." Clinton laughed again.

    Sean grinned too, but he was happy to tell jokes to his fat doctor co-star who had the accent of a nuclear war maniac from the movie.  Because if they combined, it would be like talking about cross talk.  One tall and one short!

    The tall police officer also wanted to be humorous and said: "I thought aliens and Nazis were in the bunker.";

    "No. The alien corpses were hidden in the lighthouse." Clinton said: "The Nazis complained that there were vampires in the bunker, so we moved them out of the bunker.";

    Everyone continued walking, and Clinton continued to introduce: "This district??Safe, mainly in genetic engineering laboratories, offices, and electron microscopes. The work here is low-risk and low-infectious.  ";

    As everyone walked through the cement corridor, Dr. Clinton pushed open a yellow iron door from time to time, said hello to the staff in this office or laboratory, and asked about work conditions.

    It was filled with all kinds of weird windowless rooms, including one that looked like a wine cellar, except that, according to Clinton, the bottles on the bottle racks were filled with live cell cultures.

    Then when Sean and others walked through these dark gray corridors, Clinton introduced: "There are now some new viruses that infect animals, humans, or both. We humans and higher animals are immune to many of these deadly diseases.  Have an immune response. Existing antiviral drugs are not very effective, so to avoid possible world disasters in the future, the key is to rely on antiviral vaccines, and genetic engineering is the key to developing new vaccines.";

    Teresa asked: "What disaster?"

    Dr. Clinton continued to walk forward while speaking easily: "As for animal diseases, for example, an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease can cause a large number of livestock deaths across the country and thus destroy the livelihoods of millions of people.  Prices of other foods may quadruple. Foot-and-mouth disease is perhaps the most contagious and deadly virus, which is why bioweapons people have always been interested in it. They dream of the day when their scientists can genetically  Synthetic foot-and-mouth disease virus that infects humans. However, I think the worse scenario is that the virus mutates itself and harms humans.";

    No one commented or asked questions.  Because they were not experts, they continued to visit more laboratories. Clinton always had to say a few words of encouragement and encouragement to the pale-faced researchers wearing white coats!  The working environment of these academics.  Everyone's heart goes crazy just looking at it like this.  Clinton's words were nothing more than "What did we discover today? Is there anything new?"  It seems that people here quite like him, at least they don't hate him.

    Soon.  Everyone turned into another corridor that seemed to have no end, and Clinton continued his speech: "For example, in 1983, a highly contagious and deadly influenza broke out in Lancaster City, Pennsylvania.  , the death toll reached seven million, I mean chickens, poultry, but you know what I'm talking about. The last human influenza pandemic was in 1918, and the death toll worldwide was 20 million, and the United States had  Half a million. If calculated based on the current population, the death toll would reach about 1.5 million. Can you imagine how terrible it would be if this happened today? The 1918 influenza virus was not as virulent as  Not very strong, and travel at that time was much less fast and less frequent than it is now. Today, infectious viruses can spread all over the world in a few days through highways and airplane routes. The most deadly viruses like Ebola  One good thing about the virus is that everyone died before it spread out of that small African village.";

    "Is there a six o'clock ferry?" Sean asked.

    Dr. Clinton laughed and said: "Are you a little nervous? You don't need to be afraid here, we are very careful. The little bugs in this building will not cause trouble.";

    "It sounds like my dog ??doesn't bite." Theresa interjected.

    Dr. Clinton ignored it and continued his speech: "It is the responsibility of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prevent foreign animal plagues from entering Hong Kong. Our agency is equivalent to the Center for Disease Control at Atlanta University, except that we study animal diseases. As you can imagine, we  We work closely with Atl¨¦tico because some diseases are cross-infected between animals and humans. We have a large quarantine facility in Newburgh, New York, and all imported animals must stay in quarantine for that period of time. You  You know. For the animals that come in every day, this is like a Noah's Ark, which is home to foreign racehorses, circus animals, zoo animals, exotic commercial animals, such as ostriches, alpacas, and exotic pets, such as Vietnamese giants.  Belly pigs, as well as various jungle birds, the total number of animals every year reaches 2.5 million." After Clinton reported a series of figures, he looked proud and said: "Newburgh is like an immigration checkpoint for animals, and  Sunny Island is an infected animal shelter. None of the animals that come to us from Newburgh or other places make it out alive, but I must say that we have done a lot of work for these exotic recreational animals, and we have troubled a lot of gods.  .It is only a matter of time before humans can be seen from the animal kingdom.¡±;

    Clinton was silent for a while, then continued: "The guns of Sunny Island once defended the security of the American islands, and the role of Sunny Island remains the same today."

    Clinton loves to talk, and Sean and others¡¯ job is to listen to him, so everyone cooperates very well.

    Sean and others walked into a room, and Clinton??This is the X-ray crystallography laboratory.

    A woman was bending over a microscope. Clinton introduced her as Dr. Liu, a colleague and good friend of Tom and Vidi.  Dr. Liu is about thirty years old and quite attractive. His long black hair is covered with a hairnet, perhaps for the convenience of working with a microscope.

    Dr. Liu said hello to everyone. Her expression was very serious, perhaps because the death of her friend made her uneasy and sad.

    Teresa explained her purpose again, because without explanation, people don¡¯t like a bunch of police officers asking questions constantly, but if one of the police officers is also a friend of the deceased, then he will get the advantage.  The tall policeman here can almost be said to be a friend of the Battys. Of course, they are the kind who have met each other.  But Dr. Liu didn't know that. What she knew was that people felt that the death of Mr. and Mrs. Batty was a tragedy, and they all had a good impression of the deceased.

    The topic turned to Dr. Liu¡¯s work.  She explained in layman's language so that Sean and the others could understand, and said: "I used X-rays to observe virus crystals, and then drew their molecular structures. Then we tried to change the virus so that it could not cause disease, but  If we inject the altered virus into animals, it is possible that the animals will develop antibodies that we hope will be resistant to the naturally occurring disease-causing virus.";

    Teresa asked: "Is this also the work of Mr. and Mrs. Batty?";

    "Yes." Dr. Liu said.

    ¡°What specifically are they studying? Which virus?¡± Sean asked.

    Dr. Liu glanced at Dr. Clinton.  Sean doesn't like it when witnesses do this. It's annoying to only decide after getting the signal!  Dr. Liu said: "Ebola virus.";

    No one spoke, and Dr. Clinton took over.  Said: "Of course it's Ebola the Simian, which infects monkeys. I should have told you earlier, but I thought maybe you would like a more detailed introduction from one of the Bartys' colleagues." After that.  He nodded to Dr. Liu.

    Dr. Liu continued: "The Bartys want to genetically mutate the Ebola virus so that it cannot cause disease, but can produce an immune response in animals. There are many types of Ebola viruses. We are not sure which types can break through the species  barrier".

    ¡°You mean infected people, right?¡± Sean asked.

    "Yes, it can infect humans. But figuring out this problem is the first step in developing a human Ebola vaccine." Dr. Liu said.

    ¡°Traditionally we have used livestock for much of our research, but in recent years some government agencies have been supporting other types of research,¡± Dr. Clinton said.

    "For example, the military conducts biological weapons research?" Sean asked with a frown.

    Dr. Clinton did not answer directly, but just said: "This island has a unique environment, isolated from the world, but it is close to major transportation and communication centers, and also close to the country's first-class universities. There is a group of knowledgeable scientists nearby. In addition, the facilities here are technologically advanced.  .So. In addition to the military, when something as exotic as Ebola emerges, or something that may cause harm to humans, we also work with other agencies domestically and internationally.";

    "In other words, you rented this place?" Sean asked with a frown.

    ¡°This institute is huge,¡± Clinton replied.

    "Do the Bartys work for the USDA?" Sean asked.

    "I can't say this." Clinton said, "It's confidential!"

    ¡°Where do their salaries come from?¡± Sean asked.

    ¡°Everyone¡¯s salary is paid by the USDA,¡± Clinton said.

    ¡°But not every scientist on a USDA salary is an USDA employee. Right?¡± Sean asked.

    "I don't want to play word games with you, Mr. Shawn." Clinton looked at Dr. Liu and said, "Please continue."

    Dr. Liu said: "Because this work is divided into various tasks and steps, no one except the project director can know the entire work situation. Tom is the director and Vidi is the deputy project director. In addition, they are excellent scientific researchers themselves.  I remember their work, which included asking people to test experimental procedures that might be misleading, and sometimes telling someone that their test wouldn't work. They closely supervised clinical trials on monkeys, and the animals were kept  But they don't know much about it. Only Tom and Viddy know everything.";

    Dr. Liu thought for a while and then said: "I believe they didn't want to deceive people at the beginning I think it was only when they realized that they were going to find antibodies against Ebola in monkeys very soon that they thought  It is possible to transfer this technology to private laboratories and subsequently develop human antibodies. Perhaps they believe that this is the best way for the benefit of mankind, or perhaps they believe that they can research faster and more effectively away from Sunny Island.When it comes to the vaccine, Sunshine Island, like most government agencies, has cumbersome procedures and delays.  ";

    The tall policeman said: "Let us consider the profit motive, Dr. Liu. I don't think considering the interests of mankind can explain this matter."

    Dr. Liu shrugged, noncommittal!

    Teresa pointed to the microscope and asked, "Can I take a look?"

    Dr. Liu said: "Of course, these are dead Ebola viruses. Live viruses are kept in Zone 5. But I can show you a video of live Ebola viruses without danger." She turned to a TV  Monitor, turn on the video recorder, the screen brightens, and four almost transparent crystals appear, slightly pink, trihedral, like prisms.  If these viruses are really alive, they are pretending to be dead.

    Dr. Liu said: "As I said just now, I drew the molecular structure. Genetic engineers cut and grafted the gene fragments based on the diagram, and then multiplied the modified virus and injected it into the monkeys. The monkeys may have the following symptoms  One of three reactions: It was infected with Ebola and died; it was not infected with Ebola, but did not produce antibodies; it was not infected with Ebola, and it also produced Ebola antibodies  .The third response is exactly what we need, which means we have found a vaccine. But it is not necessarily a safe and effective vaccine. The monkeys may still contract Ebola in the future, and more commonly, when we  Antibodies were not effective against the disease when monkeys were injected with natural Ebola virus. The immune response was too weak, or the immune response was not resistant to all types of Ebola virus. This was really annoying work. Virus molecules  , the genetic structure is so simple, and they are much more difficult to deal with than bacteria. They are easy to mutate, and it is difficult for people to understand them and kill them. In fact, the problem is that from our understanding of life, these crystal-shaped  Are things really alive? Look at them, they look like ice chips."; (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (.) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is mine.  The biggest motivation.)

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