More feared than natural disasters are man-made disasters.

Elouise 2022-03-31 08:01:02

In April 2014, a group of people smuggled into South Korea from Hong Kong.

Stowaways are nothing new, but the problem is that one of the stowaways has the flu.

They didn't take it to heart, and still shipped containers full of stowaways to South Korea.

The people who docked on the Korean side opened the container and saw that all the stowaways were dead.

The walls are bloodshot, and we can imagine what happened before.

The container was welded to death, and the stowaways could not get out, so they could only frantically scrape the wall, leaving bloodshots on the wall.

At this time, the two discovered that there was another survivor, Mengser.

These stowaways are all going to work in South Korea, and these two people are responsible for sending them to the factory and receiving a commission on a per capita basis.

The two drove Mengser to the factory, and when they were not careful, Mengser got out of the car and ran away.

Meanwhile, one of them, Zhu Bingyu, found out that he had the flu.

The other person is his elder brother, who has no name. Let's call him elder brother Zhu for the time being. Brother Zhu had to let Mengse go temporarily and took his brother to the pharmacy to buy medicine.

In the process of seeing a doctor, Zhu Bingyu infected the flu to doctors, little boys, students and others.

The doctor took the bus home and infects other passengers, the little boy went to kindergarten and infects other children, and the student infects other classmates...

One by ten, ten by one hundred, the virus quickly spread to the entire city.

The doctor thought that Zhu Bingyu was just a common cold, and gave him some cold medicine casually. As a result, Zhu Bingyu's condition became more serious and he vomited blood directly.

Brother Zhu rushed him to the hospital. The doctor saw the video of the container from Zhu Bingyu's mobile phone and asked Brother Zhu what happened to the container.

Seeing that his younger brother was about to die, Brother Zhu still didn't tell the truth and pretended to know nothing.

The doctor isolated Zhu Bingyu, and brother Zhu insisted on seeing him, not only making trouble in the hospital, but also beating the doctor who stopped him.

The doctor didn't want him to enter the isolation room, and he rushed in regardless of the obstacles.

Zhu Bingyu was not the only one who died. All the infected people first coughed, then vomited blood, and then died.

Mr. Cui came to understand the situation, but in fact he didn't pay attention to it, he just went through the process.

Dr. Yang said that if a virus like this keeps expanding, it will have a bigger impact like previous events, and the basin should be quarantined immediately.

Congressman Choi laughed when he heard the "quarantine", and quickly said how advanced and prosperous Bundang is, how far it is only 15 kilometers away from Seoul, and how many international events there are every year...

Dr. Yang is not a person who is wise to protect himself. He did not submit to the authority of Mr. Cui. He still insisted: If this is really a mutant virus, the loss will exceed our imagination.

Congressman Cui smiled disdainfully again and said: Is the new virus so scary?

Congressman Cui obviously didn't take it to heart, and was about to leave for the next meeting.

Seeing that Dr. Yang was still unrelenting, Congressman Cui began to use his power to press him: You are a doctor, it seems that you can't tell what you are doing, don't make trouble here.

As soon as the voice fell, there was a loud noise outside the window.

It turned out that many drivers were infected with the flu, and their condition worsened while driving, which led to a series of car accidents.

Dr. Yang told Mr. Cui that the current situation was very serious, Mr. Cui disagreed, and he had to wait until the matter became serious before attracting attention.

Ironically, so did other officials.

No matter how serious Mr. Choi made the matter, they were indifferent, thinking that he was exaggerating.

Congressman Choi told the Prime Minister: The current situation should be made public.

However, the Prime Minister expressed opposition and felt that the news should be blocked. Other officials also expressed their support, thinking that Mr. Cui was making a fuss.

The Prime Minister didn't listen to his advice, just as he didn't listen to Dr. Yang's.

When others say things are serious, they don't take it to heart. When they realize that things are serious, things are already very serious.

When Dr. Yang said that Bundang should be isolated, it was the best time to isolate, but everyone didn't listen to him.

Later, when the epidemic worsened, they still did not learn their lessons and still did not listen to Dr. Yang.

The South Korean government sent everyone in Bundang to the quarantine area for isolation, and those who were still uninfected after 48 hours were allowed to leave.

Dr Yang said that people who are infected should not be grouped with those who may be infected, which can lead to a sharp increase in the rate of infection in quarantine.

But the officials didn't take it to heart. They turned their attention to other things.

An official said: Look at the precedents of isolation in cities abroad. Young people use mobile phones to shoot videos and post them online, and netizens will post vicious comments.

So Congressman Cui said: Wouldn't it be enough to block the Internet in Bundang?

Other officials also agreed.

If the Bundang Internet is disconnected, no one will post malicious comments, no man-made rumors will be spread, and people will no longer panic, and there will be no problems.

Dr. Yang returned to the previous topic: mass containment is wrong, and I absolutely cannot agree.

Congressman Choi said lightly: We are not here to get your consent.

The isolation area is extremely simple, and everyone took off their clothes and pants to check to see if there were red spots on their bodies.

There is one passage for men and one passage for women, and the middle is simply separated by guardrails.

Those who are not sick go to the non-infected area, and those who are sick go to the infected area for treatment.

The isolation area is a transparent tent, and the family is crowded in one tent. No water, no toilets, nothing.

If anyone dared to question, he was greeted by a pistol on his forehead.

As soon as the pistol was taken out, no one dared to ask questions, and all the problems were solved.

Of course, it is not absolutely impossible to leave, as long as you pay 20 million won to the staff, you can sneak out.

Remember the survivor Mengser in the container, everyone in the container died, but he was still alive.

Doctors found him in the infected area. At this point, he had been infected for more than two weeks and his symptoms were stable, and antiviral treatments could be made immediately.

This time, however, something went wrong.

It was said that the uninfected will be released in 48 hours, but now it has been 48 hours, and they are still locked inside.

The President of South Korea ordered them to be released, but the Americans said: The virus is spreading rapidly in the quarantine area, and no one can release them.

The Prime Minister also said: "Although it is very sad for the citizens of Bundang, the safety of the Republic of Korea is more important now.

The president retorted: Are the citizens of Bundang not citizens of the Republic of Korea?

The Americans said: This is not just a problem in South Korea. Once the virus comes out of the basin, the whole world will be over.

The uninfected were quarantined for 48 hours, quarantined for another 12 hours, still locked inside, and began to protest.

What happened next intensified the protests.

The actor Tomohisa came to the infected area and saw corpses everywhere.

Some people were put into body bags before they died, and were transported to other places by staff on trolleys.

Tomohisa said: Someone is still alive.

The staff member said flatly: This person will die soon.

Tomohisa followed the staff outside and saw the large crane transporting piles of corpses into the deep pit like garbage.

From time to time, one or two would fall, even if it didn't die at the time, it would fall to death.

How to deal with these corpses, burn them directly with fire.

But there are still many people who were brought in before they died, like the one Tomohisa saw.

These staff are too lazy to care whether you are dead or alive, regardless of whether they are all transported to the deep pit, and then set on fire.

It was among the piles of corpses that Tomohisa found the little girl Miri who was still alive.

People thought that the infected people were all sent to treatment, but the paper could not cover the fire, and finally someone told the truth: there is no cure at all, and the smoke you see is people burning the infected people to death.

After the others heard it, they hurried over to take a look, and it was indeed the case.

Most of the people lying in the deep pit were dead, but some were transported in before they died.

The South Korean government did not keep its promise not to release the uninfected after 48 hours of quarantine, and lied to everyone that it was treating the infected, but in fact there was no cure. Instead, it burned all the infected, including those who were still alive.

These phenomena caused protests to escalate into riots, with people rushing out of the quarantine zone.

It was at this time that Brother Zhu took advantage of the chaos to kill Meng Se.

He thinks that it was Monser who killed his brother by infecting him with the flu, so he wants to avenge his brother by killing him.

As everyone knows, Monser has antibodies to the flu virus in his body, which can be used to make therapeutics. When he killed Mengse, he indirectly killed thousands of people.

In fact, all this is a chain reaction. It is precisely because the South Korean government does not release uninfected people after 48 hours of isolation, and has deceived the people many times.

There is also unreasonableness, people are not allowed to have doubts, and if there are doubts, they will be suppressed by force...

This series of actions triggered riots, which gave people like Brother Zhu an opportunity.

It is true that Brother Zhu is too ignorant, but if the Korean government can achieve harmony, justice, rule of law, and civilization, there will be no riots, and the murder of Meng Se will be reduced or even avoided.

Sure enough, Mengser's killing was just a small episode. When people no longer believed in the South Korean government, the consequences were unimaginable.

People refused to be quarantined, they marched and took to the streets to protest.

They even had to force their way to Seoul.

Because they want Seoul to also produce infected people, the South Korean government will try to save them.

This kind of thinking is indeed selfish, but is it not forced by the Korean government?

As a result, the South Korean Prime Minister firmly refused to let them come to Seoul and ordered the masses to be shot...

The conflict between the citizens of Bundang and the South Korean government has reached a white-hot stage, to the point of getting out of hand.

While The Flu is a fictional story, we can also learn a lot from it.

As early as 4,000 years ago, the story of Gun and Yu's flood control tells us that "blocking" is doomed to fail, and "sparse" is the correct solution.

When the epidemic broke out, the first thing the South Korean government thought of was to cut off the Internet, block news, and not tell everyone the truth.

Later, they lied to everyone that they would treat the infected, but in fact they directly burned the infected.

The virus is just a "natural disaster", while the South Korean government's approach is a "man-made disaster."

The result of natural disasters and man-made disasters was a riot. The citizens of Bundang were forced to go to Seoul, so that the Prime Minister of South Korea ordered the people to be shot and killed.

It's not just the virus that makes things worse, it's the inhumane behavior of the South Korean government.

And the latter is more terrifying than the former. When you find out that the Korean government has harmed you, it will make you more angry than the virus.

If the South Korean government can make everything open and transparent from the beginning, do not hide, do not deceive, do not force people not to have doubts, and do not use force to suppress... There will be no serious and irreconcilable consequences in the end.

You think people won't panic if you don't tell the truth, but once they know the truth and know that you're lying to them, the consequences will be much worse than if you told them the truth in the first place.

And the role of Brother Zhu is also too impressive.

The first is that his younger brother is going to die, and he has to hide the container thing and not tell the truth.

His brother was quarantined, the doctor forbade him to see his brother, and he made trouble in the hospital, beating the doctor.

In the end, he even killed Meng Se, indirectly killing thousands of people.

This kind of person does not only exist in movies, there are many in reality.

It doesn't matter if you can't help, at least don't make a mess. But they not only want to cause trouble, but also hurt the doctor, and even put the doctor's life in danger.

They will do things like killing Mengser, and they will do damage at critical moments, making it more difficult for doctors to save people, or harming people all over the world.

This is not an exaggeration, because Monser has antibodies to the virus, which doctors could have extracted from his serum and mass-produced.

As soon as Meng Se died, the entire Pentang population would be over. When all Bundang people are finished, all Koreans are finished, and the whole world is finished.

Fortunately, before Mengse died, Dr. Jin Renhai injected Mengse's serum into the United States and Japan, so the United States and Japan had antibodies in their bodies, which could be used to cure patients and control the epidemic.

So when the Americans ordered bombers to blow up Bundang, the President of South Korea dared to order the bombers to be shot down with missiles.

Because the United States and Japan have antibodies in their bodies, he knows that the citizens of Bundang will be saved, and there is no need to bomb Bundang.

The director was not so ruthless and arranged a happy ending.

If the director is a little more ruthless, if the United States and Japan also die, or the United States and Japan are not cured after being injected with Mengser's serum, or there is no Mengser at all, and no one can survive the flu... Then the South Korean president will How to do it?

Without the United States and Japan, 80 percent of the South Korean president would have watched as American bombers razed Bundang to the ground.

Then he will find that those infected can slip out as long as they pay 20 million won to pay the staff.

As early as a day or two ago, infected people in Bundang quietly went to Seoul and other cities.

And when the stowaways infected with the flu were still in Hong Kong, they had already infected others.

Blowing up the basin still failed to stop the spread of the virus.

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Flu quotes

  • Byung-ki: It will get colder, if you don't want to die, stay close. I know you need the money, you're all doing this for your family. Hey! You're sick?

    Sick Man 1: No, no, not me, not me!

    Sick Man 2: I'm okay!

    Byung-ki: Have a nice trip.