Chapter 3269

Another middle-aged person said, "Yesterday we started quarantine and couldn't go to work. Who knew that our factory even specifically called to tell us to rest assured and quarantine, and our wages during the quarantine period would be paid as usual. I am really grateful to the government!"

Listening to these residents' words, Su Su Xinghui nodded repeatedly. The residents' good mental outlook made Su Su Xinghui feel very surprised and gratified. He originally thought that the quarantined residents would be somewhat depressed or even panic, but he didn't expect them to be so optimistic and grateful.

However, this was also because the Baozhou Municipal Government's organization this time was very appropriate, the measures were very effective, and the publicity work was also done very well. Therefore, it was very normal to produce such an effect.

Su Su Xinghui couldn't help but think of his experience with SARS in his previous life. In the early stages, many people were also very panicked, feeling that this epidemic was very serious. But later, as the government disclosed information and local governments vigorously publicized knowledge on how to prevent and treat SARS, the panic of the common people slowly disappeared, and they became very optimistic.

Su Su Xinghui had also seen the scene of quarantine in his previous life. In his previous life, his father, Su Wenjun, was in the hospital, and a doctor in the hospital was suspected of having SARS, so the whole building was quarantined. But at that time, everyone in their building was still very optimistic. Until the quarantine was lifted, no one complained about anything, and they all understood the local government.

Su Su Xinghui asked about some other situations, and then he said to the resident representatives of Building 9, "Thank you for everyone's understanding. I'm going to Building 17. I hope everyone can continue to maintain an optimistic spirit, live well during the quarantine period, and I will come to visit everyone when I have time these days. When the quarantine period ends, I will come to celebrate for everyone!"

The resident representatives all said, "Thank you, Mayor Su!"

"Mayor Su, when the quarantine ends, come to our place as a guest!"

"Yes, when the quarantine ends, all of us in the building will invite Mayor Su to dinner!"

The two sides waved to each other across the warning line. Su Su Xinghui went to Building 17 to express his condolences to the residents there. The overall mental outlook of the residents of Building 17 was also quite good.

Starting from March, SARS or suspected SARS cases were reported all over the country. The large-scale outbreak of the SARS epidemic attracted the attention of the Party Central Committee, especially in the capital, where because of the frequent movement of people, the number of SARS and suspected SARS cases discovered in the capital was the highest in the country.

The number of SARS and suspected SARS cases in the capital reached a level of nearly a hundred cases a day at its peak. This was a very terrifying number. Su Su Xinghui called home every day to ask about the situation at home, and he could only feel at ease when he heard his family say they were all fine.

However, during this period, Lu Lu Xiaoya could not go home on time every day because the epidemic was too urgent, and their propaganda department often had to work overtime, such as reporting on the advanced deeds and advanced figures that emerged in the process of fighting SARS.

In the process of fighting the SARS epidemic, those medical staff basically could not go to work or get off work on time. Therefore, their propaganda department also could not go to work or get off work on time. Often, Su Su Xinghui called Lu Lu Xiaoya, but she didn't have time to answer and had to wait a long time to call him back.

Every time he heard Lu Lu Xiaoya's somewhat exhausted voice, Su Su Xinghui would heart-wrenchingly tell her to take care of her health. Lu Lu Xiaoya said she was fine and not too tired.

However, Lu Lu Xiaoya would still confide in Su Su Xinghui about the questions she encountered in her work, such as when they wrote reports about fighting SARS, they could only report the good news and not the bad, and many real situations could not be reported. For example, how many SARS and suspected SARS cases were discovered that day could not be written according to the real numbers, and at least the number had to be reduced by ten times before it could be reported.

According to Lu Lu Xiaoya, this was the instruction of the high-level leaders above. If they reported too many SARS cases, it would bring panic to the people of the whole country, because the capital is the capital, and if such a serious epidemic broke out, it would affect the image of the capital. The people of the whole country would feel that if even the capital was not safe, where else in the country would be safe? Therefore, they instructed not to report according to the actual number of people.