“我不知道我们还能照此坚持多长时间。” 27日，美国亚拉巴马州卫生官员斯科特·哈里斯（Scott Harris）在该州的疫情防控新闻发布会上哽咽着说道。↓
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Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris choked up last Friday at the reality of the state’s ongoing fight against the pandemic. “I don’t know how much longer we’re going to be able to do this,” he said of sustaining efforts against the surging disease.
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“我们真的处于一场危机之中。” 斯科特宣布，上周四，亚拉巴马州新增新冠肺炎病例达5000例，由于该州总体住院人数持续攀升，已远超重症监护室的承载量。死于新冠的患者数量也随之激增，却已经没有地方停放这些尸体。对此，亚拉巴马州卫生部只好启用具备冷藏功能的移动拖车来安置尸体。
斯科特称，这是疫情以来首次使用这样的“移动停尸房（mobile morgue trailers）”。通常只有在发生大规模伤亡事件（mass casualty event）时才会这么做，而实际上亚拉巴马州医院目前的情况正是如此。
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“We are really in a crisis situation,” he said. Alabama saw 5,000 new positive cases Thursday while hospitalizations have outstripped ICU capacity and continue an upward trend.
Noting the reality of the situation, the ADPH（Alabama Department of Public Health）has moved two mobile morgue trailers to south Alabama in anticipation of rising deaths. It’s the first time during the pandemic such a move has been necessary, he explained, but stated “there’s no room to put these bodies.”
这位卫生官员指出，实际上“我们看到的很多情况都是可以预防的”。 他强调，广泛的戴口罩和接种疫苗就能缓解危机。他对这些措施在该州的不受欢迎，感到“非常沮丧”。
“So much of what we are seeing is preventable,” he said he was “intensely frustrated,” with the lack of vaccinations and masking to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
据美国疾控中心27日的数据显示，尽管亚拉巴马州接种疫苗的人数有所增加，但仍旧是美国疫苗接种率最低的州之一，只有37%的居民完全接种了疫苗。该州却是美国新冠确诊率最高的州之一，新冠检测阳性率达23%。
Alabama’s positivity rate for COVID tests is at 23%, among the highest in the nation. Vaccinations have picked up in the state but Alabama continues to have the lowest vaccination rate in the country at 37%, according to the CDC as of last Friday.
综合来源：WSFA 12 News，Fox10 News，观察者网
