目前相关细节仍在进一步核实中，但美联社于周一报道了俄罗斯出现的一起公共卫生威胁事件。报道内容如下：俄罗斯当局已对一家医院实施隔离，并正在追踪西伯利亚地区一家鼠疫研究所一名员工的密切接触者。该员工感染了病因“不明”的肺炎。当地国家电视台称，这名女子已于上周去世。
The details are still coming into focus, but The Associated Press reported Monday on an emerging public health threat in Russia. From the article: Russian authorities have quarantined a hospital and are monitoring contacts of an employee at a plague research institute in Siberia who contracted pneumonia of an “unknown” cause. Local state TV said the woman died last week.
俄方称，目前没有证据表明她的病情是由其工作中接触到的任何病原体引起的。不过，此前有未经证实的媒体报道称她可能死于肺鼠疫——这是一种较为罕见但危害性极大的鼠疫类型，且具备人传人的能力，这一消息引发了俄国内的高度警惕。
Russian authorities said they found no evidence that her illness was caused by any of the pathogens she worked with. But the case has raised alarm in Russia after unconfirmed media reports suggested she might have died of pneumonic plague — a less common but severe form of plague that can spread from person to person.
美联社的报道还指出，这名女子供职于位于伊尔库茨克的西伯利亚及远东地区鼠疫防治研究所，但去世时正在附近一家医院接受治疗，该医院现已被隔离。
The AP’s report went on to note that the woman worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk but died in a nearby hospital that is now under quarantine.
美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥表示，他认为目前尚无必要惊慌，但美国正在密切监视这一病例，同时也意识到即便实施了隔离措施，“疫情仍有可能迅速扩散”。
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he doesn’t think there is cause for alarm but that the U.S. is watching the case closely, aware that “it could spread quickly” despite the quarantine.
几乎在同一时间，有记者询问唐纳德·特朗普对这些事态发展的担忧程度。问：“您是否对当前俄罗斯爆发的瘟疫感到担忧？”
Around the same time, a reporter asked Donald Trump about his level of concern regarding the developments. Q: "Are you concerned about the current plague outbreak in Russia?"
特朗普：“我确实很担忧……我不愿看到他们遭受这种疾病的折磨。这是一种非常棘手的疾病。要知道，过去我们能够控制住这种病，但不知为何那些病菌变得愈发强大且‘聪明’了。”
Trump: "I am…I hate to see them having it. It's a rough disease. You know, that's a disease we used to be able to control, but somehow those microbes have gotten stronger and smarter."
《The Bulwark》（@thebulwark.com）报道称，在提到他所称的“肺炎瘟疫”——我推测他本想用“肺炎性”一词——之后，总统接着说道：“唉，我不愿看到他们染上这种病，它实在是一种极其棘手的疾病。”
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) After referring to what he described as “the pneumonia plague” — I suspect he meant to use the word “pneumonic” —the president said“Well, I hate to see them having it, it’s a rough, it’s a rough disease.”
他继续说道：“要知道，过去我们能够控制住这种病，可如今那些病菌不知怎的变得愈发强大且‘聪明’了，简直就像一支军队。尽管医学技术有了巨大进步，但我们现有的医疗手段却难以奏效——过去对肺炎有效的疗法如今效果大不如前。不过我们一定会提供帮助。任何遭受此类疾病困扰的人，我们都乐意伸出援手。”
He went on to say, “You know that’s a disease that we used to be able to control, but somehow those microbes have gotten stronger and smarter, they’re like an army. And we don’t have the same medical — even with great advancement, the germs have really become relatively stronger than they were, and things that used to work on pneumonia don’t work as well anymore, so, but we’ll help. Anybody that has that kind of a problem, we’re always willing to help, we’ll help.”
在同一场问答环节中，这位共和党总统还补充道：“我们正在密切关注此事。我们刚刚得知这一情况，据说是肺炎疫情。要知道，多年前治疗肺炎其实相对容易……但我们一定会尽力帮助他们。” 他的这番回答实在晦涩难懂，不过人们自然都希望这一问题能尽快得到妥善解决。
Later, in the same Q&A, the Republican added, “We’re looking at it very strongly. We just heard about it, and they called it pneumonia. And pneumonia, you know, years ago, you could treat pneumonia easier. … But we’ll help them; we’ll help them as much as we can.”Much of this answer was difficult to understand, and everyone can certainly hope that the issue is resolved quickly and safely.
然而，当前局势也再次提醒我们：将一个国家的公共卫生体系交由那些无法有效、负责任地管理它的人手中，实属不明智之举。
But the broader circumstances offer a timely reminder of why it’s unwise to put a nation’s public health infrastructure in the hands of those who cannot manage it effectively or responsibly.
举例而言，特朗普素以对科学的荒谬认知而臭名昭著；六年前他曾提议用消毒剂注射来治疗新冠，此举令他沦为国际笑柄。此外，这位总统还任命罗伯特·F·肯尼迪担任卫生与公众服务部部长——尽管此人一贯秉持反科学立场且是反疫苗活动的积极推动者，他的所作所为已对联邦卫生机构造成了极大损害。"虽然公共卫生专家表示，美国人无需惊慌，但这一事件提醒人们警惕全球生物威胁的性质以及防疫准备的必要性," Axios报道指出。
Trump, for example, is notorious for his bizarre beliefs about science and became an international laughingstock six years ago by suggesting treating Covid-19 by injecting people with disinfectant The same president tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as the secretary of health and human services, despite RFK Jr.’s record of anti-science radicalism and the anti-vaccine activist has done sweeping harm to federal health agencies. “Though public health experts say there’s no cause for Americans to panic, the episode serves as a wake-up call emphasizing the nature of global biological threats and the need for pandemic preparedness,” an Axios report noted.
这话没错，但当美国公共卫生基础设施在很大程度上由不称职的笑话和骗子领导时，要专注于这些目标本身就很困难。
That’s true, though it’s inherently difficult to focus on such goals when the United States’ public health infrastructure is led in large part by unqualified cranks and charlatans.
总统说美国"始远期愿意帮助"面临公共卫生紧急情况的国家，这倒是令人感到欣慰。但如果我们还能有能力兑现这样的承诺，那就更好了。
It’s nice, I suppose, that the president said the U.S. is “always willing to help” a country facing a public health emergency. It’d be even better if we still had the capacity to follow through on such a commitment.
俄罗斯正面临新的公共卫生威胁，而特朗普团队却令人不得不质疑其能力可靠性 本文来自MS NOW
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