He lowered his eyes and looked at the paper. His voice had no fluctuations, almost like a mechanical sound. However, the death data one after another was still like the icy wind from the North, howling through the conference hall, blowing everyone everywhere.
Body is cold.
When Grete finished reading this page, apart from the suppressed and heavy breathing, not even a cough could be heard in the hall.
Gretel put down the manuscript paper and picked up a new page. He looked around and saw that most of the people in the seats opposite and in the auditorium began to avoid his gaze, so he raised the paper and continued reading:
"This is the number and proportion of various causes of death in the city hall death records in the past 20 years. We can see that the death rate from general diseases and accidents is relatively stable, except last year - when there was a war -
—There is a significant increase;
However, the mortality rate of infectious diseases fluctuates greatly. The mortality rate when an infectious disease is prevalent is much higher than when it is not prevalent——"
"Mr. Nordmark." Old Sam suddenly said on the podium: "Draw the form in your hand on the whiteboard so that everyone can see it."
He waved gently, and a large piece of white wooden board that was two people wide and half a person tall flew over from the wall, diagonally facing the rostrum, and floated in the air. Gretel understood, and simply walked out of his seat and came to the side of the wooden board. [Mage's Trick
] flashed silently, and after a while, tables and line charts were drawn on the whiteboard.
The mortality curve, especially the upward curve when infectious diseases are prevalent, is shocking.
Elder Wood's face was heavy.
In the Temple of the God of War, the Archbishop and Bishop Ampton looked at each other, their eyebrows furrowed.
Behind them, a group of nobles were whispering and pointing at the whiteboard.
The first one to speak, the magician from the medical branch, stared at the folded lines on the whiteboard, his eyes widened. It looked like he would send out a [Scorching Sight] or similar magic at any time and penetrate the whiteboard on the spot...
Grete let them digest the data on the whiteboard for a while. Then, he took a step forward and stood in front of the whiteboard:
"I don't want to deny the role of healers. It should be said that it is the existence of healers that allows patients to receive timely treatment and prevents the number of deaths from continuing to rise. But I want to say that the plague, or the outbreak of infectious diseases, is
Rapidly expanding—"
He turned around and waved. On the whiteboard, the tables and line charts disappeared instantly, and then, new lines began to leap up one by one:
"Take the Great Cholera of 1165 as an example. On June 2, 11 people died, on June 3, 35 people died, on the 4th, 168 people died, and on the 5th, 521 people died——"
In the auditorium, several high-level healers made praying gestures in unison. It was obvious that Grete's words brought them back to that tragic year, to the time when they tried their best but were unable to do anything.
In the grief of watching patients die in large numbers, Gretel's voice suddenly rose:
"However, this year, in the first two months, a cholera outbreak broke out in a village. Because of timely detection, timely treatment, and most importantly, timely cleaning of the patient's living environment and related water sources, the chain of transmission was effectively blocked. In addition to the 24 people who have already become ill,
There is no more spread of cholera outside people, in villages, and cities!"
The entire conference hall was shaken. Elder Wood's steady voice sounded:
"Yes, I testify that this is indeed the case. Cholera broke out in that village, and I took people there to treat it. Later, no more people in this village, the surrounding areas, and the city were infected."
There was another noisy discussion. The businessmen, city hall clerks, and nobles present, some of whom were not well informed, turned their heads left and right, asking each other. Gretel nodded slightly to Elder Wood, thanking him for coming forward to testify in time, and then looked around again.
:
"And this is the meaning of the existence of public health institutions. Early detection, early treatment, early isolation and early elimination.
——This is not robbing the healers of their jobs, but complementing the healers, providing them with early warning and reducing stress. It is a dam that stops the flood before the catastrophe!"
He bowed deeply and returned to his seat. There was a moment of silence, and then, on the podium, a question came from the great magician of the conjuration system:
"Do the healers agree with Master Nordmark's statement?"
"Approved." Opposite Gretel, the magician from the medical branch who initially spoke stood up and bowed slightly.
"Approved." Elder Wood nodded calmly.
"Approved." The Archbishop of the God of War Temple followed up. Gretel was relieved. Out of the four branches, he got three out of four votes. Basically, the overall situation has been decided. As for the one from the Spring Temple, who can agree with it? It's best if he doesn't.
, it should not affect the overall situation...
"Approved."
Four votes!
Complete victory!
There was a buzz in the conference hall. In front of the discussion table, the clerk lowered his head and made a note, and rang the bell again:
"Now, please let the person in charge of the emergency management department make a statement!"
Emergency Management Department. Gretel lowered his head and started to look through the information. The great magician mentioned to him last time, what is the point of view of the Emergency Management Department? Where is the corresponding information I prepared...
Opposite the long table, to the right of the magician from the medical branch, stood the second spokesperson. This one was dressed neatly, with a tight coat, tight breeches, and a wide belt tightly tied around his waist. He looked ready at any time.
Facing the battle scene, he quickly nodded around and then began to state:
"Your Excellencies, distinguished healers, ladies and gentlemen, our Emergency Management Department has full confidence in containing the plague.
In 1162, the year I first joined the Emergency Management Department, we sacrificed seventeen of our colleagues to annihilate an evil sect located in the sewer system of Nevis City, and thwarted their plot to spread the plague;
In 1168, all members of our emergency management department were mobilized to set up roadblocks at the border to stop people fleeing the plague and to keep the disaster out of Nevis;
In 1173, we sank a spy ship at sea and foiled an operation by the Lord of Radiance to release a plague;
Even this year, we successfully arrested a group of spies from the Church of the Lord of Glory, and with the careful deployment of the review committee, we curbed the spread of a series of plagues such as cholera and anthrax."
Huh?
Grete looked at him in surprise, then turned his head and looked at the rostrum. How does the emergency management department give face to it? Not to mention the source of the germ leak, not to mention that these germs actually came out of the laboratory from him?
Where his eyes fell, the black-robed necromancer twisted into a smile and nodded to Gretel. Gretel suddenly realized: So that's it, Black Crow Swamp must have put pressure in advance!
The strains of bacteria he created were all dragged back to the Plague School for research. If it was revealed at this hearing that "the plague came from the magician's laboratory", would that be a big deal?
Although the city of Nevis is a city of magicians, it does not belong to the family of magicians. The various temples, noble families, merchants, and ordinary people must not panic on the spot!
If he were a necromancer, he would also have to talk to someone from the Emergency Management Department first about what can and cannot be said at the hearing...