Don’t overestimate people’s living habits in 1916. In southern Africa today, even if the federal government gives repeated orders, if there are no mandatory requirements, many people may not take a bath once a year, defecate everywhere, and drink raw water from unknown sources.
Wild animals and so on are commonplace. The medical level in southern Africa is high enough in the world, but it still cannot meet the medical needs of all citizens.
At this time, the level of government management is reflected. In Canada, Australia and other colonies, an unknown number of people die every year due to diseases. Large-scale epidemic diseases rarely occur in southern Africa. Before the establishment of the federal government, there were frequent outbreaks in southern Africa.
Large-scale epidemics such as plague, smallpox, etc. have basically disappeared now. Even if sporadic cases occur, the impact and scope of spread are completely different from before.
Specifically on the Western Front battlefield, the situation was actually better controlled.
Because the participating countries are using poisonous gas and other biological weapons on a large scale, soldiers will consciously wear gas masks without being reminded by officers when fighting. Even if a battle ends and neither side of the war uses poisonous gas, it does not matter. No one
Willing to make fun of his own life.
It is not clear whether gas masks can resist bacteria and viruses, but masks can definitely effectively prevent them. Nowadays, the masks that are sewn on the collar and can be used repeatedly have been basically eliminated, because the melt-sprayed cloth has not been successfully developed, and the masks are soaked.
It is made of gauze with disinfectant solution. In order to improve the protective ability, a mask uses more than ten layers of gauze, which looks thick and heavy.
"We have begun research on the Spanish Flu and found that patients who have been cured of the flu have a certain degree of resistance to the Spanish Flu. The Spanish Flu is terrible, but it is not to the point where people are helpless. One of our doctors suggested that,
You can infect as many people as possible with the Spanish Flu to obtain antibodies." Health Minister Derek Gibson seriously paid insufficient attention to the Spanish Flu. Roque also did not expect that "herd immunity" would actually exist in 1916.
"This statement.
amazing!
However, Roque was very dissatisfied with the name "Spanish Flu". Spain was provoking whomever. Just because the Spanish media reported on this "Pandemic", and just because the King of Spain was also infected with the virus, this time
The "Great Flu" is called the "Spanish Flu", which is really irresponsible.
Rock is a person with a strong sense of responsibility, so Rock immediately corrected him: "The virus first broke out from the United States, so it should be called the American Flu. Why the Spanish Flu?"
Derek Gibson blinked, obviously not expecting Rock to ask this question.
After struggling for a while, Derek Gibson scratched his head and admitted: "This is just a habit. After all, Spain is the worst affected by the epidemic, and the United States is our ally after all—"
"Come on Derek, you know what's going on. Do you dare to say that our British Empire has fewer flu patients than Spain?" Rock really doesn't like the black and white style of doing things in Europe. No matter what it is,
If I don't create some topic, I would be sorry for the matter itself.
If we look at the absolute population ratio, the British Empire completely destroyed the Kingdom of Spain. After all, the current way of counting the population is that even the colonial population is included in the statistics. This is the weird thing about southern Africa, which does not recognize Africans as southern Africans.
Therefore, the data for Southern Africa do not include Africans. Others, such as India, Australia, and Canada, include local indigenous people when counting their populations.
Australia and Canada are vast and sparsely populated, and there are not many local indigenous people who can be ignored. There are too many local Indians. Excluding the indigenous Indians, the total population of the United Kingdom is not as good as that of Russia and the United States.
In Roque's words, the reason why there appear to be not many people infected with the virus in the UK is because the UK does not test at all and the media does not report it, so no one knows how many there are. If the UK can also increase its attention like Spain,
, then the British figures are estimated to be astonishing.
This is also considered a tradition in the UK.
"Locke, a world war is scary enough. The people's psychological endurance is limited. They cannot bear more bad news." Derek Gibson either doesn't want to or dare not. This is just like before the outbreak of the world war, all soldiers wanted to fight. The world
After the war broke out, politicians all wanted to negotiate, and everyone wanted to gain more power.
"You are not the people. Don't make decisions on behalf of the people. The people at least have the right to know. Even if we can't do more, at least we can remind the people to pay more attention." Roque does not necessarily want to pour this basin of sewage on the Americans.
, although this pot is originally American.
Just like Pastor Martin Niemola wrote in "I Didn't Speak", when they went after the Jews, I didn't speak out - because I was not a Jew; later when they went after the union members, I didn't speak out -
- Because I was not a trade union member; later when they hunted down Catholics, I did not speak out - because I was a Protestant.
Finally they came to me, and by that time no one could speak for me.
So this is not to throw dirty water, but to protect ourselves and everyone.
Rock was not just talking. After discovering that the influenza outbreak had begun, the Times boldly bolded the headline on the front page the next day: A large-scale outbreak of influenza is coming from the United States, and we must pay enough attention to it.
This report was like a ground-breaking report, and public opinion was in an uproar for a while.
The status of The Times in the journalism world does not need to be emphasized. After Rock acquired The Times, The Times significantly adjusted its prices and won the title of "British Conscience" with its objective stance and sharp comments. The key is that The Times
Not only has the price of "The Times" not risen like other newspapers, but it has gradually declined. Now it has reached the point where a copy of "The Times" only costs two pennies. This has greatly enhanced the influence of "The Times", even in the United States.
The bureau of The Times.
The Times' report unsurprisingly aroused strong protests from the U.S. government. The U.S. government strongly objected to The Times's association of influenza with "the United States," even though in fact the source of the influenza was in the United States.
Because of the relationship between The Times and Rock, Pershing went out of his way to find Rock and convey the U.S. government's protest to Rock.
How amazing that the US government would actually protest!
"John, you know, newspaper reporters and editors have the right to express themselves freely. They have freedom of speech. This is what we have always emphasized." Roark had a lot of excuses without even thinking about it, and they were all very useful.
"Fucking freedom of speech, if it doesn't involve the United States, reporters and editors of The Times can express it freely, but if it involves the United States, reporters and editors of The Times must think carefully, Locke, we are friends, the United States
We are allies with the British Empire, our enemy is the Germans, and now we need to unanimously report to the outside world——" Pershing said bluntly, just listen to the so-called "freedom of speech", whoever believes in Shabi, it is the same here and there.
Don’t get me wrong, “herethere” here refers to the United Kingdom and the United States, and The Times is not exempt from this. Since Lord Northern Rock met with Rock, there has never been any mention of the Southern African Expeditionary Force in The Times.
The unfavorable news is that even though the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force evacuated Constantinople, the Times reporter did not see it.
Regarding the Garibaldi Peninsula, The Times always reports that the military and civilians are in harmony.
This can fully reflect that the British Empire is more qualified to rule that land than the Ottoman Empire. As for the truth——
It's not important, it's really not important!
"John, I have always thought that you are a practical person." Rock sighed quietly, his voice full of disappointment for Pershing, which was in line with Rock's character.
Pan Xing was silent. No matter how shameless, people still have a sense of shame. Just like some corrupt officials in the UK often use the phrase "I'm sorry for my voters" when making statements in court. The implication is that the voters
I was elected, so the voters are also responsible for my mistakes.
This seems even more shameless!
Okay, not important.
Pershing is a decent man who wants to show off his face, so after Rock finished speaking, Pershing blushed and felt ashamed.
"I came to France from southern Africa, and you came to Belgium from the United States. We all came for justice, for freedom and fairness. I think we can do more -" Roque almost blurted out:
We come from all over the world for a common goal -
Forget it, I can’t write this.
But it feels really good to stand on a moral level and be condescending. No wonder Europeans love to make trouble so much. Anyway, whether it is the Spanish flu or the American flu, it has nothing to do with Britain, so Rock behaved very British at this time.
After all, Rock is also the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force of the most powerful country in the world. In this time and space, the United States is far less important to the Allies than in another time and space, so Pershing really cannot be strong in front of Rock.
The U.S. government cannot become strong in the face of the British Empire. In this time and space, the U.S. government still owes money to the British government. The world war did not make Americans stand up, but made the U.S. economic crisis worse. Think about the Europeans' attitude towards Americans before the outbreak of the world war.
This is a common view, so Americans cannot shake off the blame.
Just after The Times returned the pandemic to the United States, the Spanish and French media finally found the culprit. The American pandemic officially replaced the Spanish pandemic and the French pandemic and became the official term for this large-scale influenza.