福奇又被批？美媒：白宫正在把他边缘化

原标题：福奇又被批？美媒：白宫正在把他边缘化

{image=1}

近两周来，新冠疫情在美国持续反弹。据约翰斯·霍普金斯大学7月13日实时数据，美国累计确诊达329万例，累计死亡超过13万例。多个州日新增病例数突破纪录，经济重启方案被迫暂停。

在这一背景下，美国总统特朗普却一再强调美国疫情已经得到控制，经济正在有序恢复。美国传染病专家安东尼·福奇则直言不讳表示：当前美国正面临“极为严重”的问题。

对此，美国卫生与公众服务部助理部长布雷特·吉鲁瓦尔12日接受采访时，批评福奇“并不是百分百正确”。吉鲁瓦尔认为，福奇看问题角度“非常狭隘”，不考虑整个国家的利益。

由于福奇近期屡次发表与特朗普相左的言论，一位不愿透露姓名的白宫高级官员对《华盛顿邮报》透露，福奇博士已“不再向特朗普做简报，也不再在椭圆形办公室工作了。”

{image=2}

福奇在接受采访时也表示，自6月2日以来，他就没有再亲自会见过总统。此外，他也被限制接受电视采访，理由是他说了太多“美国联邦政府不想听到的实话”。

除被限制接受媒体访谈以外，美国全国广播公司（NBC）报道，白宫正试图破坏福奇的声誉，进而将他边缘化。

{image=3}

多名官员正在统计福奇犯错的“罪状”，包括他在疫情早期发表的“新冠病毒对美国没有重大威胁”的言论，以及3月份宣称“人们在外出散步时不用戴口罩”等。

对于福奇出现的误判，支持者们解释称，其早期观点主要通过当时的数据得出，并且也获得了特朗普及其他白宫官员的广泛支持。且面对新冠这一前所未见的全新病毒，专家们都需保持谨慎态度，根据不断掌握的实践经验去相应调整预防和治疗建议，这种情况不只出现在美国。

{image=4}

Despite spearheading the U.S。 fight against COVID-19， the country‘s top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci has been sidelined by the White House， reported several U.S。 news outlets。

The Trump administration has prepared a list of comments made by Dr。 Fauci about the virus to ascertain the number of times he made wrong remarks。

The list includes remark made in January， claiming the virus was not a significant threat to the U.S。 people and was not driven by asymptomatic carriers， as well as an observation made in March， which suggested there was no need for face coverings。

But Fauci explained that he didn‘t suggest masks early in the outbreak， because he wanted to reserve them for frontline health care workers who needed them most， especially considering the mask shortage。

At the same time， scientists agree that for a brand new virus never ever seen in human history， it‘s reasonable that their knowledge could change based on further information and experience， and so do the corresponding recommendations。

A senior White House official on condition of anonymity told the Washington Post that Dr。 Fauci “no longer briefs Trump and is never in the Oval （Office） anymore。” At the same time， the expert himself declined to comment on the issue。

In an interview with the Financial Times， Fauci revealed that he had not met the president in person since June 2 and had not briefed him in more than two months。

NBC的报道既出，美国网友纷纷为福奇抱不平：

{image=5}

“在这场大流行病开始时，没有人真正知道发生了什么。福奇和其他大多数人担心医生和护士没有足够的防护设备，他们必须尽快做出决定，拯救尽可能多的生命，，而特朗普花了两个月时间却完全没有做任何事情。不要试图把福奇描绘成坏人， 他恰恰是特朗普政府里唯一试图说出真相的人……”

{image=6}

“这些只是企图诋毁福奇的第一步， 直到他们找到能对特朗普言听计从的人并取而代之。”

“理性的公众期待福奇的指导，而不是疯狂的特朗普或他那些滥竽充数的顾问们。”

“美国民众现在比以往任何时候都需要更多像福奇一样的人。”

{image=7}

实际上，自新冠疫情在美国爆发以来，特朗普政府的疫情应对措施就一直与科学家的意见大相径庭。

美国公共卫生专家多次强调美国正面临“可怕的公共卫生危机”，并警告一刀切的开放政策可能会增加感染率和死亡率。

尽管遭遇多方批评，但特朗普政府推动学校重开的步伐并未因此放缓，仍坚持学校需在秋季全面开放复课。

一位哈佛健康领域的专家上周接受美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）采访时，对特朗普政府要求重开学校的激进举动表示担忧。他指出，相关研究已经表明，这种病毒可能导致感染病例出现脑损伤，为了强推某个政策而不惜牺牲国家的未来，这是大家最不愿意看到的局面。

Since COVID-19 broke out in the U.S。， the Trump administration has always been at loggerheads with scientists over the country‘s coronavirus containment policies。

The latest round of differences emerged with the announcement related to the reopening of schools in the country。 The public health experts warn that a one-size-fits-all reopening strategy could drive infection and death rates even higher。

Although U.S。 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos backed up the president on Fox News Sunday， noting that there‘s nothing in the data suggests that kids being in school are dangerous， the majority of experts are still concerned about the uncertainties and variables for kids after sending them back to school。

A Harvard health expert expressed his concerns over Trump‘s aggressive school reopening move via an interview with CNN last week。 He noted relevant study has already shown the virus could lead to a wave of brain damage among infected cases。

Nobody would want to see policy is enacted at the expense of the country‘s future， he added。

责任编辑：吴金明