Chapter 73 Binding Policy
The two-month "long holiday" made Mu Haoyang relax and made him a little idle.
In Lu Wen's words, people like him are definitely the type who work until they die. Even if they only have nothing to do for a day, they will be like ants on a hot pan.
On April 22, after really not finding anything to do, Mu Haoyang decided to report back to the General Staff.[bsp; In the past two months, a lot of things have happened.
First of all, the highly-attracted "dust recovery work" has made significant progress and has had an impact on climate change. The Arctic region is covered with a thick ice sheet as usual, with the ice range not much different from scientists' predictions. Global temperatures have begun to warm up in early April, and there are no signs of a small ice age. According to the monitoring results of various sea areas around the world, especially the North Atlantic Ocean, ocean currents have not been significantly affected, and the most critical factor in maintaining the earth's natural ecosystem remains basically normal.
Of course, this is not the final conclusion.
Because the satellite system did not recover as expected, scientists still had differences over the observed data.
At that time, the biggest influence was whether there was a deviation in positioning.
You should know that before this, positioning relied on navigation satellites. Without navigation satellites, scientists were unable to confirm whether the temperature float deployed in the deep ocean had a major offset, and it was impossible to confirm whether the obtained data was accurate and how large the deviation was.
In fact, scientists at that time had a disagreement on the degree of recovery of the Arctic ice sheet.
Some scientists believe that the Arctic ice sheet has not reached the range of normal years, while others believe that the area of the ice sheet has exceeded the normal range.
More importantly, because there is no remote sensing satellite, it is impossible to make a comprehensive measurement of the thickness of the ice sheet.
In this way, scientists can only estimate the total amount of the Arctic ice sheet, which has a large error, and the amount of icing will directly affect the ocean temperature. Especially when summer comes, after the ice sheet melts normally, the total amount of low-temperature seawater released will directly determine the ocean temperature.
If the deviation is too large, it may lead to unpredictable consequences.
Fortunately, the observation of temperature is basically in line with scientists' estimates, that is, global temperatures were basically normal in the first quarter of 2037.
In the past few months, the second major incident happened in Japan.
On March 21, the Emperor died of illness. Although the Emperor's family had male descendants, the commander-in-chief of Japan, Pang Yuelong, had moved the Emperor's family to Hachiba Island.
The result is that no one inherited the throne.
According to Li Pingko's intention, Pang Yuelong will organize a national election in Japan, with the elected president as the head of Japan, and the emperor will bid farewell to Japan's historical stage from then on.
Because it was China's unilateral action, this move was immediately criticized by the international community.
It's just accusation.
When facing pressure from the international community, Li Pingko only mentioned that his main task is to deal with natural disasters, and the aircraft assembly plant located in Japan must operate normally. If the rescue operation is affected due to Japan's political problems, China will not be the main responsible party.
To put it bluntly, if the United States bites Japan's political system, China will make a fuss about the rescue action.
As a result, after a few days of noise, it seemed that there was no emperor at all. News media around the world turned their attention elsewhere. In early April, after the Global Climate Affairs Organization released the "Dust Recovery Report" for the first quarter, the "Emperor incident" disappeared.
In Mu Haoyang's opinion, there is nothing wrong with implementing a "presidential system" in Japan.
The question is, it is unknown when the president will be elected. In Japan, there may be no basis for the national election in another twenty years.
The third and most popular thing happened on April 4th.
On the same day, American scientists officially announced that the anti-hematocancer vaccine has been successfully developed and the first phase of clinical experiments has reached a cure rate of 80%.
Two days later, the U.S. federal government announced that it will launch it on a small scale on May 1.
Although at least phase three clinical trials are required to be carried out according to strict procedures and can only be put on the market after confirming that there are no side effects, time waits for no one, and only phase one clinical trials are conducted. This is why the vaccines put on the market in the early stage are only sold to patients with advanced leukemia, and must be purchased voluntarily by the patients with family members. The federal government will not be responsible for possible side effects.
For cancer patients who are terminally ill, it is a dead end, and the guinea pigs will definitely not be harmful to them.
This is definitely great news for those who are enduring the torture of cancer or are worried about living under the shadow of a possible cancer.
If blood cancer can be cured, it is possible to cure other cancers.
The problem is that these drugs are definitely not issued for free.
The drugs put into the market in the early stages of the United States are very expensive, and a course of treatment costs $1.5 million, and there are definitely not many people who can make so much money. For most cancer patients, the hope is still very slim, and only those who are rich enough get the benefits.
Of course, this also raises a new problem.
Is everyone equal in the face of death?
If rich people can avoid death, while poor people can only wait for death, then the most basic thing that maintains equality for everyone will no longer exist.
In mid-April, some U.S. congressmen suggested that cancer treatment drugs should be distributed for free, rather than sold at high prices.
At that time, a member of lawmakers also proposed that the federal government should take over pharmaceutical factories, rather than let profit-oriented businessmen use drugs used to save lives as tools for profit. If only rich people can despise death, then those who have to face death will inevitably destroy the existing social system at all costs and have unpredictable consequences for the United States. Only by ensuring that everyone has the same opportunity can social stability be maintained, and they can overcome difficulties together and enable the United States to grow and grow on the right path.
In fact, similar effects have emerged.
By April 22, thousands of demonstrations broke out across the United States, and tens of millions of Americans took to the streets to demand that the federal government take over pharmaceutical factories and decide who will be treated first by drawing lots, rather than selling them at high prices, so that the rich will be saved from death in the first place.
Some radicals even proposed that if they cannot escape death, why should they try their best to save human civilization?
Faced with domestic turmoil, the US federal government had to issue an emergency bill, which on the one hand dispatched military and police to maintain order, and on the other hand began to discuss whether to take over pharmaceutical factories.
In Mu Haoyang's view, the US federal government has no choice.
Although the rich are controlling the US regime, the biggest threat to them is not cancer, but global climate change. If you want to survive, you have to use everyone and give others some hope. If the rescue work is affected, the rich will not be spared even if the cancer is cured.
In other words, the US federal government will definitely take over pharmaceutical factories, and will definitely decide who will receive treatment first by drawing lots.
However, it is difficult to explain clearly what will happen next.
You should know that among cancer patients, skin cancer is the main one, and blood cancer accounts for only about 15%. If the United States develops a vaccine to treat skin cancer, the news may not be announced immediately, but will first allow the rich to receive treatment, and the poor can only endure the torture.
Of course, it is not the United States that is developing cancer drugs.
In this global game led by major powers, cancer treatment drugs are strategic cards, just like food. After ensuring their own needs, they can be exchanged for international support. Although the United States has taken the lead, no one can tell what will happen next.
Not to mention anything else, the cure rate of leukemia vaccine developed in the United States is only 80%.
According to the information provided by the military, the cure rate of genetic anti-cancer drugs developed by China will not be less than 95%, and may reach 99%.
Never underestimate this gap. For those who are about to die, one percent is hope.
Of course, there is also a problem of development efficiency.
The United States mainly develops vaccines, so it has to conduct separate research on various cancers. China uses genes to solve several cancers with one drug. In other words, although China's current development progress is slightly slower, the efficiency will be greatly improved after the main problems are solved.
Of course, the progress made by the United States is also spurring Chinese scientists.
The fourth thing that happened in the past few months was related to nuclear weapons.
Because spring has arrived and the freezing speed of the Arctic ice sheet has slowed down, the last batch of nuclear warheads detonated in the Arctic in early April.
According to the agreement reached by the four parties, a comprehensive verification will begin on April 10.
In the next six months, the Quadrilateral Inspection Team will inspect nuclear facilities in all countries to determine which nuclear facilities have military uses, which nuclear facilities can be retained, and the list of nuclear technology experts from various countries, laying the foundation for the "comprehensive nuclear ban" operation to begin at the end of the year.
At that time, not only will all nuclear facilities with military purposes be blown up, but nuclear technical experts from all countries will work under the unified supervision of the joint agencies of the Quadrilateral. Most importantly, all nuclear countries, or countries with the ability to develop nuclear weapons, must hand over information related to nuclear weapons, and be destroyed by the Quadrilateral Supervisory Agency, and only some key documents will be retained and managed by the Quadrilateral Agency.
By the end of the first quarter of 2037, nuclear countries will lose their nuclear military capabilities.
As a compulsory measure, the four sides also reached a secret agreement, that is, after a complete nuclear ban, China, the United States, Europe and Russia can launch wars against any country that attempts to possess nuclear weapons or hide nuclear weapons alone. With the support of the other party, they can join forces with other countries to launch wars against any party that attempts to possess or hide nuclear weapons among the four sides, and are not subject to international law.
This secret agreement is equivalent to binding all sides and even the entire human race together.
Chapter completed!