人物:关于新冠病毒的几点常识(2)（在线收听）

What can you do to stay healthy?

你能做什么来保证自己的健康?

Wash your hands regularly, and avoid contact with people who seem sick.

经常洗手，避免接触那些看起来病了的人。

Similarly, says Norton, if you’re feeling sick, self-segregate and have yourself checked out.

诺顿说，同样地，如果你感到不舒服，就自我隔离并检查身体。

If everybody adheres to those kinds of standards, it’s far less likely the outbreak will continue. And get the flu shot.

如果每个人都遵守这些标准，那么疫情就不太可能继续蔓延。打流感疫苗。

While there’s no direct correlation between the two contagions,

虽然这两种传染病之间没有直接的联系，

it’s one less threat to your health overall and it helps free up health services for people with coronavirus.

但总体来说，流感疫苗会让你少掉一个健康威胁，而且它有助于将医疗服务为冠状病毒携带者腾出来。

If you get COVID-19 and recover, can you get it again?

感染COVID-19并康复的人还会再次感染吗?

With many infectious diseases, it’s possible to develop immunity after exposure;

许多传染病在暴露并痊愈后都可能产生免疫力;

but experts aren’t sure that’s the case with COVID-19.

但专家们不确定COVID-19是否也是这样。

In all likelihood you would be more resistant, says Norton, but there is some indication that individuals could be reinfected.

诺顿说，十有八九你会有更强的抵抗力，但有迹象表明有些人可能会再次被感染。

Ask me that question in a few weeks, and hopefully we’ll be able to answer it.

几周后再问我这个问题，希望到时候我们会更清楚。

THE FACTS ABOUT MASKS With the number of coronavirus cases growing daily,

关于口罩的事实：随着冠状病毒病例的不断增加，

it’s virtually impossible to walk around any major city without seeing people wearing face masks.

在任何一个主要城市都能看到人们戴着口罩。

But do they really keep you from catching the virus? Experts say no.

但口罩真的能防止你感染病毒吗?专家说不能。

The only people who need to wear masks are those who already have symptoms of the virus to prevent them from spreading it any further, says the CDC.

美国疾病控制与预防中心说，唯一需要戴口罩的是那些已经出现病毒感染症状的人，以防止病毒进一步传播。

(And even then, only certain masks are effective and must be properly fitted to your face to seal off germs.)

(即使这样，也只有特定的口罩才有效，而且必须正确佩戴，才能隔绝细菌。)

In fact, on Feb. 29, the U.S. Surgeon General, Jerome M. Adams, advised Americans via Twitter to STOPBUYING MASKS,

事实上，2月29日，美国卫生局局长杰罗姆·m·亚当斯通过推特建议美国人停止购买口罩，

adding that if health care providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!

并补充说，如果医疗服务人员无法获得口罩去照顾病人，就会让医务人员和我们的社区处于危险之中!