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    In addition to Salvation Hospital, there are other ways to obtain this life-saving medicine. For example, you can buy these medicines in the underground black market, but the price is higher, about 40 francs or more per tube.  ¨I¨I According to the instructions for the antiviral oral solution, this product must be taken four times a day, one pill each time for children and two pills each time for adults. In critical cases, the dosage should be doubled.  In other words, once an adult becomes a suspected case and develops fever symptoms, he will need to spend 480 francs a day relying on drugs on the black market. If the condition is critical, he may even spend 960 francs. This is simply  Robbery.  Another unique feature of the Spanish Flu was that most of the people who died from serious illness were young people.  However, the problem is that the quantity of low-priced antiviral oral liquids in Salvation Hospital is very limited, and there are many restrictions. For example, a patient can only purchase one box at a time, which is 12 tubes.  And I always start seeing a doctor at 8:30, and before 9:30, all the medicines are used up.  "There is no way, the quantity of the medicine is insufficient. You have to know that because the cost of this medicine has not been reduced, it has not been sold in the past few years. Therefore, the output is naturally very low, and the stock is naturally very low.  In addition, it is not possible to increase the production of medicines, so the quantity will naturally be insufficient. Also, because of concerns about the impact of this influenza on the United States, the US government has banned the export of excessive amounts of this kind of medicine by McDonald's.  For drugs, the U.S. government stipulates that for every one unit of antiviral oral solution that McDonald's sells to Europe, it must sell fifteen units in the United States. Although as you know, after the British and French governments protested, this ratio was reduced to ten.  1. Moreover, most of the drugs exported to Europe must first meet the military's orders, so it is actually very difficult for our hospital to get so many drugs. I hope everyone can understand and be considerate. "  After the medicine was used up for the day, Dr. Jacques, the director of the Salvation Hospital in Paris, held up a loudspeaker and explained loudly to the crowd who were shouting and dissatisfied because they had not bought the medicine.  Behind him, several heavily armed guards were watching the crowd vigilantly.  Then the window was closed in front of these people, and these people did not leave, but continued to queue there. As long as you queue, there is always hope.  ¡­ ¡°Eleka, I¡¯ll continue to queue here. You have to go to the black market quickly and buy some more medicines. Otherwise, Aiden won¡¯t be able to wait¡± An old man in the queue said to his wife who continued to stay here.  "Okay, old man, go quickly, I'll guard you here." The old woman replied.  "There are no drugs in American hospitals. How can they be found on the black market?" A person standing in line asked doubtfully, "Did people in the hospital secretly sell the drugs to the black market?" "I think  Rather than doubting the Americans, it is better to doubt our politicians. They control a lot of drugs. I don¡¯t believe these guys will really use all these drugs to the army. They must have intercepted a large number of them.  Making money on the black market." Another aunt said that several years of war, huge casualties, and the current uncontrollable plague have made people in Paris generally dissatisfied with the government.  "And the U.S. government, what about our friends? It actually controls the export of drugs to us at this time. This is simply" "Actually, I think the U.S. government's approach is understandable. After all, they first want to  Americans are responsible for their safety. It is said that this kind of influenza has also appeared in the United States, but our government is so incompetent that it actually accepted the ten to one ratio of Americans. "What ten to one, it's us and the United Kingdom.  There is only one in all European countries including Italy! I heard that some drugs on the black market are actually smuggled from the United States. I heard that the prices of these drugs are much cheaper in the United States.  The prices in the Salvation Hospital are very cheap, so some people secretly smuggle drugs from the United States to Europe, after all, there are more than ten times the profit," another person said mysteriously.  "So our government is stupid! Why don't they quickly go to the United States to register some companies, and then purchase directly in the United States and smuggle it back?" someone else cursed.  These people have really wronged the French government. First of all, in the French black market, most of the antiviral oral solutions come from the United States.  Secondly, shortly after the influenza broke out in Europe, a large number of new pharmacies popped up in the United States, and many of these new pharmacies had European backgrounds.  However, it is difficult for these pharmacies to get this drug from McDonald's Pharmaceuticals. The reason is, of course, that the production is limited and they are all sold out.  In other words, these pharmacies have no purchasing channels at all.  There are rumors that some companies closely related to McDonald's have placed large orders long ago, and then got this profitable business.  ThenSome pharmacies with European capital tried to buy them directly from other pharmacies. As a result, they found that in regular pharmacies in the United States, these drugs were also in short supply, and they would be sold out as soon as they were put on the counter.  As for privately buying directly from Yankee pharmacies at higher prices, it is not impossible, but the quantities are very limited, and they have been caught by the American police several times.  Then both the goods and the payment were confiscated.  However, they did not completely wrong the French government and military, because some people from the French government and military did participate in the black market drug trade and did sell these precious drugs in the black market to make huge profits. However, most of them were not there.  Antiviral oral liquids are sold in the domestic market.  In their opinion, because there are American smugglers competing with them on the French black market, profits are really limited. One antiviral oral solution only sells for about 40 francs. This is really too cheap. If they sell it  Toshhh, keep your voice down, if they were sold on the black markets in Frankfurt and Berlin, the price would be three to four times higher than this.  So, damn it, those traitors to the French motherland, they actually smuggled a lot of the anti-viral oral liquid they had on hand to the Germans!  In order to increase their purchases, not only did they not sell these drugs on the French black market, they even continued to purchase these drugs from the French black market and then resold them to the Germans.  Their practices have also caused the price of antiviral oral liquids on the French black market to continue to rise.  Of course, if it were exposed that drugs that were supposed to be provided to French soldiers were bought to the Germans, it would definitely lead to a revolution.  Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that sick soldiers can drink this magical medicine. At least, there must be no mismatch in the account books.  As a result, fake antiviral oral liquids emerged.  It will be almost impossible even in later generations to reverse engineer the formula and process of antiviral oral liquid, especially in this era.  However, it is not particularly difficult to make sugar water that is relatively similar in color and taste, especially when France has many of the world's best chefs.  As a result, fake and inferior potions replaced the real potions and were constantly provided to the soldiers in the army, while the real antiviral oral solution that was supposed to be given to them was constantly sold to the Germans.   As someone mentioned, the Spanish Flu also spread quickly to the United States. In just a few days, millions of people contracted the cold. In order to quickly control the plague, the White House requested  Congress passed the "Special Immunization Management Regulations", which stipulated that during the influenza epidemic, any entertainment activities that would cause crowds to gather were prohibited. All cinemas, song and dance theater performances were stopped, and all sports competitions were also stopped. Of course, what parades  Demonstrations and other messy things are naturally not allowed.  In fact, under the pressure of such a plague, few people really dared to run into the crowd without fear of death.  In order to avoid being infected by this terrible flu when going out, the streets have become empty even in broad daylight. In future generations, it can be directly used in zombie movies.  There are only two places that are overcrowded: hospitals and pharmacies.  It stands to reason that the United States is the main producer of cotton, so there will never be a shortage of cotton gauze, and naturally there will never be a shortage of cotton gauze masks.  At the very least, ensuring there are enough masks for everyone shouldn¡¯t be a problem.  If someone really insists on raising prices, the American people can go home and do it themselves.  Even in later generations, the American people are still good at doing things themselves.  However, a specious statement first appeared in some radio talk programs: "Dr. Philips, is it true that wearing a mask can keep germs out?" the host asked.  "Ah, this question cannot be generalized. Generally speaking, wearing it is better than not wearing it. But you need to know that influenza is caused by viruses, not the bacteria you just mentioned. Viruses are very small, smaller than bacteria.  Much more. Therefore, they have a higher chance of entering the human respiratory tract through the mask and causing disease. In addition, because the face is not a standard geometry, there are still gaps in the fit between the mask and the face.  The virus can also enter the respiratory tract through such gaps, so masks cannot completely guarantee our safety" "So Doctor Philips, what do you think can ensure our safety to the greatest extent?" the host asked again.  "Let me tell you, the most effective thing that can keep the virus out of the respiratory tract must be a gas mask, so if possible, wearing a gas mask is a safer and better choice." Dr. Philips said seriously  replied.  So, a new, huge market for civilian products has emerged.Appeared.  u
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