中英对照：断断续续的疫苗接种战已让加拿大人疲惫不堪

 

 

在新冠疫情席卷全球的今天，社交距离、口罩、居家令以及大面积封城等对世界上许多国家来说已经是家常便饭。但随着疫苗的全体免疫给人们带来希望，一些国家已经渐渐走出了疫情深渊，新增病例大幅减少，封城令取消，经济和生活逐渐恢复到疫情前状态。但不幸的是，加拿大却仍处在疫情的风口浪尖，饱受第三次疫情浪潮的冲击，并面临着更为严厉的封城措施。显然，在这场疫情和疫苗的生死较量中，加拿大远远落后于其他国家。

 

Social distancing, masks, stay-at-home orders, and lockdowns have been the norm for most countries in the world as pandemic waves sweep through the globe. But as vaccines bring the hope of herd immunity, some countries seem to have emerged from the pandemic dark tunnel, with new case numbers significantly reduced, lockdown lifted, and life gradually returning to the pre-pandemic state. But Canada remains in the eye of the pandemic storm, struggling with a more severe third wave and devastating lockdowns.  Apparently, in this life-and-death contest between vaccines and viruses, Canada fares much worse than other countries.  

 

以色列的疫苗接种率在全球处于绝对领先地位，而美国的接种运动也在如火如荼地展开，将许多从体育馆到大会厅等公共场所都改成疫苗接种中心。但在缺乏国内疫苗生产能力，且进口疫苗反复延误的加拿大，疫苗接种运动拖泥带水，磕磕绊绊，慢如蜗牛。至4月15日，加拿大人口的19%接种了第一剂疫苗，而完成了两剂接种的人口比例仅为2.2%，远低于美国一剂的37%和二剂的23%，以及以色列的59%和54.8%。极具讽刺的是，加拿大疫苗接种率最高的地区为新冠不太光顾的育空和西北地区，其完全接种率高达36.5%。而在新冠重灾区的安省，疫苗接种率却低至接近全国水平。

 

 Israel leads the world in its vaccine rollout, and inoculation campaigns in the US have gained momentum, with many public facilities – from sports stadiums to convention halls turning into mass vaccine centers.  But in Canada, lacking domestic production capacity and repeated delays in delivering imported vaccines have significantly hampered Canada's vaccination efforts.  As of April 15, with 19% of the population given only one dose and only 2.2% fully vaccinated, Canada falls far behind 37% and 23% of the US and 59% and 54.8% of Israel, respectively. Ironically, the highest coverage of vaccines in Canada is the Covid largely spared regions, such as Yukon and the Northwest Territories, where 36.5% of the population were fully vaccinated. But in the Covid hot spot Ontario, the vaccination rates have dropped to the national level.

显然，在变种毒株肆虐的风口浪尖，因缺乏大面积、有效的疫苗接种，加拿大疫情再次爆发，致使每日新增病例和住院人数激增。虽然整个疫情期间，美国感染病例一直远远高于加拿大，但近日这一趋势发生了逆转。加拿大报告的每百万人七天平均感染率为205.73，已超过美国的205.12。在安省，4月15日当天的七天日感染平均值为每百万人中300例（日感染案例4208），高于一月份二波浪潮251的峰值（日感染案例3523）。而修改后的模型显示，如果目前局势得不到控制，五月底安省的感染案例将高达1万例！

 

Undoubtedly, amid the surging variant cases, an ineffective vaccination campaign cannot help contain the raging and widespread outbreaks in Canada, which has driven new infection numbers and hospitalization rates to record highs.  While the surging caseload in the US had been a world apart from Canada throughout the pandemic, the trend has taken a drastic turn in recent days. Canada reported 205.73 new cases per million on a seven-day average, surpassing the US at 205.12. In Ontario, the 7day average of new daily case numbers on April 15 fetched a record high of over 300 per million (4208 new daily cases), exceeding Jan's peak of 251 per million (3523 new daily cases). Revised modeling suggests that the province could see up to 10,000 new daily cases by the end of May if the current trend continues unabated.  

 

而在安省面临严重的疫情威胁之际，美国许多疫苗接种率较高的州都已良好地控制了疫情，有效地阻止了新感染高峰的到来。

 

Ontario's third wave nightmare stands in strong contrast to many US states where the vaccination rate is high enough to keep the infection spikes at bay.

 

据彭博社收集的疫苗跟踪数据，随着疫苗接种率达到35%以上，美国9个州的新增案例已显平稳并降至1月份峰值以下。在疫苗覆盖率高达38.9%的缅因州，日新增病例已从1月5日的每百万人中451例降至4月14日的300例。在疫苗接种率达到37.5%的新墨西哥州，新增案例大幅下降，从1月11日的每百万人中666例，降至四月14日的100例。

 

According to Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker, with full vaccine coverage reaching 35% and above, nine US states have seen the cases flattened and dropped below Jan's peak level. With 38.9% of vaccine coverage in Maine, the new cases per million have dropped to April 14's 300, from January 5's 451. In New Mexico, where 37.5% of the population is fully vaccinated, new cases have been in sharp decline, from 666 per million on January 11 to 100 per million on April 14.

 

但最有说服力数据的还是来自于全球疫苗接种先锋国家以色列，其大面积的疫苗接种效应已使全国受益。由于已往封城期内从未显示过近期数据所呈现的疫情缓幅，健康官员确信 导致感染率大幅下降的原因为疫苗高普极率而非封城措施。随着日新增案例降至100以下，且住院率低至忽略不计，以色列已解除了封城令，且在4月18日取消了户外口罩要求，使以色列公民重新获得了被新冠疫情所剥夺的自由。

 

But the most convincing data comes from the global vaccination leader Israel, the first country in the world to show that vaccinations were having a nationwide effect.  As the recent data reveals a sharp decline of infections not shown in the previous lockdowns, health officials believe that it was the vaccination rather than restrictive measures that have driven the Covid cases down. With fewer than 100 new daily cases and hospitalization rates negligible, Israel has lifted the lockdowns and ended the outdoor mask requirement on April 18, allowing the citizens to regain the Covid-deprived freedom.

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当以色列公民们重拾着疫情后新生活的温馨，美国人士信心满满，相信不仅将走出疫情深渊之时，加拿大人却仍深受疫情危机困扰，面临着一个比一个严厉的封城令和遥遥无期的疫苗接种日。加拿大人所希望仅仅是一个有能力带领他们打好疫苗战的加国各级政府，在旷日持久的疫情战的今天，身心疲惫的加国民众的这个要求实在不为过分。

 

 While Israelis enjoy the post-pandemic world and Americans cherish the hope that the worst will soon be over, Canadians are still battling a growing covid crisis and facing lockdown measures stricter than ever. Amid a sluggish vaccination fueled pandemic distress, Canadians demand better leadership in vaccination efforts and Covid 19 response.