今日秀TODAY是美國收視率最高的早間新聞和脫口秀節目之一，週日早晨的SUNDAY TODAY更是王牌中的王牌。下面這個視頻是3月15日關於美國新型冠狀病毒疫情的節目選段，它有別於常見的新聞報道，更像是一段勵志的散文。
Living In The Era Of The Coronavirus
生活在冠狀病毒時代
聽譯：MED字幕組 小添
製作：醫學英語角APP
If the examples of China and Italy had seemed far away these last few weeks, coronavirus came home on Wednesday night in the space of a single hour, with a solemn presidential address from the Oval Office.
如果說中國和意大利的病例在過去幾周似乎遙不可及的話，週三晚上，在總統辦公室發表了莊嚴的演說後的很短時間內，冠狀病毒就彷彿近在咫尺了。
The breaking headline that the NBA had suspended its season and news that the beloved Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, had been diagnosed with the virus.
NBA暫停本賽季比賽成了頭條，還有消息說備受愛戴的湯姆·漢克斯和妻子麗塔·威爾遜已被診斷出感染了病毒。
Harry Smith has our Sunday Closer on this moment in America.
哈里·史密斯在“週日近距離”報道，在美國的關鍵時刻。
Here's what's up. We don't know what we don't know.
這是怎麼了。我們不知道我們不知道什麼。
The person sitting next to you on a plane who just sneezed, probably allergies, or maybe, just maybe they have COVID-19 and don't even know it.
在飛機上坐在你旁邊的那個人剛剛打了個噴嚏，可能只是過敏，也可能是他們感染了新冠病毒，但他們自己都不知道。
The bus ride, the subway, the taxi, the person in the restaurant who just handed you a menu. Do they have it? It's hard not to think about this stuff.
公車、地鐵、出租車，餐廳裡給你拿菜單的那個人。他們感染了嗎? 很難不去想這些。
For a country of more than 330 million people, the number of confirmed cases is pretty small. Of course, we don't know the real number because the means of testing is not sufficient.
對於一個有3.3億多人口的國家來說，確診病例數很少。當然，我們不知道真實的數字，因為測試手段不充分。
It is a failure, let's admit it.
這是一個失敗，我們要承認。
Still, it's easy to say odds wise. It can't get me. But today that's a sucker's bet.
儘管如此，說有把握很輕鬆，“我肯定沒事的”。但現在這樣說就是個愚蠢的賭博。
In Italy, a country that has shut down by the virus, there were just 157 cases on February 23rd. Six days later, there were more than 1,000. Today, it's more than 15,000. It's like in a movie.
2月23日，意大利這個因病毒而封鎖的國家，只有157個病例。 六天後，就有1000多個了。今天，超過1萬5千人。這像是電影情節。
Sure, every country is its own petri dish, age, mobility, healthcare system, government response.
當然，每個國家都有自己的測試方法、年齡構成、流動性、醫療體系和政府應對措施。
And on that note, a thought. There will be plenty of time for credit or blame later. But until then, doctors, epidemiologists, researchers, you know, science people, let the science people do the talking.
關於這一點，我有一個想法。以後會有大量的時間來讚揚或責備。但在那之前，醫生、流行病學家、研究人員，是的，科學家，要讓科學家說話。
Just then, this, dear friends, is a time for unity, but America is that proverbial house divided. People so at odds we cannot agree on what's true.
親愛的朋友們，現在是團結的時刻，但眾所周知，美國是一個分裂的國家。人們意見不一，我們無法就什麼是事實達成一致。
But what is true is this, the virus will not discriminate when it decides to infect you. It doesn't care who you voted for.
但事實是，當病毒決定感染你時，它不會歧視你。它不關心你投票給誰。
So let's listen to the scientists, keep our distance, wash our hands.
所以讓我們聽科學家的，保持距離，洗手。
Lots of stuff is being canceled, postponed. What sounds sometimes like an overabundance of caution will likely save lives. It will be and is inconvenient and costly too. But we'll find the dividend is fewer sick people, fewer deaths. And on that, we should all be able to agree.
很多事情都被取消或推遲。有時聽起來過於謹慎真可能會挽救生命。謹慎將帶來不便且代價巨大。但我們會發現，這樣做的好處是病人少了、死亡少了。在這一點上，我們都應該能夠達成一致。
For Sunday Today, Harry Smith, New York.
這裡是Sunday Today，哈里·史密斯在紐約為你報道。
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