This is the fourth watch, not the fourth watch at the end.

That's right, I'm crazy

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At around eight o'clock, Dr. Asasa sat in front of the TV with Chiwa and other children, watching the police officer holding a speech on the TV screen.

"It is likely that the call from a terrorist group that occurred yesterday on a television station in our city was indeed from the organization that attacked the Tokyo National Microbiology Research Center on the night of July 7," the spokesman said. "After they left the container bottle last night, the police immediately compared it with the container found at the National Microbiology Research Center in Tokyo, and proved that it belonged to the same container, thus confirming their identity."

"According to the reaction of the public, the red Siamese cat made its first announcement two days ago, why did the police not respond at that time?" A reporter asked.

"Because at that time, the organization only claimed to be the perpetrator of the crime, and there was no actual evidence." The policeman said unhurriedly. "It wasn't until last night that we confirmed through the containers and bottles we obtained that they were the ones who attacked the Tokyo National Center for Microbiology."

"So do the police have any way to deal with the current situation?" Another reporter asked. "Is it possible that a leaked virus will cause harm to the people?"

"According to the latest information we have so far, it is not the virus that leaked, but the bacteria stored in the virus area, and the details will be explained later by Professor Chiaki Ota, who is next to me in cooperation with the National Center for Microbiology in Tokyo."

"Why is it stored in the virus zone?" Mitsuhiko asked. "Isn't that bacteria?"

"Maybe they're not differentiated by bacteria and viruses," Gray Plains said lightly. "For example, bacteria and viruses with a BSL-4 biosafety level are housed together – BSL-4 pathogens must be in a Level 3 biosafety cabinet, and the isolation of the storage site and the level of expertise of the researchers are very high, which is not the same as BSL-3 and safer pathogens."

"Xiao Ai knows a lot......" Dr. Asa nodded in surprise. Indeed, the pathogen of BSL-4 must be housed in a separate room completely separate from the rest of the space, and the isolation indicators are quite strict. The tertiary biosafety cabinet itself is a very high-end negative pressure glove box - even if there is a leak in the safety cabinet, the negative pressure will suck in the outside air and leak the gas inside to ensure that pathogens do not leak. ”

"What about the researcher that Ashbara said just now?" Mitsuhiko asked. "Doctor, you know so much, have you been a researcher before?"

"I had this intention," Dr. Asasa nodded. "To be honest, a friend of mine used to be a BSL-4 researcher that RIKEN was going to train, and then he used to live at my house during the exam preparation period, so I know a little bit about it as well."

“RIKEN？” Mitsuhiko was stunned. "What's that?"

"Rikagaku Kenkyusho," Ashbara replied. "Do you understand?"

"RIKEN?" Mitsuhiko reacted immediately. "Is it the RIKEN?"

"That's right," Dr. Asa nodded. "More than 10 years ago, RIKEN planned to build a BSL-4 level laboratory in Ibaraki Tsukuba, but after it was completed ten years ago (1984), it was forced to work as a BSL-3 level research institute due to the opposition of local residents, and the BSL-4 level protection measures it had prepared were wasted."

(Author: It's true...... There are two qualified laboratories for BSL-4 in Japan, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo, which was established in 1981, and the Institute of Physical Chemistry, which was established in 1984 in Ibaraki, but both of them were opposed to working at the BSL-3 level. Fortunately, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases finally managed to enter BSL-4 status in 2015. ）

At this time, Chiaki Ota's speech had ended, and what she said had been compiled and posted by the TV station, and this document mentioned the following information.

1. The stolen bacteria were extracted from a village with an outbreak and are presumed to belong to a new type of bacteria or a complex variant of a type of bacteria that has not been discovered before.

2. Based on previous results, the bacterium was classified as BSL-4, the highest grade, on the same level as high-risk pathogens such as Ebolavirus, Bacillus anthracis and Vibrio cholerae

3. Although the species of bacteria and several antibiotics that can be used to deal with this bacteria have been identified, the bacteria are able to produce enzymes that break down these antibiotics, making them completely resistant to these antibiotics. While some of these bacteria can currently be killed by a cocktail of multi-potent antibiotic combinations, the overall cure rate is still low.

4. According to the results that have been confirmed so far, this bacterium is mainly transmitted by droplets, requires very suitable conditions to reproduce, and does not survive very long in the natural environment, even in the best conditions that the natural environment can provide, it is only about 1 hour. Even if the bacteria leaked after the attack on the Tokyo National Microbiology Research Center, the remaining bacteria would have died completely in the natural environment.

5. This bacterial infection develops about an hour after the onset of the disease, the specific symptoms are itching of the body, followed by a red rash, followed by vomiting, and finally gradual organ failure and death within five to seven days.

6. Thankfully, the bacterium is not contagious until 4 hours after the onset of illness – considering that red rashes often appear within 3 hours of infection, it is perfectly possible to prevent patients from spreading to others and control the spread of the disease if they respond quickly.

7. Although the transmission itself is easy to control effectively, the fatality rate after infection is quite high, with more than 70% of patients in the village where the outbreak has died, and less than 20% of patients have successfully recovered, with a fatality rate of about 80%.

8. The medical masks on the market now have considerable filtration capacity for this bacteria, and as long as you wear a mask, you can basically ensure the protection against this bacteria.

"If it looks like this, it should be fine......" Gray Yuan mourned the comments. The main reason is that the transmission process of this virus is too mild to have the possibility of large-scale human-to-human transmission. ”

"But if the bacteria are released on a large scale, it may be terrifying......" The corners of Qianyu's mouth twitched. Especially considering how difficult it is to heal......"

"It's still that enzyme," Dr. Asa said helplessly. "This mutation is so troublesome that it directly disposes of all the antibiotics for the symptom - and the effect of other antibiotics is very weak, which means that for a long time, if no new antibiotics are developed, I suspect that the existing antibiotics will not be able to fight this bacterium, even after a very complex combination."

"It's not that that's the most troublesome, it's another problem." Gray Plains suddenly suggested a possibility. "If— I mean if, after a live infection, if they're not quarantined, maybe it's going to be a source of live bacteria......"