“危难时刻不能没人性！”美国禁止口罩出口，加拿大省长怒了
上周，美国总统特朗普为保障国内口罩供应，动用《国防生产法》（Defense Production Act），要求医疗装备制造商3M公司停止向加拿大和拉丁美洲等地出口防护口罩。
特朗普的这一决定，迅速引起加拿大方面的强烈不满，多省省长近期言辞激烈地回击。
纽芬兰省省长德怀特·鲍尔5日说，“9·11”时该省曾帮助过美国民众，如今美国却落井下石。他表示，人类的一大教训在于，危机时刻，不能丧失人性。
Newfoundland Premier Dwight Ball said one of the great lessons in humanity is that in times of crisis you don’t stop being human.
鲍尔说：
“To say that I’m infuriated by the recent actions of President Trump of the United States is an understatement. I cannot believe for a second that in a time of crisis that President Trump would even think about banning key medical supplies to Canada.”
说我对美国总统特朗普最近的行为感到愤怒，都太轻描淡写。我完全不敢相信，在危急时刻，特朗普甚至会考虑禁止向加拿大出口关键的医疗用品。
infuriated：激怒的；狂怒的
understatement：保守的陈述；淡化；低调说法
他指出，2001年“9·11”恐怖袭击以后，200多架次航班在毫无预警的情况下改道加拿大，而纽芬兰省甘德尔市，这个仅有10000人口的小城，当时收容了超过6600名美国乘客。
Ball noted that in 2001, more than 6,600 passengers descended on Gander, Newfoundland, a town of 10,000 without warning as more than 200 flights were diverted to Canada following the attacks on the United States.
机组人员挤满了甘德尔的酒店，乘客们则被带到学校、消防站和教堂，为此加拿大军方还空运了5000张帆布床。当地的商店则给这些乘客捐赠了毛毯、咖啡机和烧烤架；当地人给乘客提供了食物、衣服、淋浴场所以及通讯工具，让他们能够安然度过这场危机。
Flight crews filled Gander’s hotels, so passengers were taken to schools, fire stations, church halls. The Canadian military flew in 5,000 cots. Stores donated blankets, coffee machines, barbecue grills. Locals gave passengers food, clothes, showers, toys and banks of phones to call home free of charge.
对此，鲍尔表示：
“Newfoundland and Labrador will never give up on humanity. We will not hesitate for one second if we had to repeat what we did on 9-11. We would do it again.”
“纽芬兰和拉布拉多将永远不会放弃人性。如果一切重来，我们会毫不犹豫再做一遍‘9·11’事件中做的事。我们还是会慷慨相助。”
“This is a time when we need to work together to continue to protect our residents and keep them safe from COVID-19 no mater where they live or what passport they hold.”
当前，我们应该共同努力保护我们居民的生命安全不受新冠肺炎侵害，无论他们居住在哪里，拿着哪国的护照。
近日，特朗普下令国土安全局和联邦紧急事务管理局动用朝鲜战争时期的《国防生产法》，从3M及其子公司获取“适量的”N95口罩。
Trump used his authority under the 1950 Defense Production Act to direct the government to acquire the “appropriate” number of N95 respirators from Minnesota-based 3M and its subsidiaries.
美国联邦政府不但要求3M公司将其在海外生产的口罩运回美国，更不准其向加拿大、拉美等地出口N95口罩。
对此，3M公司发布声明称，停止口罩出口有违人道主义，或导致其他国家报复，拒绝向美国出口其更需要的医疗物资。
3M issued a statement saying that could have “significant humanitarian implications” for healthcare workers in Canada and Latin America. The company said possible retaliation by other nations could actually lead to fewer of the masks being available in the US.
编辑：左卓 唐晓敏
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