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Text 567 Ebola Outbreak (Part 2)

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    The Ebola virus broke out without warning and so rapidly that the Japanese government was overwhelmed.  Morihiro Hosokawa, who had just taken over as prime minister less than half a year ago, began to worry about getting old almost overnight. Reports of new patient numbers appeared on his desk every day, and he could feel the tremendous pressure.

    His secretary was also worried and said to the Prime Minister: "Mr. Hosokawa, the spread of the virus has become more serious, and because of the unfavorable control and the panic among the people, our social order is collapsing. Some illegal  Elements were smashing, looting, and burning on the streets, and the Metropolitan Police Department was afraid that dispatching police to densely populated areas might lead to infection, so it was delayed in taking action. This also led to greater chaos. Many civilians have been violated.  It even led to the death of many people.¡±

    Hosokawa Morihi was also helpless. He said: "Of course I want to save the people from the fire and water, but with the current situation, I can't even go home to see my wife and children, so I am isolated in Nagata Town. At this time, too  You can¡¯t blame anyone for not doing enough, after all, everyone cherishes their own lives. It¡¯s just that those of us who hold public weapons feel guilty and cannot perform our duties, so we can only watch chaos and death happen.¡±

    The secretary said: "We have invited medical workers from various countries around the world to invest in research on conquering the Ebola virus. Especially when China conquered the Madman virus in Iraq, there must be a solution. We are now  You need to persevere and try to maintain it.¡±

    Hosokawa Morihi was pessimistic, saying: "The main reason why the Chinese were able to develop a vaccine for the madman virus at that time was that they obtained a person who was immune to the virus and obtained the serum from his body. But where are we going now?  How to find such a person? Moreover, most countries in the world are now trying to avoid us, and have even stopped flights to Japan. In their view, Japan can just be trapped on an isolated island and fend for itself, as long as it doesn't  If you run out and endanger them, everything will be fine."

    When he said this, Hosokawa Morihi's face turned red, and he was obviously very angry.  These days, he has been in constant contact with some foreign heads of state, but these foreign heads of state are either hypocritical and conciliatory. They say they are very sympathetic and will provide all-out assistance, but they show no signs of action.

    So far, only medical teams from a few countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Sweden, China, Canada, and New Zealand have come to Japan to provide medical assistance despite the risks.  Because the virus outbreak in Japan is too intense and there are too many patients, the number of medical personnel is very insufficient. Even nurses to care for patients are in great shortage.  Doctors Without Borders also urgently transferred more manpower to Japan, hoping to help Japan tide over the difficulties.  But what is even more troublesome is that because of the strong contagiousness of the Ebola virus, with just a small oversight, medical staff are likely to be infected with the virus, followed by a high probability of death, and the more nervous the medical staff are about the chance of making mistakes.  The bigger.

    This is just a medical team, and there are even fewer medical research teams that have solved the mysteries of the virus. The Ebola virus has been discovered since the 1970s, and there are actually many research institutions that have obtained virus samples. However, research results have been achieved over the years.  There are almost no institutions, and even many medical experts are very negative, believing that it will be difficult for them to develop a vaccine for the Ebola virus in a short period of time.

    Hosokawa Morihi is extremely worried. The numbers in the report in his hand are getting bigger and bigger. It is estimated that before long, the number of people infected with the Ebola virus may increase from thousands to tens of thousands.  Considering that this virus has a fatality rate of 50%-90MR, at least half of them will die, which will have a heavy blow to Japan.

    The scary thing is that if the development of the epidemic cannot be controlled, more and more people will die. Some journalists have said that the Ebola virus outbreak is likely to be a horrific infection comparable to the 1918 Spanish Flu and the Black Death in the Middle Ages.  disease, and the Spanish Flu was a horrific disease that killed tens of millions of people.  Although the Ebola virus is not spread by air droplets like the Spanish flu, and the medical protection methods at that time were also very rudimentary, the more powerful fatality rate of the Ebola virus was enough for people to endure.

    Let alone tens of millions of people in Japan, even if millions die from the virus, the blow to this country will be heavy.  Due to the epidemic of the virus, Japan's economic life has come to a standstill. Major factories have stopped operating, and schools and some government and public institutions have also stopped operations.  In order to avoid virus infection, people stay at home and do not go out for fear of contracting the virus outside.

    In the economic situation of modern society, as long as factories and companies stop production for a week, it may cause immeasurable economic losses. Japanese companies risk a large number of defaults and are unable to deliver the products they produce to customers. Because  For fear of virus infection, the transport fleet that provides Japan with production raw materials does not dare to enter Japan just like this.  For a time, Japan entered an extremely embarrassing situation. The world's second-largest economic power had almost lost all its economic capabilities. Only a few counties and cities where the Ebola virus had not yet appeared still retained part of their production capacity. However, due to the paralysis of major ports, they  JustEven if you want to send it out, you can¡¯t

    Because of concerns about the rapid spread of the virus, logistics in Japan has basically come to a standstill.  The industry that uses roads and railways for transportation has also been greatly affected. Except for necessary food such as grains and vegetables, people have to bite the bullet and transport it. Any other products of less importance are shelved and are no longer covered by transportation companies.  transport.

    Japan is a country with a small territory and a dense population, and is basically unable to be self-sufficient in food. Japan¡¯s self-sufficiency rate in grains is less than 30%, and its self-sufficiency rate in other vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, and milk is even more appalling.  A large number of small plots are used to produce rice, but other agricultural products are underproduced because of limited land.  Especially now, Japan's agricultural production has been hit, and external transportation is difficult to guarantee. Japan predicts that even if the virus does not hit Japan too hard, the arrival of famine may cause Japan to suffer huge losses.

    "There is no way. If a famine breaks out in the world's second largest economic country, I am afraid it will become an international laughing stock. In order to ensure its own food supply, Japan has to apply to China, which is geographically close, to use large aircraft to airdrop food to Japan.  This price is quite high, but except for China, which has both a massive food supply and a large number of heavy transport aircraft, other countries are no longer able to meet Japan's needs.

    At this time, it is impossible for Qi Yiming to let China reject Japan's request. After all, this is also a matter of humanitarian assistance. If help is not provided, China's international image may be ugly.  Furthermore, China also asked Japan for a large amount of money to purchase these foods, and Japan had no choice but to hold its nose and admit it.  No cargo ship from any country dares to take the risk to come to Japan now. Even if they want to make a fortune, whether Japan's port facilities can operate normally is still a huge problem.

    The Chinese Air Force has built a strategic and tactical transport air force second only to the United States. There are more than 200 large strategic transport aircraft Y-20, and more than 400 medium-sized transport aircraft Y-9. These military transport aircraft give the Chinese Air Force a strong force.  and material delivery capabilities. If the Co19 and Co29 passenger planes recruited from civil aviation are added, the air transport force that the Chinese Air Force can invest will be very huge.

    This time the mission is to airdrop food to Japan. In order to avoid the spread of the virus, the transport plane will not land at the Japanese airport, but will airdrop the supplies directly over the designated airdrop location.  In order for China to provide these food and other relief supplies, Japan spent several times the market price and paid high transportation costs before China agreed to make this trip for Japan.

    Hundreds of Y-20s were urgently mobilized, and supplies were sent to these transport aviation bases and loaded into the aircraft's cargo bays. Random groups of transport planes took off one after another, creating a spectacular scene.  At the same time, Hainan Airlines also dispatched land-based E-14CN to escort the Air Force transport aircraft.

    When they crossed the central line of the East China Sea and were about to enter Japan's airspace, the Chinese fighter planes turned around and returned. These red Tomcats had not been refueled in the air. They would not be able to come back after reaching Japan. Moreover, even if it faced an unprecedented disaster, Japan would not allow China to do so.  fighter jets flew over their heads.

    Not to be outdone, Japan dispatched their E1bT fighters to take over the E-14CNR's job and escort China's transport aircraft.  In the past, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force has actually accompanied Chinese military aircraft cruising in the East China Sea. This time, it is escorting Chinese military aircraft, which really makes them feel confused in time and space.

    A large number of Y-20 Kunpeng transport aircraft flew to different cities in the Japanese archipelago, lowered their altitude, opened their tailgates, and began to drop food, vegetables and other supplies downwards.  These hundreds of transport planes can provide Japan with nearly a thousand tons of supplies at a time. Although it does not seem to be a particularly large amount, it is really a timely help for Japan, which will soon face a food shortage.

    So much so that some Japanese media ignored the fact that China took a large amount of commissions, highly praised China¡¯s humanitarian spirit, and shouted about Sino-Japanese goodwill and friendship, saying that China and Japan would work together to overcome difficulties.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that if they knew that China planned this virus crisis and caused Japan¡¯s heavy casualties and heavy economic damage, I wonder if they would want to eat China alive.

    In Qi Yiming's plan, China should not be too involved in the Ebola crisis in Japan. The protagonists are Shoko Asahara and his Aum Shinrikyo, and China only needs to say what needs to be said.  , if you do what you should do, you can watch Japan collapse.
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