Chapter 484 Do You Want to Die Stupidly at the Vaccine Hearing?
Chapter 484 Vaccine Hearing...Do you want to die stupidly?
If [Viper] Arezzo knew that his target was sent directly to the Tower of Babel because of this unsuccessful trial, he would probably burst into tears:
What are you doing!
What are you doing!
Why are you being so cautious? With just the slightest hint of trouble, people are shoved back under the nose of the legendary mage. How little confidence do you have in the fighting power of this Nordmark mage?
If he was really afraid of something happening, he could just stuff it back into his mage tower. Why carry it directly to the top of the mountain?
But he didn't know. So, Mr. Viper wandered from bar to bar and market to market, pricking up his ears to eavesdrop on various whispers, and at the same time he was full of doubts:
Who is so considerate that he got a group of people to cause trouble?
Definitely not their own family! He is just an operator and has no authority to give such orders to local spies. Moreover, it is impossible for secret agents who are waiting in waiting to organize people to cause such a thing——
The success rate is close to zero!
The benefits don't seem to be much. They send a wave of poor people to the jail of the city hall, and they still have to find ways to make money from them. What are you picturing? What's the fuss about?
"The effect of organizing poor people's protests is very good." It was still the high-end villa in the Garden District. At the long table of the club, someone lit a pipe beautifully:
"It fully expresses the resentment and protest of the people, especially the poor and small business owners. Humph, one gold coin per person, which is eight to nine million gold coins. All this money will be added to the poor after going round and round!"
"That's right! If a laundry charges 100 gold coins, it will definitely not be able to continue to operate. If it cannot continue to operate, it will close down. As long as it closes down, 100 washerwomen will lose their jobs..."
"The previous tabloids, cartoons, performances in pubs, and the protests I asked all gentlemen to convey have finally been completely ignited by yesterday's incident. The latest news is that Parliament has decided to hold a hearing in five days to discuss the vaccination bill!"
"That's right! Those magicians will come up with something new today and something new tomorrow. If they don't have enough money, they will reach out to us. If you want to increase taxes, you must pass the hearing, otherwise we will not live! "
The wealthy businessmen and nobles who did not want to pay all nodded. Come on, who wants to actually smash and grab?
In this world, the arms of civilians cannot twist the thighs of professionals, and a random magician can smooth things over. To make a fuss is to show the attitude of the magicians and give those who promote the hearing an excuse:
"Look, even the civilians can't stand it anymore. You said before that it was for their benefit..."
For this reason, when they encouraged people to make trouble, they didn't even bring rocks or sticks with them. It is said that what was smashed at the scene was mud dug from the ground and dog poop picked up...
"Okay, gentlemen." The speaker announcing the hearing clapped his hands:
"Now that the parliament has decided, we also have to show some sincerity. In recent days, the tabloids and the bards in the pub have all restrained themselves a little. Those who should be reasonable should be reasonable, but those who are sarcastic, sarcastic, and spread rumors will not do so for the time being. Don’t mention it.”
"Let's study again who will speak at the hearing and how to state it..."
Several heads wearing wool curlers came together and secretly rubbed and blended. On the long table, tabloids, manuscripts, and pamphlets were piled up one after another.
Grete, who was immersed in research, was also pulled out of the laboratory with a blank look on his face. Before I could sit down, a bunch of pamphlets were piled up in front of me:
"what?"
"You will also attend the hearing in five days! This is a bill that is scheduled to be implemented. These are the remarks that have appeared in the market recently. Take a look and you can argue with them when the time comes!"
"...No, why do you want me to go with you? I am just the inventor of the vaccine, not the maker of the system!"
The protest was ineffective. Obviously, more than one archmage felt that "since Gretel is the inventor, he must know more than others, and it is right to take him there." The door of the laboratory was closed behind him, and Gretel could only mumble and bury his head. Into the paper pile.
Five days later, a hearing on whether to promote universal vaccination was held in the great chamber of City Hall—the same chamber where Gretel debated in public when the public health organization was proposed.
Archmage Grom attended the review meeting on behalf of the three major churches, local nobles, and wealthy businessmen. Either attending or observing, the conference hall was almost packed to the brim. At the end of the large conference hall, a group of civilians were even let in. It seemed that this was to ensure that the views of all parties were taken into account.
Gretel sat next to the Archmage, looking around, feeling very relieved:
Yes, yes, this time at the hearing, he was finally not the one taking the lead. There is Archmage Grom, and there are magicians from the medical department. There was actually an intermediate mage from the prophecy department, sitting safely on the other side of Archmage Grom, as if he was going to testify.
Uh... will the testimony obtained through the prophecy spell be effective in this kind of hearing?
Grete wasn't so sure. However, several priests from the Order of the God of Nature, the Temple of the God of War, and the Temple of the Goddess of Spring, who had helped during the smallpox vaccination, were also following behind them. Well, what these people said should be relatively objective and fair...
The first item on the agenda of the meeting was to distribute and read out the draft of the "Vaccination Law." Gretel had already seen it, and most of his attention at the moment was on observing the opponent's attitude:
"Vaccination is supervised by the public health department..." There is no objection to this, and everyone seems to think it is normal;
"The government will list special expenditures and purchase vaccines. The shortfall in the current budget will be made up by special taxes..." When this article was brought up, the faces of the wealthy businessmen and nobles became a little ugly, as if they did not want to be taxed;
"Require the authorities to sign an agreement with regular healers to promote free vaccination, and the vaccination fees will be uniformly paid by the authorities..." The priests of the God of Nature are very happy, the Temple of the God of War is just average, and the Temple of the Spring Goddess, some are happy and some are not happy?
"All children must be vaccinated within three years of age, otherwise parents will be punished; vaccination registrars are responsible for informing parents and recording vaccination information..." Hey! I haven’t done any clinical trials on children under three years old! Why are you starting now!
After reading the draft, it immediately enters the debate stage. A man wearing tortoiseshell glasses stood up opposite Gretel, waving a copy of "The Anti-Vaccinator" and making an impassioned speech:
"Disease outbreaks mainly originate from harsh environments! Only by ensuring environmental sanitation and clean air can diseases be eradicated. So-called vaccinations are of no use!"
What? Gretel pressed the table in front of him and wanted to refute. The man pushed up his glasses and hit the table with the pamphlet in his hand, making a loud banging sound:
"Injecting pathogens into the human body contaminates the human blood, damages the entire body, increases people's risk of contracting fatal diseases such as syphilis, and threatens the life safety of the recipient!"
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The content of the hearing is more suitable for enlargement...so I will try to use 4,000 words in the afternoon.