AD 976 was the first time humans recorded this virus.
In just about fifty years, more than four variants have been discovered.
The problem is that the fatality rate of each species is not low, including primates and chimpanzees.
Humanity has not yet fully developed an effective treatment plan for severe Ebola virus.
Doctors often use the six-antibody balancing treatment plan, but they still rely on personal immune support.
Although there is a vaccine for Ebola virus, the vaccine is not 100% immune and may even be ineffective.
As medical students, they understand the meaning and the danger it represents, but they are all sworn doctors and cannot retreat.
The entire medical team is also very vigilant, because everyone may be involved. Before being sent out, they have read a lot of information and texts.
The emergence and disappearance of the Ebola virus can be described in one word: it appears and disappears without warning. It is possible that one does not know how the virus appeared and who was the first person to be infected?
So how did the first victim become infected with the virus? Was he bitten by a fruit bat? Or for other reasons. It is said that some patients came into contact with sick primates and were eventually infected.
This is just some speculation, and there is no solid evidence. In fact, scientists still feel very ignorant until now, and it is difficult to detect the real virus host.
The so-called real virus host is an organism that can always coexist with the virus, not those patients who die directly after getting the virus.
When the virus was first discovered, everyone did not take it seriously. There were diseases similar to hemorrhagic fever in Africa.
No matter how powerful it is, how can it be that powerful? But the slap in the face comes very quickly, because this virus is quite powerful.
The virus suddenly appeared several times in a row and wreaked havoc among the crowd, causing many people to suffer and die.
What’s even more frightening is that the virus is highly contagious and has a high fatality rate, which makes people talk about Ebola in disgrace.
It can be said that humans use various means to pursue and intercept the epidemic before it can be considered an end.
But this does not mean it is safe. Viruses come back from time to time.
There are special historical records from 976 onwards.
But judging from the records, there is no pattern at all.
Ebola virus broke out in Congo in 1976 and Sudan in 1979.
After the outbreak was over, it disappeared, as if the virus would never appear again.
But fifteen years later, the Ebola virus reappeared in Gabon, and since then the number of outbreaks has increased.
More variants have been discovered, and people have learned more about it, because the Ebola virus is so terrifying.
More scientists joined in, and they began to pursue more, and they also speculated: the real host is fruit bats.
Fruit bats later infected primates, some mammals, and humans became contaminated when hunting, eating, or buying and selling animals, and the virus was transmitted to humans.
And this terrible virus that comes from nature, like the God of Death, ruthlessly harvesting human lives, is named after the place where the Ebola virus first broke out - along the Ebola River.
Only after being slapped in the face by the virus did humans realize that Ebola virus is more terrifying than hemorrhagic fever and more difficult to deal with. Ebola virus is classified as a level four virus.
In the process of scientific development, people have classified the biological safety they have encountered, that is, levels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
The representative viruses of biosafety level 1 are measles and mumps, and the representative viruses of biosafety level 2 are influenza.
The most famous killers in human history, such as rabies and anthrax, are biosafety level three.
Ebola virus, Marburg virus, and Salavirus are listed at biosafety level four.
The highest level of viruses is Level 5, which mostly appears in science fiction movies.
In reality, there are two types: wide-mouth jar virus and Pandora.
The jar virus is an extremely large virus dug up from Antarctica.
After digging it out, something was wrong and it was sent directly to the laboratory for isolation.
This giant virus from 30,000 years ago was isolated because it was highly infectious.
It was only after Ling Xiao studied medicine that he realized that many viruses are afraid of heat but not cold, including wide-mouthed cans and Ebola.
Ebola virus can remain active in corpses and blood for several weeks, but it can remain active for a long time at minus 70°C.
These are all obtained through experiments again and again, because if humans want to study viruses, they must have the original strains of the viruses. Even if researchers are risking their lives to study, they must also study the mechanism of the virus.
This is for the safety of the public. The development of modern transportation equipment will shorten the distance between people. People who are sick will seek help everywhere if they want to stay alive. Naturally, they will go to various places.
This leads to one thing: there may be a global epidemic virus outbreak, especially an outbreak of level 4 viruses, which is too scary.
If we don’t study the mechanism of the virus and come up with ways to deal with it, the number of people infected will skyrocket.
This situation is indeed possible, because if this virus sweeps across, we are afraid that the whole country will be wiped out.
So even though they know that the Ebola virus is very dangerous, researchers still have to study it.
It is absolutely impossible to develop a virus vaccine in one step.
You may have to take a lot of detours, which is normal.
That is after the vaccine is developed.
It also needs to be verified through experiments again and again.
After the animal experiments, it’s time to conduct human experiments.
This must be done step by step because vaccines are too dangerous.
Once the vaccine is injected into the human body, it cannot be taken out. If something happens, it will cost a human life.
In fact, it is not just a matter of one human life. Once the vaccine is confirmed and officially used, it means thousands of lives.
Another big problem why research is so slow is that the Ebola virus has mutated, causing some things to be different.
Just like the influenza vaccine recommended for people every winter, it does not cover all influenza subspecies. If the influenza virus that appears is not symptomatic, it is equivalent to a wasted vaccine.
This is why some people even get the flu vaccine, but still get infected with the flu gracefully and become a patient.
The Ebola virus has repeatedly mutated in the fifty years since it was discovered, and we really don’t know what will happen.
The members of the medical team are naturally aware of the situation and hope to detect and control it early.
As medical workers, they gradually adapted to life here.
Although the patient's skin color is different, he is still a patient.
As a doctor, I have always been accustomed to a busy life.
They are like a big family.
Help each other.
Ling Xiao was fine during this process.
She found that she received a lot of packages every month.
My family will send me a lot of daily necessities every month.
Although air postage is higher, grandma insisted on sending it.
Ling Xiao didn't pretend to want anything, which gave the two old men some comfort.
The old couple only had one granddaughter left, so they naturally wished that their granddaughter could live a good life. They would send as much as they could.
The members of the medical team also take good care of Ling Xiao and generally do not let her go to urban areas alone.
They all think that it is not safe for a girl to go out.
Moreover, when we first arrived, no one knew the members of the medical team.
In case you are mistaken for a national of another Asian country.
If something bad happens to one person, even the person who is rescued will be hurt.
That was a very heavy blow.
If you can't go out, don't go out.
Women on the medical team while out.
They usually travel in groups or with an escort.
In order to reassure everyone, Ling Xiao was not very willing to go out.
The road outside is dirt and full of potholes, and there's nothing worth going out on.
She didn't really like to go shopping when she was in China, so she was even less willing to do so here.
Toothpaste and other cleaning supplies are brought back by her teammates. When she has free time, she grows vegetables and reads things on the Internet.
What makes Ling Xiao very happy is that there is also access to the Internet here, so he can check out the latest information, learn some new knowledge, see what is useful, and contact some relatives and friends.
After traveling through two worlds, Ling Xiao feels that the biggest inspiration and gain from experiencing the world is: she must study hard.
This is for your own efforts. Maybe the knowledge you learned is not of much use now.
It's just that if you don't need it now, it's hard to guarantee that you won't need it later. This is her experience.
Of course, she doesn't spend all her time studying, she still finds things to do for leisure.
After arriving at the hospital, Ling Xiao found that the medical team was really busy.
In addition to being responsible for normal medical treatment.
He is also responsible for training local people.
This is a traditional project of medical teams aiding Africa.
To this end, the entire medical team must be trained.
Fortunately, the previous team members have compiled special teaching materials.
This saves the latecomers a lot of effort, and everyone explains it on this basis.
As a teacher, Ling Xiao was the last one to leave the university. He was also the most junior and responsible for the simplest parts.
After taking over the task, she carefully prepared the lesson and added the latest medical results before explaining it.
Every member is the same, seeing a doctor at work and giving explanations after get off work.
Even as doctors, they sometimes work as nurses.
Fortunately, Ling Xiao's basic skills are very solid.
The performance in all aspects is still very good.
After a period of running-in.
All teammates are getting to know each other.
They discovered that their youngest teammate was quite a homebody.
Of course, her home is different from the one where she stays at home every day.
She still has to go out, exercise appropriately every day, and pay attention to growing vegetables.
But a single girl does not have the liveliness of a young woman and is not very willing to leave this circle.
It's two o'clock and one line every day. I'm a very disciplined person, and I don't even think about taking a walk outside.
You must know that this is big Africa, with many wild animals and many gems and other things. This is the favorite of many girls.
When I get here, I'm afraid many little girls will want to go out and do some sightseeing, knowing how lively and beautiful it is outside.
But Ling Xiao never wanted to go out at all, as if he lived like an old man who had seen through the world.
They were reassured but also worried that she was too serious and did not have the characteristics of an ordinary girl.
But it is undeniable that her sensibleness saved them a lot of worry.
What if someone comes who works hard all day long?
It's quite a troublesome thing.
But Ling Xiao behaved too well.
He was completely different from the person who tested the gun.
In her daily life, she has always done her own thing quietly.
Then when given the opportunity, he will help his teammates when they need help.
Under this circumstance, the atmosphere of the medical team is very good, just like a family.
Especially the women in the team are all mothers, and all of them take special care of Ling Xiao.
In their opinion, Ling Xiao is a very good little sister, and even the older ones are considered an elder.
Time passed slowly like this. Ling Xiao and the others had been here for almost a year and were quite familiar with the local medical staff.
Of course, Ling Xiao has always been the kind of person who talks less and does more. Even after getting familiar with her, everyone found that she has always been a relatively aloof existence in many cases.
But what everyone never expected was that someone of the opposite sex would fall in love with her, who was relatively aloof. However, as a person who focused on work, there was no possibility of development at all.
Colleagues on the medical team are also worried that Ling Xiao is a person who has never experienced the baptism of love and will be chased away if he does not do well. What should he tell Xiao Xiao's family in the future?
They had always been worried about this possibility, so they finally recommended a person and wanted to inquire about their love situation.
The stubborn Sister Xie hesitated for a long time, and finally asked in a roundabout way: "Xiao Xiao, do you have a boyfriend?"
"No." Ling Xiao said, looking at Sister Xie strangely, wondering why he asked this?
At this moment, she was thinking in her heart: Isn't falling in love and getting married the original owner's business?
Even if she were the owner of this body, she would not find it in a foreign country.
Marriage is not just the union of two people.
There are still many problems to be solved.
The most important thing is the issue of three perspectives.
Sometimes we discover the three views of each other as human beings.
They would be separated by thousands of mountains and rivers and would be unable to communicate at all.
Sister Xie looked at Ling Xiao and asked, "Then let's go back and look for him?"
As she spoke, she looked at this young and beautiful girl very seriously, wanting an answer.
At this moment, she thought to herself: If Xiao Xiao had a boyfriend in China, it would reassure everyone.
Ling Xiao naturally sensed something was wrong, glanced at Sister Xie who was a little nervous and said, "Yes! Go back and look for it."
Sister Xie, who was holding her breath unconsciously, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. The corners of her mouth turned up and she suddenly laughed. This was a good idea.
I heard Ling Xiao continue to say: "Sister Xie, I am an atheist, and most of the people here are religious and can cooperate with each other, but they are just colleagues or companions, at most not."
"Xiao Xiao, you are right. That's good. We are all completely at ease." Sister Xie said. She patted her chest gently as she spoke, and finally felt completely at ease. Xiao Xiao is not that kind of little girl.
"I didn't go through a surprise study before I came here. The issue of religious beliefs was specifically emphasized and we have to respect it, but I belong to Chinese culture and am more suitable."
At this point, Ling Xiao smiled and stopped talking. She was very satisfied with her nationality and identity.
Sister Xie nodded after knowing this. After eating, she hurried to work as an obstetrician and gynecologist.
Ling Xiao packed up his things before getting ready to go to work, when he happened to meet a child.
She has beautiful big eyes and curly hair.
In her arms she held a bouquet of bright flowers.
"Xiao, give it to you."
The corner of Ling Xiao's mouth twitched.
She really wanted to reject the bouquet of flowers directly.
But I saw some disappointment in the children’s eyes.