[Infrastructure] Rose kissed Barcelona

cholera?

It is famous, and together with the plague, it is the only second class A severe infectious disease.

But this is mainly because it is highly contagious, so it is not that difficult to prevent it, right?

If there is an outbreak, the first priority is isolation.

Panic and riots are the most dangerous.

"Wait a minute, don't panic!" Joey shouted to the fleeing crowd, "Don't run around! It's even more dangerous if you don't know the source of infection!"

However, no one listened to her.

Some people ignored her and ran past, some people gave her eyes as if they were looking at a fool, and more people even looked at her eyes with fear, as if she was the source of infection.

"Miss, run away too!" A panicked voice came from beside her.

Joey turned his head and saw a middle-aged couple holding a baby. Their hands were covered with rough callus marks, and their padded coats were worn white. They looked like farmers in the nearby suburbs.

The baby less than one year old was crying in the man's arms, his face was flushed, and the panic-stricken wife held her husband's arm tightly, stopped and looked at her: "You are still young, and you don't know the horror of cholera, that is True hell."

The young rich lady had apparently never seen the horrors of dead bodies littering the fields after cholera.

"Wow——" The child was frightened by something, and cried even harder.

The woman panicked immediately, and quickly reached out to pat the baby's swaddle, and then quickly glanced at Joey: "You should be a person of status, run away now, or you will regret it."

The child was sobbing and sobbing, the couple couldn't care about anything anymore, and left in a hurry.

Joey stood on the porch of the hospital, feeling as if a stone had sunk in his heart.

No, this won't work.

She didn't know exactly what happened in the hospital.

If cholera really breaks out, and if it continues like this, these people fleeing helplessly will soon spread the virus to the whole city, or even a wider area.

That's the real disaster.

As soon as she gritted her teeth, she picked up the hem of her skirt and was about to walk inside.

"Oh!" A violent force suddenly strangled her neck from behind, and threw her against the wall.

Boom!

The violent impact brought severe pain, and instantly made her lose the ability to resist.

The rough red brick wall and forehead were rubbed with burning pain, warm liquid dripped down his cheeks, and his mouth was full of bloody smell.

"is that you?!"

Accompanied by the ferocious roar, a face distorted and hideous due to extreme fear and anger appeared in the bursts of dark vision, and the eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, "You and the doctor poisoned together, trying to kill us? Haha !"

There was a lot of noise in my ears, as if someone was exclaiming "What is he doing!" There were more chaotic running footsteps, "He's crazy!"

"She's going to die!"

"Even if it wasn't for you... you rich people would run away immediately, leaving us to die in the city, right? Run away, run away!" The middle-aged man's crazy laughter sounded from behind her head.

The pain of being strangled was accompanied by suffocation due to lack of oxygen, overwhelming.

The limbs were struggling instinctively, and the physiological tears poured out uncontrollably, but she couldn't breathe, and she couldn't even speak.

The line of sight slowly dims from the edge to the center, as if a drop of water falling into an inkwell is being swallowed helplessly.

Joey had never experienced such a real fear of death.

Suddenly there was a "bang", as if a hard bone hit the human body with a muffled sound.

The shackles that almost crushed her bones disappeared suddenly.

The hand that was holding her was released, and Joey slid limply along the wall and began to cough heart-piercingly.

"You want to die too?!"

The roar of the middle-aged man came, and the sound of scuffling echoed in the porch.

Joey covered his throat, enduring the pain from his lungs to his throat, and barely raised his head.

Tears blurred her vision, and she could only see clearly that it was a young man in a white shirt in waves of dizziness.Although the burly man on the opposite side who was obviously engaged in physical labor was much bigger than him, he wrestled with him like crazy.

"What are you doing? Help!" Finally someone shouted.

"Even if it's the end of the world, you can't kill people casually!"

More people jumped on it.

Blood dripped into the eyes, the blood-red field of vision was in chaos, and there were screams all around.

This is the truth she has never seen before, the cruelest reality under the shadow of death.

Before the plague has spread, the world has become a purgatory.

After an unknown amount of time, the noisy noise gradually dissipated, and a familiar voice rang in Joey's ear: "It's all right."

Through the mottled tears, the figure in the white shirt half knelt down in front of her.

The man in front of him was against the light, and Joey couldn't see his face clearly, but he could smell a bloody smell.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth casually, and directly hugged her by the waist.

The moment his head touched his hard chest, Joey realized that he was shaking badly.Almost subconsciously, she put her arms around his neck and buried her head in his chest.

The smell of blood is gone.

The faint scent of turpentine blows over the face, together with the body temperature through the thin clothing, it is so reassuring.

She couldn't care less about anything.Although she knew that this was just a fleeting illusion, she still couldn't help but hug him a little tighter, as if she would never see him again once she let go.

The nose suddenly became sour, and the tears couldn't stop falling down.

After coming here for more than a year, she thought she was independent and strong enough.

She is the invincible goddess of luck, the reliance of countless people, there is nothing she can't do.

But at this moment, like a child who suddenly had something to rely on, she couldn't help but express her grievance and fear with tears.

Antonio's arm holding her stiffened, "Uh, don't cry..."

On the contrary, Joey cried even more fiercely, and rubbed against his chest as if venting his anger: "I'm going to cry..."

"...Okay, you can cry."

He carried her all the way into the carriage, and was about to put her on the cushion of the seat, but the girl in his arms shivered as if afraid of the cold, and hugged her even tighter.

Well, just hold it and hold it.

"Antonio, no one listens to me." Joey twitched, as if talking in sleep.

"It's okay, we'll go to the station right now." Antonio's tone seemed to be coaxing a child.He was looking for a handkerchief, but felt in his pocket only to find that he didn't bring it.

"...What?" Joey finally came to his senses, raised his head and asked with tears in his eyes, "Why?"

"Send you away." Antonio wanted to wipe her face with his shirt, but he immediately faced a problem—should he lift up the hem of the shirt, unbutton it, or press her head to his chest?

Finally, he silently put down his hand.

Joey looked up subconsciously and asked, "Send me away? What about you?"

"I had cholera when I was a kid, and I was fine then, and I'm fine now."

"Who told you that!" Joey was a little annoyed, "This time is still very dangerous."

It has to be said that anger is a good medicine to dispel confusion and fear.

"Okay, I will pay attention." Antonio replied calmly, "Just take care of yourself."

"..." Joey was silent for a few seconds.

The carriage left the place that frightened her, and she basically got out of the state of shock just now.

The impulsive brain began to recover, and she calmed down and thought about the current situation again.

Cholera has been prevalent in the world many times, and every time it is a horrible scene of dead bodies.

Cholera killed a third of the city in Barcelona more than a century ago.

Just over 20 years ago, cholera spread across the continent, killing tens of thousands of people every day at its worst.

... She thought it was too simple at first.

For her who has enjoyed modern medical technology, cholera is nothing compared to other more deadly infectious diseases.

But for people in this era, it is synonymous with death.

Joy suddenly thought of little Mary who was ill.

The little girl went out with Belen the day before yesterday, and judging from her current symptoms, she might have been infected with cholera.

She was Mary's guardian, and she couldn't just leave her behind.

Olampu, Laura, Belen, and the girls who chose to join charity care because they wanted to escape the control of their families, were all at St. Angela's Hospital.

Antonio is here too.

Most importantly, she may be the only one who knows how to effectively deal with this plague in this city.

"Antonio, let's go home." Joey said suddenly.

He looked down at her in surprise.

"I can't leave Barcelona," Joey said calmly.

"You..." Antonio looked into the purple eyes of the girl in his arms

Now she has regained her former composure, and the helplessness she had plunged into his arms just now has been swept away, like a hallucination.

"Have you figured it out?"

"Ah."

After a long silence, he couldn't help but hugged her hard again.

"it is good."

The carriage turned around and started driving towards Fernandez's house.

Joey seemed unresponsive to the fact that she was still in Antonio's arms, and just muttered in a low voice: "Oh, by the way, you don't even wipe the blood off my face. It will be scary later. "

"...You can tell by looking in the mirror that the blood on your face is all over my clothes."

……

Cholera is an infectious disease of the digestive tract, and in acute cases it may even lead to death due to dehydration within hours.

Its greatest danger is that it is extremely contagious—if it is not contained within a short period of time, thousands of patients will appear within a few days.The combined treatment, medicines, and plentiful access to clean drinking water for each patient can quickly push the limits of public health emergency response capabilities.

When this limit is broken, the foundation of social stability will disappear.

At that time, it was the beginning of eternal doom.

"Pascal, immediately check whether the whole family has any symptoms. Except for the doctor, no one else can enter and leave Mary's room at will, and they must be disinfected every time they enter and exit."

Although Ada started to fuss when she saw her injury, Joey quickly calmed her down and explained everything as clearly as possible.

Fortunately, no one in the family developed symptoms of cholera except Mary.

The little girl's condition is fairly stable.Apart from the fever that is common in children, she has only mild symptoms so far.

After again instructing everyone in the family to do a good job of isolation and disinfection, and not to go out casually, Joey went back to the house to get something, and got on the carriage to the city hall again.

"... Is that lady here?" Alva's expression turned bitter when he heard the secretary's report.

"Let her come." Manolo took a sip from his teacup angrily, "Anyway, we have nothing to do. Maybe the special representative in Madrid can give more useful suggestions."

Several of the most senior congressmen stood aside with solemn faces, looking at the materials and whispering.

At present, more than 600 cases have been reported to the city hall from the city's largest St. Paul's Hospital and St. Angela's Hospital, and more than 40 people have died.

According to the hospital's records, it has only been four days since the first patient, and the growth rate and death toll are extremely alarming.

They could almost see the god of death in black robes dragging a long scythe as he walked through the dead city.

Joey soon saw the report as well.

"How does the city council plan to control the epidemic now?"

"Uh," Manolo and the congressmen looked at each other, "Miss, the plague is a natural disaster and cannot be dealt with by manpower..."

"Natural disaster?" Joey asked incredulously, "So you mean, the city council plans to do nothing?"

"Well, ma'am," Mayor Alva began cautiously, "it's not just us. Many cities, many times—people have tried. But no one has succeeded."

"But if nothing is done, the consequences will be more serious." Joey said coldly.

"Now, it is necessary to immediately order the blockade of the whole city, control the flow of people, isolate patients, and prevent the large-scale spread of cholera."

"Block the whole city?!"

The diamond-shaped office suddenly exploded.

Members of Parliament started whispering one after another, and cast strange glances at the lady who spoke surprisingly.

Manolo endured and endured, and finally couldn't help it: "Miss, what you said is too simple."

"Right now people have started to rumor that the central government of Madrid and our city hall ordered the doctors to poison... If the blockade is implemented again, I am afraid it will cause riots in the whole city."

Not to mention the whole city, the current mayor's office has become a mess.

"It appears that City Hall has no way to make up its mind."

"Then I'm sorry." Joey said as he took out the royal identity certificate that Alfonso had left for him more than a month ago.

The king's monogrammed signature is clearly visible on the certificate inlaid with gold leaf.

She coldly glanced at the officials who were stunned, and finally landed on the mayor with a broken face, "Mr. Alva."

"I, Joy Stellano de Bourbon, in the name of the Princess of the Kingdom of Spain, order you to immediately declare a state of emergency in Barcelona, ​​to carry out quarantine and epidemic investigation."

The author has something to say: Notes for this chapter:

Cholera had six global pandemics in the 19th century, making it the most feared infectious disease of the century.

In 1832, the German poet Heine recorded the scene of the first cholera outbreak in Paris: "On March 3, when cholera was announced in Paris, many people didn't care. They laughed at the fear of the disease, and ignored the appearance of cholera. That day Many dance halls were crowded with people at night, hysterical laughter drowned out the loud music. Suddenly, in one of the dance halls, one of the funniest clown legs fell down. After he took off his mask, People were surprised to find that his face had turned blue, and the laughter died away. The carriage quickly took the revelers from the dance floor to the hospital. But soon they collapsed in rows, still wearing their carnival costumes ..."

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