Chapter 47 The Limitations of the Times (Please read and ask for monthly votes)
Zhang Yang once again entered the perspective of God.
The plane took off smoothly, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and landed smoothly at HK Airport soon after.
Then the scene turned and the camera came to a conference room with obvious memories of the times. On the wall of the conference room was posted: [Expert Symposium on Scientific Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases].
“Everyone just talked about the current situation of major infectious diseases in our country. Now we invite Dr. Feng Rong, who has returned from the United States, to talk to you about the ‘hepatitis B virus’ that has recently appeared in the country.”
After the host of the meeting finished speaking, Feng Rong stood up and gestured slightly, and then said:
"Unfortunately, due to various reasons, I was not able to bring back the research report on hepatitis B virus from abroad, but I can speak orally The method briefly talks about the transmission route and virus toxicity of hepatitis B virus. ”
“According to current research, hepatitis B virus can mainly be transmitted through ‘mother-to-child transmission’, ‘sexual transmission’, ‘blood transmission’ and ‘saliva transmission’. ', Generally speaking, there are various modes of transmission and strong transmissibility. "
"Especially, I learned that the medical facilities in our country's rural areas are backward and the awareness of disinfection is not strong. It is very common for everyone to share the same needle. It is easy to be infected with hepatitis B virus in such an environment.”
“So, I hope everyone must pay attention to hepatitis B virus. If left alone, it can easily cause large-scale infection!”
There were whispers in the conference room. After a while, an old man with slightly gray hair nodded slowly and said:
"Then how can this 'Hepatitis B virus' be effectively eliminated?"
< br>Feng Rong replied:
“Currently, I have obtained research data that shows that hepatitis B virus can survive at room temperature for at least 6 months. For more than a month, the best and truly effective and convenient way is high-temperature disinfection.”
“Medical high-pressure steam sterilizer can effectively disinfect hepatitis B virus in 20 minutes. That is to say, as long as you are a good doctor. Training, as long as medical equipment is properly disinfected and sterilized, hepatitis B virus can be controlled. ”
After the words fell, the whispers in the conference room were much quieter this time.
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said anything.
What Feng Rong said is very simple, but everyone knows in their hearts that the country is currently in desperate need of improvement, the medical conditions in the cities are still barely adequate, and the health centers in the towns and villages are almost unavailable.
Not to mention doctors who are professionally trained and know about disinfection and sterilization, there are not even many medical resources.
The situation in rural areas is even worse. Almost all doctors are barefoot, and there are many who cannot even read Chinese characters.
In such an environment, do you require them to strictly disinfect? Do I need to use a pressure cooker to sterilize after each injection?
Impossible.
And,
To sterilize, you must have a high-pressure medical sterilizer, right? There are so many places in the country,
who pays for it?
In the end, the gray-haired old man spoke again:
"Dr. Feng, according to what you said, this hepatitis B virus may indeed spread widely."
"Then tell us about the effects of the virus on the human body. What about the impact and fatality rate?”
Feng Rong was suddenly stunned for a moment, then shook his head after thinking for a moment.
“I don’t have fatality data at this time.”
"Furthermore, because hepatitis B virus has only been studied by scientific research institutions in recent years, the time is too short, so there is not enough human body tracking data even abroad."
"But I can be sure that hepatitis B virus will affect It affects the patient's liver and may eventually become a chronic disease."
No fatality data?
Chronic disease?
Everyone present was relieved.
If it is said that people will die on a large scale after infection, then it must be controlled as soon as possible and the harm of the virus must be understood as soon as possible.
But if it is not fatal, but may turn into a chronic disease, then the prevention and treatment work does not seem to be so urgent. After a while, the old man said:
"If that's the case, I think we can slow down for a while..."
"Can't slow down!"
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Feng Rong suddenly became anxious and said quickly:
"Academician Li, although the fatality rate is low, if we do not restrict the spread now, what will we do if tens of millions of people are infected by then?"
The old man waved his hand:
"You also said that if we do things, we still have to be scientific, right?"
"You also said just now that there is no accurate human data on people infected with hepatitis B virus in the world. There is no scientific basis!”
"Will mobilizing all medical resources to do this at this time make a fuss? Will it cause a waste of resources?"
"Furthermore, we currently do not have any means to detect hepatitis B, and the current specific infection situation in the country is unclear. I don’t know, in short, you have to go step by step, take your time..."
Feng Rong was stunned.
Indeed, what the old man said makes sense.
In fact, he originally collected a set of "serological tests" for detecting hepatitis B virus, but in the end he failed to bring them back in his suitcase!
"What a pity. It would be great if I could take it back home!"
At this moment, the old man continued:
"We don't care about this matter. Let's do it. You will write it next. Regarding the spread and prevention of hepatitis B, we will distribute the publicity materials to health centers across the country as soon as possible to popularize the dangers of hepatitis B first..."
Feng Rong lowered his head and said nothing.
Seeing this, Zhang Yang couldn't help but sigh.
He can understand Feng Rong, and he can also understand the old man. Just as the old man said, in this era, everyone in the world does not have a full understanding of the hepatitis B virus. How can you make them make the right choice?
I don’t blame Feng Rong, I don’t blame the old man, and I don’t blame all the experts and scholars who participated in this meeting.
This is the limitation of the times.
The picture gradually blurred, and lines of text appeared in front of my eyes.
[Dr. Feng Rong successfully returned to China in 1984, but unfortunately, all the medical information was left in the United States, including the very important "serological test" that can detect hepatitis B. 】
[With Feng Rong joining the team, many domestic experts and scholars recognized the hepatitis B virus for the first time. However, due to insufficient research on the hepatitis B virus around the world at this time, no one could predict what kind of damage the virus would cause to the human body. 】
【Coupled with the lack of effective testing methods in China, the progress of hepatitis B screening and prevention and control has been delayed. 】
【Fortunately, in 1986, under the leadership of Feng Rong, the country initially mastered the "serological detection method", and at the same time, more data on the harm of hepatitis B was introduced into the country. 】
[In 1987, the country included hepatitis B vaccine in planned immunization management, which was five years ahead of schedule. 】
[In 1995, the spread of hepatitis B in the country was finally under control, and the hepatitis B infection rate among children born after 1995 dropped to 0.7%. 】
[In 1996, the state organized comprehensive screening and found that up to 60 million people nationwide were infected with hepatitis B virus, 45 million of whom were children born in the 1980s and 1990s! 】
Zhang Yang breathed out gently, Dr. Feng Rong has done a good job.
Compared with more than 100 million people being infected in reality, Dr. Feng Rong has changed the fate of at least 50 million people!
But obviously, this is not the best ending!
(End of this chapter)