下面是一位意大利人在封國後,寫給世界的一封信,他希望這封信能夠給所有人,特別是美國,帶來警示作用。
『 一封來自意大利的公開信 』
I am writing to you from Bergamo, Italy, at the heart of the coronavirus crisis.
我正在意大利這次新冠疫情的中心貝加莫市寫這篇文章,希望大家都能看到。
The news media in the US has not captured the severity of what is happening here. I am writing this post because each of you, today, not the government, not the school district, not the mayor, each individual citizen has the chance, today to take actions that will deter the Italian situation from becoming your own country’s reality.
美國新聞媒體的報道並沒有充分呈現意大利疫情的嚴重狀況。我寫此文的原因是,今天,你們每一個人——不是政府,不是學區,不是市長,而是每一個公民——都還有機會馬上采取行動,不要讓你們的國家重蹈意大利的覆轍。
There are 2 reasons why Coronavirus has brought Italy to it’s knees. First it is a flu is devastating when people get really sick they needweeks of ICU – and, second, because of how fast and effectively it spreads. There is 2 week incubation period and many who have it never show symptoms.
新冠病毒令意大利幾無招架之力,原因有二。第一,這種病毒極具破壞性——重症患者要接受好幾周的重症監護;第二,這種病毒傳播速度快,傳播效率高。病毒潛伏期爲兩周,而病毒攜帶者中有很多始終沒有出現症狀。
When Prime Minister Conte announced last night that the entire country, 60 million people, would go on lock down, the line that struck me most was “there is no more time.” Because to be clear, this national lockdown, is a hail mary. What he means is that if the numbers of contagion do not start to go down, the system, Italy, will collapse.
昨晚意大利總理孔特宣布將封閉意大利全國——這意味著6000萬意大利人將限制出行——他的講話中,我印象最深的一句就是“我們沒有時間了”。很顯然,封國是孤注一擲之舉。他的意思是,如果傳染人數不能盡快開始減少,整個意大利就完了。
You have a chance to make a difference and stop the spread in your country. Push for the entire office to work at home today, cancel birthday parties, and other gatherings, stay home as much as you can.
你們還有機會做些什麽,爲阻止病毒在你們國家傳播貢獻一份力量。請讓各個機構的員工現在都在家工作,請取消生日聚會等各種聚會,請盡可能待在家裏。
If you have a fever, any fever, stay home. Push for school closures, now. Anything you can do to stop the spread, because it is spreading in your communities – there is a two week incubation period – and if you do these things now you can buy your medical system time.
如果發燒了,出現任何發燒症狀,請一定待在家裏。請現在就關閉學校。請竭盡全力阻止病毒傳播,因爲它會不知不覺在你們社區傳播開——它可有兩周的潛伏期——如果現在就開始這麽做,能夠爲你們的醫療系統爭取更多的准備時間。
And for those who say it is not possible to close the schools, and do all these other things, locking down Italy was beyond anyone’s imagination a week ago.有人會說,關閉學校不可能,剛剛說的那些事都不可能做到——我想對他們說,一周以前,有誰會想到整個意大利都要封閉。
Soon you will not have a choice, so do what you can now.
很快你們就沒有選擇的余地了,所以,現在就盡全力行動吧。
Please share。
請轉告所有人。
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