为了控制疫情，请委屈改变一下自己的行为

（大中报/096.ca特稿）：在过去的三个月中，许多人仍称之为“武汉病毒”的新冠肺炎已经影响了我们的生活。加拿大开始的疫情不严重，直到三月才开始加剧。相比绝大多数人，我更早地参与了防范疫情的工作。

The Covid-19 corona virus, or “Wuhan virus” as many are still calling it, has impacted all of our lives over the last 3 months. Here in Canada, we have a bit of a delayed effect that only intensifies starting in March. Personally, I engaged the epidemic on many levels at a much earlier time than most of the others.

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今年/2020年一月份，我所住公寓大楼的居民提出了不可思议的建议，以阻止那些从中国回加拿大的人返回公寓居住。当时武汉的局势越来越严重，病毒在武汉的传播几乎达到顶峰。这些公寓居民的建议完全出自一种暴民心理。作为大楼公寓公司的董事长，我不能采纳他们的建议，因为这样做违法。

Back in January, residents in my condominium came up with crazy suggestions to stop people to enter the building as they return from China. It was a mob psychology at the time when Wuhan's situation was getting serious and virus transmission in that city was about to hit its peak. As President of the Condominium Corporation, I cannot grant them their wishes and it is not legal to do so.

为了消除公寓大楼居民的恐惧，我开始寻找消毒分发器，准备将它们安装在整个大楼里的重要区域。我还同时要求清洁公司更频繁地用消毒剂擦拭大楼内的所有电梯面板和栏杆，垃圾槽把手以及所有门把手。

To allay their fears, I started to locate Sanitizer dispensers and sanitizers to have them installed at strategic locations throughout the buildings. The cleaning contractor was also made aware of the additional needs to wipe down all elevator panels and railings, garbage chute handles, and all door handles within the buildings with disinfectants on a more frequent basis.



采购消毒分发器和消毒液的过程相当戏剧化。许多供应商让我们下订单，但却在一个小时后通知我们，因库存不足而取消送货。有些供应商虽然没有取消订单，但却一次又一次地延迟送货。最后，我们只好从多个供应商那里订购，以保证公寓大楼有足够的库存，并让消毒分发器成为大楼里的固定设施。2月初，所有消毒分发器安装就绪，居民的恐惧也随之消失。

The odyssey to procure the sanitizers was rather dramatic. Many suppliers let us place the order, and then promptly cancelled within an hour due to a lack of stock. Some promised a delivery date only to have them delayed again and again. In the end, we ordered from multiple suppliers as we wanted to have sufficient inventory on our hands to make this item a permanent feature within our buildings. By early February, everything was in place and our residents' fears were gone.

大约在同一时间，中区唐人街的商业报告显示，去唐人街的人大量减少，没有生意，商家们向多伦多华埠商业促进区（BIA）求助。作为该组织的副主席，我建议向每个商家免费分发消毒分发器和消毒剂，让员工和顾客自身消毒，以创造安全的消费环境，让顾客回头。不用说，这一次与供应商打交道又遇到了困难，因为这次的采购量大。截至今天，唐人街消毒液仍然短缺。

At about the same time, the businesses in Chinatown were reporting huge losses in patrons and looking for relief from the Business Improvement Area (BIA) organization. As Vice Chair, I suggested the free distribution of sanitizer dispensers and sanitizers to each business establishment to help them with staff and patron hygiene to create the safe environment and increase their business volume again. Needless to say, another round of difficult dealing with suppliers even with volume purchases into hundreds of units this time around. As of now, there is still a shortage in sanitizer refill packages everywhere.



自一月初以来，口罩根本就买不到。只有很少的人戴它们，且这些人大多是来自中国大陆的留学生。我猜，他们当初买口罩是为了寄回中国的。现在，由于产量提高，口罩不再那么紧俏了。有些企业从泰国和埃及等国家进口口罩，只要订购量不大，你都能拿到货。

Face Masks were impossible to obtain since early January. Only very few people were wearing them until now and wearers were mostly students from mainland China. My understanding is that masks were purchased and sent back to China until recently. The supply of masks has eased up now as productions are rammed up and small quantities of them are secured by entrepreneurs from countries like Thailand and Egypt and shipped to Canada for sale.

我每周都要出去采购家需用品。3月上旬，我意识到瓶装水已成为Costco的稀有商品。又过了10天，卫生纸也成为人们的囤货目标。鉴于加拿大是主要的纸制品生产国，我无法理解谣言是如何出现的，以及人们为什么相信它，从而导致了恐慌性的购买。我目睹了一对夫妇买了六包四十卷厕纸。那将是240卷厕纸！他们要么有一个庞大的家庭，要么家庭中有严重腹泻的病人。

Fast forward into early March, I was doing my weekly shopping when I realized that bottled water became a rare commodity in Costco. Another 10 days and toilet papers became the target for hoarders as well. Canada is a major paper product producer so I cannot fathom how the rumours stood up and why people believed in it, resulting in panic purchases. I witnessed a couple getting six packages of forty rolls of toilet papers each. That would be 240 rolls of toilet paper! They either have a huge family or severe cases of diarrhea in the family.



本周，超市货架上的鸡蛋，冷冻的蔬菜和水果，糖和大米全部被抢空。实际上，几乎所有不易腐烂的食品都被拿光。自五十多年前踏足加拿大以来，或自从2003年加拿大经历SARS期间，我从未见过这种场景。超市正以最快的速度补充货架，但是人们还在囤货，只是没有开始时那么疯狂。

This week, the shelves in grocery stores were cleaned out of eggs, frozen vegetables and fruits, sugar, and rice. In fact, almost all non-perishable items were gone from the shelves. I have not seen this last time when we had SARS in 2003, or any other time since I set foot on Canada more than fifty years ago. The stores are restocking their shelves as fast as they can now but the hoarding continues, albeit in a smaller scale.

随着安大略省宣布进入紧急状态，超过50人的集会被禁。在公寓大楼里，我们停止了宴会厅的出租，所有共用设施均关闭。送餐人员不得上楼，居民将不得不下到保安服务台领取外卖。

With Ontario declared a state of emergency, large gatherings over 50 people are shut down. At our Condominium, we stopped our Party Room rentals and use of all other amenities. Food delivery personnel are not allowed to go upstairs to their clients' apartments. Residents will have to come down to the Security desk to pick up their food.



这些预防措施至少要持续3周，我们应该能够度过病毒感染的高峰期。如果我们要闯过这一关，安省的每一个人就必须共同努力，遵循各个卫生当局的建议。让我们暂时委屈一下，以换取最佳的结果。

This shut down situation will go on for 3 weeks at least and with the precautions and measures taken, we should be able to go through the peak infection period under control. Ontarians have to work together and follow the recommendations from the various Health authorities if we were to pass through his period unscathed. Let us hunker down and hope for the best.