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每8個美國人中就有1人確診,醫(yī)生:以后我們或不得不決定誰死誰活…… 來源:21英語網(wǎng) 作者:21ST 日期: 2021-09-07
根據(jù)美國約翰斯·霍普金斯大學數(shù)據(jù),截至9月6日,美國新冠肺炎累計確診病例逼近4000萬例,死亡病例已超過64.4萬例。這意味著,每8個美國人中就有1人確診,每510個美國人中就有一人死于新冠肺炎。
(視頻戳這里) 據(jù)美國廣播公司(ABC)報道,由于德爾塔變異毒株的擴散,美國夏威夷州近期疫情惡化尤為嚴重。7月前,該州的7天平均日增病例數(shù)為46例,而到了9月3日,該數(shù)字已暴漲至881例,當?shù)蒯t(yī)院不堪重負。 The state of Hawaii is struggling with an unprecedented and disastrous surge in COVID-19 cases. Before July, Hawaii reported a seven-day average of 46 daily cases. On September 3, that number stood at 881. 當?shù)蒯t(yī)護人員稱,7月以來游客人數(shù)增加,病例數(shù)開始大增,然而當?shù)卣畢s未能實施去年承諾的一些列防控措施,包括加強快速病毒檢測和加強對感染病例接觸者的追蹤等。 “Travel started increasing in July and we started seeing our cases rising,” health care workers in Hawaii say the state has failed to implement a variety of measures officials agreed to last year, including ramping up rapid testing and businesses and improving contact tracing. 醫(yī)護人員指責是當?shù)卣牟蛔鳛閷?dǎo)致了該州目前糟糕的情況,并稱如果當?shù)卣俨徊扇∮行Т胧?,該州醫(yī)院可能將面臨“嚴酷的危機(a grim crisis)”,甚至可能將需要對有限的醫(yī)療資源實行“配給制”(ration health care)。 They say a lack of government action is worsening an already crippling surge of coronavirus cases in the islands, and without effective policy changes the state’s limited hospitals could face a grim crisis. “Soon we’re going to be in a situation where we’re going to ration health care,” said Dr. Jonathan Dworkin, an infectious diseases specialist in Hawaii. 一位夏威夷州傳染病專家喬納森·德沃金稱,對有限的醫(yī)療資源進行分配將會非常“丑陋(ugly)”。“這意味著我們要需要做出誰死誰活的決定。”他表示,“我痛恨以后會出現(xiàn)不得不決定誰能獲得氧氣的情況。” Dworkin said that while mandates may be unpopular, rationing Hawaii's limited health care resources is “going to be far more ugly.” “It involves making decisions about who lives and dies,” he said. “I hate the idea of having to make a decision about who’s going to get oxygen.” 與此同時,美國愛達荷州的疫情也在加重。本周愛達荷州的急診室就診人數(shù)、住院患者人數(shù)和重癥監(jiān)護室患者人數(shù)均達到新高。有專家表示,到9月中旬,該州每周可能新增病例3萬例。 Idaho hit a grim COVID-19 trifecta this week, reaching record numbers of emergency room visits, hospitalizations and ICU patients. Medical experts say the state will likely see 30,000 new infections a week by mid-September. 由于當?shù)蒯t(yī)院床位和工作人員嚴重短缺,再加上愛達荷州是全美疫苗接種率最低的州之一,有些醫(yī)院已不得不準備遵循“危機狀態(tài)下”的護理標準,即將稀缺的醫(yī)療資源給予最有可能存活下來的病人。 With a critical shortage of hospital beds and staff and one of the nation's lowest vaccination rates, Idaho health providers are growing desperate and preparing to follow crisis standards of care, which call for giving scarce resources to patients most likely to survive. 美國愛達荷州圣盧克地區(qū)醫(yī)療中心醫(yī)護人員尼拉杰·索尼表示:“在我們所有的地方,我們的住院病房都已滿負荷運轉(zhuǎn),所以病人要么好起來可以回家了,要么就死于疾病,這樣才會空出床位。” 綜合來源:央視網(wǎng),ABC News, Associated Press |
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