美國的新冠疫情正持續惡化，而各州卻已復工復產。為此，150多名來自多個領域的專家簽署聯名信，呼吁美國再次進入封鎖狀態。

More than 150 prominent US medical experts, scientists, teachers, nurses and others have signed a letter urging political leaders to shut down the country and start over to contain the surging coronavirus pandemic.

美國150多位著名醫學專家、科學家、教師、護士等各界人士簽署了一封聯名信，敦促美國官員重新采取封鎖措施，控制來勢洶洶的疫情反彈。

"The best thing for the nation is not to reopen as quickly as possible, it's to save as many lives as possible," they wrote in the document, which was sent Thursday to the Trump administration, leading members of Congress and state governors.

這封信已于上周四（7月23日）發給了特朗普政府、國會主要官員和各州州長。信中寫道：“對美國來說，最好的事情不是盡快重啟，而是盡可能挽救更多的生命?！?/p>

"Right now, we are on a path to lose more than 200,000 American lives by November 1st. Yet, in many states people can drink in bars, get a haircut, eat inside a restaurant, get a tattoo, get a massage, and do myriad other normal, pleasant, but non-essential activities."

“按照目前的形勢發展下去，到11月1日，將有超過20萬美國人死于新冠肺炎。然而，在許多州，人們可以在酒吧喝酒、理發、在餐館用餐、紋身、按摩，以及做大量正常的、令人愉快但非必需的活動。”

myriad [?m?ri?d]：adj.無數的；種種的

Their recommendations come as the United States crossed the 4 million mark on Thursday, with at least 4,028,741 cases of coronavirus and 144,072 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University's count.

根據約翰斯·霍普金斯大學的數據，上周四，美國新冠肺炎確診病例突破400萬例，達到402萬8741例，死亡病例達14萬4072例。

Covid-19 "will end up as a Top 10 leading cause of death" this year, statisticians from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted in a Thursday email to CNN.

美國疾病控制和預防中心的統計學家在上周四發給美國有線電視新聞網的電子郵件中預測，新冠肺炎“將成為今年美國十大致死原因之一”。

Although the CDC cannot start ranking leading causes of deaths until the end of the year -- in order to get a full year's worth of data --  statisticians at the agency said they expect Covid-19 will end up among the Top 10 leading causes of death in the nation.

為了得到全年的數據，在今年年底前，美國疾病控制和預防中心無法對死亡主要原因進行排序，但該機構的統計學家說，他們預計新冠肺炎最終將成為今年美國十大致死原因之一。

Heart disease and cancer are the two leading causes of death in the US, accounting for more than half of all US deaths each year, and the statisticians don't expect that to change.

心臟病和癌癥是導致美國人死亡的兩大主要原因，每年占美國死亡人數的一半以上，統計學家預計這一情況不會改變。

安全地重啟經濟活動

The recommendations come as many states are grappling with record numbers of new cases and overloaded hospitals, high unemployment rates and pressure to make decisions for the upcoming school year.

許多州正在努力應對創紀錄的新病例、超負荷的醫院、高失業率以及為即將到來的學年做出決定的壓力。

The only way to reopen the economy and the country safely is to follow a set of protocols that public health experts deem necessary for controlling the spread of Covid-19, the letter contends.

信中稱，安全地重啟經濟和重新開放國家的唯一途徑是遵循一套公共衛生專家認為對控制新冠病毒傳播必不可少的措施。

They include: enough daily testing to test everyone with flu-like symptoms, a work force of contact tracers large enough to track all current cases and more personal protective equipment to keep essential workers safe.

這些措施包括：每天對出現流感癥狀的所有人進行足夠多的檢測；配備大量的接觸追蹤工作人員，以追蹤所有當前病例；以及配備更多的個人防護用品，以確保一線工作人員的安全。

In addition, they say all non-essential businesses should be closed and restaurants nationwide should only provide takeout service. People should only leave their homes to get food and medicine or fresh air and exercise, and masks should be mandatory in all situations, the letter urged. Leaders should also ban interstate travel to help contain the virus.

此外，他們還表示，應關閉所有非必需的商業場所，全國的餐館應該只提供外賣服務。信中敦促，人們應該只在購買食物、藥品、呼吸新鮮空氣和鍛煉時才出門，在任何情況下都必須佩戴口罩。官方也應該禁止跨州旅行，以幫助遏制病毒傳播。

"If you don't take these actions, the consequences will be measured in widespread suffering and death," the letter warned.

信中警告說：“如果不采取這些行動，感染人數和死亡人數還將大量增加。”

"Our decision makers need to hit the reset button," said Matt Wellington, the public health campaigns director for the advocacy group US PIRG, which joined with health experts to draft the letter.

“我們的決策者需要按下重啟按鈕”，倡導組織美國PIRG的公共衛生活動主任馬特·威靈頓說。他與健康專家一起起草了這封信。

"Continuing on the path we're on now will result in widespread suffering and death. And for what? Health experts laid out criteria for how to reopen safely. It's time to listen to them," Wellington said.

“繼續我們現在的政策將使感染人數和死亡人數進一步增加。這又是為了什么？健康專家提出了安全重啟的標準。是時候聽聽他們的意見了”，威靈頓說道。

潛在疾病增加重癥風險

About 41% of US adults have at least one underlying medical condition that may put them at a higher risk for severe Covid-19 outcomes, according to a new CDC report published Thursday.

美國疾病控制和預防中心上周四發布的一份最新報告顯示，約41%的美國成年人至少有一種潛在疾病，這些疾病可能會增加他們感染新冠肺炎后發展為重癥的風險。

The research, published in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report, looked at five conditions that tend to put people at greater risk for more severe disease from the coronavirus: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and obesity.

該研究發表在該機構的《發病率和死亡率周報》上，提出以下五種潛在疾病往往使人們更有可能在感染后發展為重癥，包括慢性阻塞性肺病、心血管疾病、糖尿病、慢性腎臟疾病和肥胖。

It did not include other conditions, such as sickle cell disease or organ transplants.

該研究不包括其他疾病，如鐮狀細胞病或器官移植。

The numbers of adults with these conditions varied by county -- from almost 1 in 4 adults to as many as two-thirds of adults in a county. In half of US counties, almost 1 in 2 adults were estimated to have an underlying condition.

患有這些疾病的成年人的人數因縣而異，從四分之一到三分之二不等。據估計，在美國一半的縣，幾乎半數成年人患有潛在疾病。

【全球疫情最新數據】

美國約翰斯·霍普金斯大學7月27日發布的新冠疫情統計數據顯示，全球累計死亡病例超過65萬例。

數據顯示，截至美國東部時間7月27日15時35分（北京時間28日3時35分），全球累計死亡病例升至650157例，累計確診病例升至16340152例。

數據顯示，美國累計確診病例和死亡病例均最多，分別為4271095例和147253例。累計死亡病例超過3萬例的國家還有巴西、英國、墨西哥、意大利、印度和法國。

英文來源：CNN

翻譯&編輯：yaning