美国新冠肺炎疫情愈演愈烈
确诊人数逼近40万
疾控中心终于松口
一改口罩对普通人无用的论调
开始建议民众自制口罩
遮住口鼻处
在旧金山的星悦表示
大家突然也开始重视了
“但抢不到口罩
有人只能选择拿围巾或者衣服捂着”
据她介绍,若是去遛狗或者跑步,可以出门。部分快餐店开着,但要开车去购买。
“我现在在加州,除非你要去超市、药店、去看医生,或者去遛狗或者跑步,然后其他原因是不能出门的,大家也是在家里上班。” I'm in California. Unless you're going to the supermarket, the pharmacy, see the doctor, walk your dog or go for a run, otherwise you cannot go outside. We're also working from home. “只有一些快餐店,还有那种开车在窗口点餐的店,还是开着。但是你只能开车。” Only some fast food chains and drive-thrus are still open. But you can only drive by and order.
We don't have errand running services and we're not used to buying necessities online. We may order electronics or books from Amazon. But for essentials, perishables and food, we prefer to drive to supermarkets and get them ourselves.
想让人们乖乖待在家,需要将大量基础设施建设落实到位。比如,给人们派送食物和医疗必需用品。这就需要全面的社会动员。事实证明,中国是正确的。 In order to allow people to stay at home. You have to put in place a tremendous infrastructure, but you’ve got to deliver the food to them. You've got to deliver essential medical supply. So it needs an all-out social mobilization.The facts prove that China was correct.
现在美国人也想戴口罩了,然而......
2月底,美国副总统喊话民众:没有生病就别买口罩!( "Unless you are ill, you have no need to buy a mask.")美国公共卫生局局长杰罗姆·亚当斯也发推特一唱一和公开称,普通人戴口罩没用,不能避免感染新冠病毒。
然而随着疫情日益严峻,在是否戴口罩的问题上,官方态度终于有了改变,开始鼓励民众用织物遮挡口鼻处。
现在上街遛狗、跑步、购物,人们愿意戴口罩么?
据星悦观察,3月19日美国人出门戴口罩的人数大概占20%左右,不过不是不愿意戴,而是买不到。
随着美国疫情加剧,4月8日,星悦特别发消息补充说:“大家突然重视,开始戴口罩了......现在80%以上在戴(包括围巾和自制口罩)。”
“因为美国本来就卖得少,不会像亚洲,就所有的超市、药妆店都有在卖。这边本来就少,然后这个疫情发生之后,就都被抢购了。”
They're not widely sold in the US, unlike in Asia where supermarkets and pharmacies sell masks. So we don't have many masks. And after the outbreak occurred, they were quickly sold out.
They'd wear whatever masks they can find. Others would cover up with their clothes or scarves to cover their nose and mouth.
谁想,围巾代替口罩的扎心举动却得到了美国疾控中心和政客的大力认可。美国疾控中心和政客纷纷鼓励民众用织物覆盖鼻子和嘴巴。
Now we need to leave the rest of them to medical workers. So it's hard for ordinary people to get masks.
正如星悦所说的,美国医疗物资非常紧缺。别说普通民众,就是医护人员的基本防护也很难完全满足。
近日,一段美国护士下班后哭诉缺少防护口罩却依然要冒着危险去上班的短视频在视频社交平台上走红,引起了大量网友的关心和同情。
此前,美国疾病防治中心发布了《优化口罩供给策略(Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasts )》一文,文章建议在口罩不够用的情况下,医护人员可以使用手帕、围巾等等物品自制口罩,作为护理新冠患者时不得已的防护手段。
In settings where face masks are not available, health care personnel might use home-made masks (e.g. bandana, scarf) for care of patients with Covid-19, as a last resort. However, home-made masks are not considered PPE, personal protective equipment.
In the US, if you realize you're having a fever or experiencing some symptoms, you won't find designated clinics, like those fever clinics (in other countries). You can only call your doctor and get their advice.
If you're just a suspected case, then it depends on whether testing is available in your neighborhood. If yes, then maybe you can get a test. If no, then I'm not sure what to do either.
“不知道如果自己或者家人真的有症状的话,应该具体去做什么,现在这是一个让我比较担心的地方。” No one knows what to do,if they or their family members are symptomatic. There's no clear guideline, which is worrying me a lot.