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超半数美国人认为政府对新冠疫情有重大责任,有些人却还想着“群体免疫”?

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据英国《卫报》近日报道,来自牛津大学、斯坦福大学及哈佛大学的三名传染病专家起草了一份提议,建议政府放弃现有的抗疫策略,实施“年轻人群体免疫”。


该提议主张让年轻的、健康的人群回归正常生活,同时对高危人群实施保护。当新冠病毒在低风险人群中充分流动后,会有足够多的人会对病毒产生免疫,从而达成“群体免疫”。


由于起草地在美国麻省的大巴灵顿(Great Barrington)镇,这份提议被称作“大巴灵顿宣言”。据悉,该“宣言”已被多名研究人员联名签署。


A group of international scientists called on governments to give up on current coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions and let young people immediately return to everyday life, thus achieving "herd immunity". This proposal was put forward by three professors from Oxford University, Stanford University, and Harvard University, but signed by many more researchers.


正如疫情暴发以来其他宣扬群体免疫的言论一样,这份提议也遭到了严厉的批判。


有人认为,让年轻人回归正常生活而把高危人群区分对待,等同于将“老弱病残”从社会中“剔除”。


该提议的发起人则称,为应对新冠肺炎而实施的封城措施及其他管控措施已经对公共卫生体系造成了“毁灭性的破坏”,而弱势群体正是最大的受害者。


他们主张风险最低的人群“立刻回归正常生活”,老年人及其他高危人群则应被保护起来。


The proposal was described as "the Great Barrington declaration" after the town where it was drawn up. It advocates allowing young and healthy people to resume everyday life while protecting the most vulnerable. Unsurprisingly, this idea was criticized as equivalent to the culling of sick and disabled people.


瑞典尝试群体免疫已经失败了,世卫组织也多次强调群体免疫的想法很危险,如今全球新冠死亡人数已经高达100多万,可依然有知名学府的教授支持群体免疫,这确实让人意外。


然而,更让人意外的是,在已有超21万美国人死于新冠肺炎的情况下,特朗普政府对这份提议依然表示出了兴趣。



据《国会山报》近日报道,特朗普的高级卫生官员、美国卫生和公共服务部长会见了这份提议的三位发起人。


此外,特朗普的顾问斯科特·阿特拉斯还公开表示支持这份“群体免疫宣言”——“他们有针对性地保护弱势群体、支持学校和社会政策开放,这符合总统的政策和我的建议。”


With Sweden having failed in its "herd immunity plan" and the World Health Organization repeatedly reminding the risks of the idea, it is astonishment that professors from world-renowned universities are still advocating herd immunity. But more surprisingly, Trump's administration seemed to be interested in this idea as the Hill reported that Trump's health official publicly announced his appreciation of these people's "herd immunity proposal". 

《华盛顿邮报》8月曾报道称,根据世界卫生组织的评估,鉴于新冠病毒超强的传播性,大约65%至70%的人口被感染才能实现群体免疫。按照这一估算,假设新冠病毒的致死率为1%,在美国3.28亿人口中,要实现群体免疫65%的门槛可能会导致213万人死亡。

据美联社10月5日消息,最新一项民调结果显示,56%的美国人认为,美国长时间深陷于新冠肺炎疫情危机,而美国政府对这一局面负有重大责任。

The Washington Post once estimated that it would require 2.13 million deaths to realize a 65 percent threshold of herd immunity in the U.S. 

According to a recent poll by The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press, 56 percent of Americans say the U.S. government holds substantial responsibility for the country's current pandemic situation. 


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