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美国总统的推文有毒 比病毒还毒
When somebody call COVID-19 a Chinese virus, a sane person would normally rather not dignify the statement with a rebuttal. But that statement came from the president of the United States. And you cannot ignore it.如果有人把新冠病毒叫做“中国病毒”，理智的人一般都不屑反驳这种无稽之谈。但这话出自美国总统之口，就让人无法忽视了。
But if you overcome the initial shock, you kind of get it, it is nothing more outrageous than those immigrants are rapists, foreign trade are toxic and America is raped kind of rhetoric. President Trump believes in or at least he wants the World to believe in him as an "American first, all foreign are bad" president. 但最初的震惊过后，你似乎就明白，比起“移民都是强奸犯”“外贸贻害无穷”“美国被践踏了”那些论调，这根本不算什么。特朗普总统相信，至少他想让世界相信，他是位秉持“美国第一，他国混蛋”这一信条的总统。
But this is the last thing the world needs to fight a global pandemic. COVID-19 is spreading in America. The American president is still spreading blame. He is not only egregiously wrong but also enormously dangerous by playing the racist and xenophobic card when the entire humanity are facing a common enemy. 然而，这却是抗击全球大流行传染病的大忌。新冠病毒正在美国蔓延，而其总统却仍在推卸责任。特朗普的所作所为不仅大错特错，而且极其危险。在全人类都面临共同敌人之际，他却大打种族主义和仇外主义之牌。
His diversion of American public's anxiety and fear towards a country or a region is the most self-defeating strategy a leader could possibly take. 他将美国公众的焦虑和恐惧转嫁给一个国家或一个种族，这几乎是最自取其辱的一种领导策略。I understand President Trump is worried about its politics. He needs the support of his political base. But don't you get it, Mr President. What you are dealing is a pandemic, a matter of life and death. If you made the wrong call, there is no politics to protect.我明白特朗普总统的做法是基于政治考量的。他需要迎合自己的政治基础。但是总统先生，难道您不明白吗？您面对的是一场全球性的流行病，事关生死。一旦做出错误决定，您将失去所有政治基础。America is running short of testing kits, its people are not trusting their own economy and their leadership. Instead of rallying the country and seeking help from wherever possible, the American leadership is failing us by going low again. But what worries me is that if this is a failure, it will not be one of his presidency, but a country and the world.美国的检测试剂数量逐渐吃紧，美国人民不信任自己本国的经济和领导团队。美国的领导层没有团结全国，尽可能寻求帮助，而是再次做出低劣的行径，实在令人失望。但还让我担忧的是，如果这次特朗普的抗疫政策失败，那他不仅是葬送掉自己的总统任期，更是会辜负美国乃至整个世界。
真相放大镜 | 特朗普因何将COVID-19甩锅为“中国病毒”？
Current US President Donald Trump tweeted the following on Tuesday:It soon became the top trending post in the United States… followed by "American Virus"… and a rare good news story about penguins…而与此同时，“美国病毒”一词也登上了推特热门话题榜，Twitter users reacted immediately.当前局势还不够乱吗，现在又多这么一个疯狂的种族主义行为…In the morning the traffic linking to Trump's tweet was so large that Twitter even identified some of the reposts as "automatic".以至于其中一些转发被推特误判为程序自动转发而屏蔽了。The tweet also incurred criticism from US politicians.The New York City mayor retweeted and pointed out that Trump's rhetoric risked adding to the pain suffered by Asian-American communities.纽约市市长转发了该条推特，并指出特朗普的言论可能会令本受歧视的亚裔群体雪上加霜。In fact, before Trump gave the name to coronavirus,..members of his administration repeatedly tried to make the American people attach a "Made in China" tag to the pandemic.其幕僚曾多次试图引导美国人把大流行病加上“源自中国”这一标签。"This is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a FOREIGN VIRUS in modern history,"特朗普：“这是现代历史上对抗【外国病毒】最积极、最全面的努力，”"I am happy to compliment the Chinese Communist Party there…but remember this is the WUHAN VIRUS that caused that"蓬佩奥：“我乐于赞赏中共对疫情的贡献…但记住，目前的局势，是【武汉病毒】造成的。”Trump was criticized by the media for repeatedly playing down the virus,…contradicting his own public health officials,
…and concentrating more on the economic fallout from the outbreak.On Monday, he tweeted "God Bless the USA!" and soon after,本周一，特朗普在美股开盘前发推：“愿上帝保佑美国！”Financial markets went into melt down after a surprise Fed rate cut to zero failed to calm panicked investors.但在美联储意外降息至零仍未能平息投资者恐慌的情况下，美股随即崩溃。China's official spokesperson also rebuked the US President for the tweet.In February, the World Health Organization stated that, "Since the outbreak of COVID-19 we have seen instances of public stigmatization among specific populations…“自疫情爆发以来，对于特定人群的公开污名化行为屡有发生…”…and stigma occurs when people negatively associate an infectious disease with a specific population."“当人们恶意将传染病与特定人群相联系时，就会出现污名化这种行为。”Some US historians also pointed out that Trump’s latest tweet "opens up the ways of thinking about disease in dangerous ways."同时，一些美国历史学家指出，特朗普的这条推文开启了潘多拉魔盒，可能会让人们对流行疾病产生非常危险的想法。Throughout history, there have been several examples of equating immigrants and specific groups of people with diseases, often followed by dire consequences.纵观历史，那些把疾病和移民及特定群体划等号的情况，往往造成了可怕的后果。In the 14th century, Jewish people were blamed for the outbreak of The Black Death in Europe – and then killed in great numbers.14世纪，犹太人因在欧洲爆发的“黑死病”受到指责，并被大肆杀害。In the 19th century, Irish Catholic immigrants were blamed for spreading cholera to the US.19世纪，爱尔兰天主教移民被指责向美国传播了霍乱。In 1876, a group of Chinese people living in San Francisco became the scapegoat for a smallpox outbreak which eventually prompted the infamous The Chinese Exclusion Act.1876年，一群住在旧金山的中国人成为天花暴发的替罪羊，最终导致了臭名昭著的《中国排华法案》。When disease spreads, racism and xenophobia ensues.There are many shameful lessons from history. We must do whatever we can not to live through another.历史上的惨痛教训已经足够。我们必须竭尽所能，避免重蹈覆辙。
特朗普“变形计”：从“病毒会奇迹般地消失”到“我早知道新冠会成为大流行”
当地时间16日，美国总统特朗普和白宫新冠疫情工作组在白宫召开记者会发布抗疫指南。
特朗普表示，未来15天美国人要避免10人以上的团体聚集；避免在酒吧、餐厅和美食广场进餐或喝酒等。
然而……
记者会现场人数仅目测就已超过10人的限制，看起来也没有人佩戴口罩等护具。
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday released national guidelines at a press conference attended by over 15 people, which advised all Americans to avoid groups of more than 10 and urged older people to stay at home to fight the spread of the coronavirus.
现场人数“翻车”并不是近日特朗普出席记者会的唯一“亮点”。
特朗普在17日的记者会上对新冠疫情的蔓延发表了一番言论：
On the lectern at the White House the next day, Trump made another remarkable assertion:
“这是一场大流行病。早在它被定性为‘大流行’之前我就知道这一点”
"This is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic."
可特朗普对待疫情的态度真的如他所言吗？
让我们来梳理一下这段时间特朗普面对疫情说过的话……
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"It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear."
“总有一天它（新冠病毒）会消失，就像一个奇迹。”
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“我可以代表美国说我国疫情尚在掌握之中”；“没什么需要恐慌的”；“不管发生什么，我们都做好了准备；我们有全球最好的专家”；……
从1月到2月，特朗普多次在公开讲话时表示出对疫情的“轻视”，称病毒总有一天会“奇迹般地”消失，甚至把病毒当成民主党的“骗局”。
When asked by a CNBC reporter whether there were “worries about a pandemic” on January 22, Trump replied: “No, not at all. We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”
“It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear,” Trump said on February 27 at a White House meeting.
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"You can't be a politician and not shake hands."
“不握手怎么当政治家”
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3月5日，在世界各地的卫生医疗机构都开始建议民众避免握手礼之后，特朗普仍在出席活动时与大量民众握手，并称“不握手怎么当政治家”。
5天后，美国确诊病例超过600例，其中死亡约26例，特朗普才终于改口，提醒“大家要保持警惕，小心点”，但同时他还不忘强调“我们在抗疫方面做得很好，不要慌”。
After health authorities around the world have advised people to stop shaking hands to avoid getting infected by the coronavirus, Trump said he would stick to the old way because “you can’t be a politician and not shake hands.”
Five days later, since more than 600 cases and 26 deaths have been confirmed in the U.S., Trump finally began reminding people to be vigilant and careful.
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"If you are sick or not feeling well, stay home."
“如果你生病了，或者身体不适，在家待着。”
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3月11日，一贯“乐观”的特朗普开始号召“如果你生病了，或者身体不适，在家待着，我们必须把政治放在一边，停止党派之争”。13日，特朗普宣布美国进入紧急状态，并将身为政治家必要的“握手”改成了“碰肘”。
16日，特朗普在记者会上首次承认美国经济可能出现衰退，但他强调，一旦遏制住疫情，美国经济将因为需求积压而反弹，最终将实现巨大增长。
而在被问及疫情期间的表现时，特朗普依然不假思索地给自己打出了满分。
Trump declared a national emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic on March 13. And in the news conference on Monday, Trump acknowledged for the first time that the U.S. economy may be heading for a recession. But still, he gave himself a perfect 10 out of 10 when asked how he would grade his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
特朗普显然并不是只身前来参加“变形计”的。
在总统的口风转向以后，美国福克斯电视台的部分言论也发生了一系列大反转：
从“最坏的情况也就是流感”到“这是一种我们以前从未见过的全球大流行病”；
从“新冠病毒更致命的说法与事实不符”到“我们正面临一种极具传染性和危险性的病毒”；
从“这是乘飞机最安全的时间段”到“我们有责任减缓病毒的传播”；
Screenshot via @微丢
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在全球疫情形势依旧严峻的当下，看到人们对待疫情的态度越来越慎重，当然是一件好事。
只是不知道当他们回看自己说过的话，会不会觉得脸疼。
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