雅思经典|特朗普的疫情70天都做了什么？（上篇）

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美国疾病控制与预防中心于12月31日获悉中国出现大量新冠病毒病例，并于1月1日开始为美国卫生与公众服务部编写报告。1月3日，特朗普政府收到关于新冠病毒在中国暴发的第一个正式通知。几天内，美国情报机构首次在总统每日简报中就这种冠状病毒威胁的严重性向总统发出警报，之后又发出了多次警报。

The CDC learned of a cluster of cases in China on Dec. 31 and began developing reports for HHS on Jan. 1. The Trump administration received its first formal notification of the outbreak of the coronavirus in China on Jan. 3. Within days, U.S. spy agencies were signaling the seriousness of the threat to Trump by including a warning about the coronavirus — the first of many — in the President’s Daily Brief.

The CDC had issued its first public alert about the coronavirus Jan. 8, and by the 17th was monitoring major airports in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York, where large numbers of passengers arrived each day from China.

美国疾病控制与预防中心1月8日首次发布有关新冠病毒的公开警报，并于17日开始监测洛杉矶、旧金山和纽约的主要机场，这些机场每天都要接待大量来自中国的旅客。

In other ways, though, the situation was already spinning out of control, with multiplying cases in Seattle, intransigence by the Chinese, mounting questions from the public, and nothing in place to stop infected travelers from arriving from abroad.

然而，在其他方面，情况已经失控，西雅图的病例成倍增加，公众提出的问题越来越多，没有任何措施阻止来自境外的受感染旅客。

Despite the flurry of activity at lower levels of his administration, Trump was not substantially briefed by health officials about the coronavirus until Jan.18, when, while spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, he took a call from Azar.

尽管特朗普政府较低级别的官员已经开始一系列准备工作，但直到1月18日才有卫生官员向总统详细汇报有关新冠病毒暴发的情况，当时特朗普正在海湖庄园度周末，卫生部长阿扎尔向他做了电话汇报。

At the time, Trump was in the throes of an impeachment battle over his alleged attempt to coerce political favors from the leader of Ukraine. Acquittal seemed certain by the GOP-controlled Senate, but Trump was preoccupied with the trial, calling lawmakers late at night to rant, and making lists of perceived enemies he would seek to punish when the case against him concluded.

当时，特朗普深陷弹劾战泥潭，他被指试图从乌克兰领导人那里获得政治好处。共和党掌控的参议院似乎肯定会判他无罪，但特朗普当时满脑子都是这场官司，深夜还打电话给几位议员吵吵嚷嚷，并且列了几份黑名单准备秋后算账。

Azar told several associates that the president believed he was “alarmist” and Azar struggled to get Trump’s attention to focus on the issue, even asking one confidant for advice.

阿扎尔告诉几名助手，总统认为他“危言耸听”，阿扎尔则努力让特朗普关注病毒暴发的问题，甚至为此向一名密友征求意见。

On Jan. 21, a Seattle man who had recently traveled to Wuhan tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first known infection on U.S. soil.

1月21日，一名最近去过武汉的西雅图男子新冠病毒检测呈阳性，成为美国本土第一例已知感染病例。

On Jan. 22, Trump received his first question about the coronavirus in an interview on CNBC while in Davos. Asked whether he was worried about a potential pandemic, Trump said, “No. Not at all. And we have it totally under control. ”

1月22日，特朗普在达沃斯接受CNBC采访时第一次被问及新冠病毒。当被问及他是否担心潜在的流行病时，特朗普说：“不担心，一点儿都不担心。我们已经完全控制住了。”

In Washington, then-acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Pottinger began convening meetings at the White House with senior officials from HHS, the CDC and the State Department.

在华盛顿，时任白宫代理幕僚长米克·马尔瓦尼和副国安顾问波廷格开始在白宫召集卫生与公众服务部、疾控中心和国务院的高级官员开会。

That move by Beijing finally prompted a commensurate action by the Trump administration. On Jan. 31, Azar announced restrictions barring any non-U.S. citizen who had been in China during the preceding two weeks from entering the United States.

中国的防疫举措终于促使特朗普政府采取相应的行动。1月31日，阿扎尔宣布了限制措施，禁止过去两周在中国停留的非美国公民进入美国。

Trump has, with some justification, pointed to the China-related restriction as evidence that he had responded aggressively and early to the outbreak. It was among the few intervention options throughout the crisis that played to the instincts of the president, who often seems fixated on erecting borders and keeping foreigners out of the country.

特朗普将这种限制措施作为证据，表明他在疫情暴发之初就做出了积极回应，这也不是毫无道理。这是整个危机期间符合特朗普本能的、为数不多的干预选择之一。他似乎总是专注于划定边界，将外国人挡在国门之外。