美国有线新闻 CNN 无症状感染者占25% 美国政府可能建议民众戴口罩

CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: There are around 349,462,000 people living in the United States right now and about 80 percent of them have been told to stay at home.

CNN10分钟新闻主持人卡尔·阿祖兹：目前美国约有349,462,000人口，其中约80%被要求待在家中。

I'm Carl Azuz. Welcome to CNN 10.

我是卡尔·阿祖兹。欢迎收听CNN10分钟新闻。

Stay at home, shelter-in-place, self-isolation, social distancing — these are all terms pretty suddenly being used worldwide. They're defense¹ measures against the spread of coronavirus. Authorities from federal governments down to local ones are trying to encourage people to avoid others as much as possible.

居家、就近防疫、自我隔离、保持社交距离——这些都是全世界突然开始使用的术语。这些是防止冠状病毒传播的防御措施。从联邦政府到地方政府，有关部门都在试图鼓励民众尽量避免接触他人。

Many continue to ignore these orders and one reason why health officials are so angry about that is because of this. While some people who contract COVID-19 have severe and deadly symptoms, others have absolutely none at all.

但是依然有许多人无视这些命令，而令卫生官员对此大为恼火的一个原因是：虽然一些新冠肺炎感染者会出现严重或致命的症状，但另一些感染者则完全没有任何症状。

In Iceland, a country that has reported more than 1,200 cases, half of those who tested positive for coronavirus say they've had no symptoms.

冰岛报告了超过1200例确诊病例，而该国在冠状病毒检测中呈阳性的人中，有一半表示自已没有出现任何症状。

In the United States where there been over 200,000 cases, government health officials estimate that 25 percent of them have no symptoms. So, it's a situation where tens of thousands of people are carrying the virus and possibly spreading it without even knowing it.

美国的确诊病例已超过20万例，政府卫生官员估计，其中25%没有症状。因此，这意味着有成千上万的病毒携带者可能会传染他人，但他们自已却毫不知情。

So, now, the U.S. government is considering a recommendation² that the general public wear face masks as long as there are still enough for the health care workers who need them. There are currently³ shortages⁴ in many American hospitals.

因此，美国政府正在考虑建议公众佩戴口罩，前提是先满足更需要口罩的医护人员的需求。目前美国有多家医院面临医疗物资短缺。

What's interesting about this is that the World Health Organization, part of the United Nations, has said it doesn't have evidence that masks will protect the general public. But a top American health official says something doesn't have to be 100 percent effective to have some benefit.

而值得注意的是，联合国下属机构世界卫生组织表示，目前没有证据证明口罩能保护公众。但一名美国卫生官员表示，有些东西并不是100%有效才算有用。

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 recommendation   

n.推荐（信）建议，优点，长处

参考例句：

• I wrote him a good recommendation.我为他写了一封很好的推荐信。
• This method deserves recommendation.这种做法值得提倡。

3 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

4 shortages   

n.不足( shortage的名词复数 )；缺少；缺少量；不足额

参考例句：

• Food shortages often occur in time of war. 在战争期间常常发生粮食短缺的情形。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• At the same time, worldwide food and fuel shortages eased. 同时，世界性粮食和石油短缺的现象终止了。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件