被封國的意大利人給全世界的公開信(中英雙語)

當地時間3月10日,意大利新冠肺炎確診病例破萬,成為中國外世界上第一個破萬的國家。


當日,意大利實施“封國令”,成為疫情暴發以來第一個實施全國性封鎖政策的國家。


意大利的街頭,開始空無一人。


被封國的意大利人給全世界的公開信(中英雙語)

▲意大利城市米蘭的街頭,街上行人稀少


而在美國,截至本週三晚,全國感染的人數達1190人,死亡人數增加到37人。


早在1月20日,美國本土便確診首例病例,但直到2月26日,美國政府仍然在一場有美國領導人出席的發佈會上傳遞出這樣的信息:


“美國人的風險‘仍然非常低’,疫苗進展非常順利”;

“美國已經準備了口罩,但或許並不需要”;

“人們可以像對待流感一樣對待新冠病毒”……


而當時,疫情在全球已呈加速傳播之勢,以至於世衛組織兩天後將疫情全球風險級別上調到最高級。


被封國的意大利人給全世界的公開信(中英雙語)


但是,由於低估了疫情的嚴重性,直到當地時間3月9日上午,美國總統特朗普在社交媒體上仍發出這樣一段文字:


“去年有37,000名美國人死於普通流感。平均每年(因流感死亡)27000至70000例。(在流感疫情下)什麼都沒有關閉,生活和經濟繼續發展。目前新型冠狀病毒確診病例有546例,其中22例死亡。你們好好想想!”


被封國的意大利人給全世界的公開信(中英雙語)


不過,隨著疫情的持續蔓延,截至目前,全美已經有23州和華盛頓特區宣佈進入緊急狀態!


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——都還有機會馬上採取行動,不要讓你們的國家重蹈意大利的覆轍。

The only way to stop this virus is to limit contagion. And the only way to limit contagion is for millions of people to change their behavior today.

阻止病毒肆虐的唯一方法就是限制傳播。而限制傳播的唯一方法就是千千萬萬人改變現在的行為方式。


If you are in Europe or the US you are weeks away from where we are today in Italy.

如果你們目前在歐洲或美國,也許幾周之後,你們所處之地就會像今天的意大利一樣了。


被封國的意大利人給全世界的公開信(中英雙語)

意大利疫情中心:貝加莫市


I can hear you now. “It’s just a flu. It only affects old people with preconditions”。

我似乎能聽到有人說:“這只是個流感。原本身體就不好的老人才會被傳染上。”
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。病毒潛伏期為兩週,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佈將封閉意大利全國——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,如果傳染人數不能儘快開始減少,整個意大利就完了。


Why? Today the ICUs in Lombardy are at capacity – more than capacity. They have begun to put ICU units in the hallways. If the numbers do not go down, the growth rate of contagion tells us that there will be thousands of people who in a matter of a week? two weeks? who will need care. What will happen when there are 100, or a 1000 people who need the hospital and only a few ICU places left?

為什麼這麼說?今天,倫巴第大區的重症監護病房已經滿載——甚至超載了。醫院已經開始把重症監護病房安置在走廊裡。如果傳染人數還不減少,按照目前的傳染增長速度,也就一週或是兩週吧,就會有成千上萬人需要就醫。如果到時有100人或者1000人需要入院治療但重症監護病房已所剩無幾,會出現什麼狀況?


星期一,有位醫生在報紙上發表文章說,當病人一個接一個送進急診室時,醫生們已經像在戰場上一樣,必須決定先救誰——決定誰生誰死。狀況只會越來越糟。


There are a finite number of doctors, nurses,medical staff and they are getting the virus. They have also been working non-stop, non-stop for days and days. What happens when the doctors, nurses and medical staff are simply not able to care for the patients, when they are not there?

醫生、護士等醫護人員的數量是有限的,而且他們也有人被感染了。這些日子他們夜以繼日地工作。如果有一天,這些醫護人員再也無力照顧病人,無法堅守崗位,又會出現什麼狀況?


被封國的意大利人給全世界的公開信(中英雙語)


And finally for those who say that this is just something that happens to old people, starting yesterday the hospitals are reporting that younger and younger patients – 40, 45, 18, are coming in for treatment.

最後,再對那些認為只有老人會被這種病毒感染的人說一句:從昨天開始,醫院報告說,前去就診的病人越來越年輕了——40歲、45歲、18歲都有。
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麼,為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,請儘可能待在家裡。


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,請一定待在家裡。請現在就關閉學校。請竭盡全力阻止病毒傳播,因為它會不知不覺在你們社區傳播開——它可有兩週的潛伏期——如果現在就開始這麼做,能夠為你們的醫療系統爭取更多的準備時間。


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,一週以前,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餘地了,所以,現在就盡全力行動吧。


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