美國1000萬+了,拜登:懇求你們戴上口罩吧,這不是「政治聲明」!

拜登：懇求你們戴上口罩吧，這不是「政治聲明」！

當地時間11月9日，拜登在德拉瓦州發表演講，呼籲民眾戴上口罩，並稱這是對抗新冠疫情的「最有力武器」而不是一個政治聲明。

我們知道預防新冠病毒傳播最有效的方式就是戴口罩。在疫苗被生產之前，戴口罩仍是對抗新冠疫情「最有力的武器」。

Biden stressed, "We know the single most effective thing we can do to stop the spread of COVID is wear a mask." … until a vaccine is in production, "A mask remains the most potent weapon against the virus."

他還表示，「我要到1月20日才能任職總統。但我今天要向所有人傳達的是：無論你把票投給了誰，不論你選舉之前立場如何，你的黨派、觀點這些都不重要。如果未來幾個月大家戴口罩，我們就可以挽救成千上萬人的生命。不是民主黨或共和黨人的命，而是美國人的命。」

"I won't be president until Jan. 20 but message today to everyone is this - it doesn't matter who you voted for, where you stood before Election Day. It doesn't matter your party, your point of view.

"We can save tens of thousands of lives if everyone would just wear a mask for the next few months. Not Democrat or Republican lives, American lives," Biden highlighted.

最後，拜登呼籲美國民眾，「我懇求你們戴上口罩。為了你自己，也為了你的鄰居。戴口罩不是一個政治聲明，它能讓國家團結起來。」

"I implore you, wear a mask. Do it for yourself. Do it for your neighbor. A mask is not a political statement, but it is a good way to start pulling country together," the president-elect added.

超1000萬！

美國平均每33人就有1人確診新冠

根據美國約翰斯·霍普金斯大學數據，截至美東時間9日晚6時，美國累計新冠肺炎確診病例超過1000萬例，死亡超23萬例。

據《華盛頓郵報》報導，當地時間周一，美國新冠肺炎累計確診病例超過1000萬，從900萬到1000萬僅用了10天時間。連續5日，美國平均單日新增確診超過10萬例，公共衛生專家警告說，美國正進入新冠疫情暴發以來「最嚴重的階段」。

The United States surpassed 10 million coronavirus cases Monday, just 10 days after hitting 9 million. For the fifth consecutive day, the country has reported more than 100,000 infections, and public health experts warn that the country is entering the pandemic’s worst phase. 

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美國新冠確診超1000萬例，這也意味著在美國，平均每33個人裡就有1人確診。全球確診病例中，有20%來自美國，而美國人口只佔世界人口的約4%。據《紐約時報》報導，目前該病毒在美國一半以上的地區以令人擔憂的水平激增。自9月中旬以來，全美的住院人數幾乎增加了一倍，死亡人數又在緩慢增加，但幾乎沒有新的幹預措施來阻止不斷加劇的疫情。 ...the virus is surging at a worrisome level in more than half the country. Nationwide, hospitalizations have nearly doubled since mid-September, and deaths are slowly increasing again, with few new interventions in place to stop the spiraling outbreak.如今，美國正在進入冬季，感恩節、聖誕節等重要節日，加之近日遍及美國各州關於選舉的集會遊行，使得不少專家擔憂，美國將面臨日益嚴峻的新冠肺炎疫情。疾病控制和預防中心前主任託馬斯·弗裡登對美國國家公共電臺表示：「疫情已經進入了指數階段，這意味著它會變得更糟。」「這是一個可怕的階段。各種因素的融合帶來了很大的問題，這是一個非常危險的時期。」"It's entered the exponential phase, and that means it's going to get worse……""This is a terrible time. The confluence of factors here is extremely problematic," says Frieden. "This is a very dangerous time."「這本不應該發生。」哥倫比亞大學傳染病專家傑弗裡·沙曼感慨。"This didn't have to happen," says Jeffrey Shaman, an infectious disease expert at Columbia University.當地時間9日，美國消費者新聞與商業頻道（CNBC）援引明尼蘇達大學傳染病研究與政策中心主任奧斯特霍姆的話稱，「美國必須明白，我們正在陷入新冠地獄。這種情況正在發生。」"What America has to understand is that we are about to enter Covid hell," Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told CNBC's "Squawk Alley." "It is happening."
奧斯特霍姆指出，「我們還沒有達到峰值，即使這樣，醫院已經面臨超負荷運行。未來3-4個月，將是疫情最黑暗的時刻。」We have not even come close to the peak and, as such, our hospitals are now being overrun,」 Osterholm said. 「The next three to four months are going to be, by far, the darkest of the pandemic.」據美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）報導，猶他州州長辦公室在一份聲明中說：「醫院和重症監護病房已經接近飽和。我們必須立即採取行動，保護醫院和醫護人員，避免我們的家庭、社區和企業遭到進一步摧毀。」"Hospitalizations and ICUs are nearing capacity…"，the governor's office said in a statement."We must take action now to protect our hospitals and healthcare workers and to avoid further devastation on our families, communities, and businesses."哈佛醫學院教授羅謝爾·瓦倫斯基呼籲，「我們絕對需要更多的檢測，病例上升的速度高於檢測率增加的速度。」"We absolutely need more testing. Cases are rising faster than testing rates are rising," said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.紐約州州長安德魯·科莫在美國廣播公司的一檔節目中稱，「我認為否認新冠疫情的政治壓力已經消失。我想你們會看到科學家可以毫不掩飾地暢所欲言了。」"I think the political pressure of denying Covid is gone," he said Sunday on the ABC program "This Week." "I think you』ll see scientists speak with an unmuzzled voice now."中國日報（ID：chinadailywx）綜合報導