英国抗疫最新进展：不搞群体免疫了_BEC初级作文

英国抗疫最新进展：不搞群体免疫了

但上周日，英国卫生和社会保障大臣Matt Hancock强调说对新型冠状病毒产生群体免疫这一政策还未确定。相反，他说“未来几周”会要求70岁以上的人进行自我隔离。这有悖于世界卫生组织的指导方针，世卫组织建议所有人都要扩大社交距离，不分年龄。

“What we will do is listen to all the credible scientists and we will look at all the evidence,” he said. “Herd immunity is not our goal or policy, it’s a scientific concept.”

他说：“我们要听可靠的科学家的话，要看证据。群体免疫并非我们的目标，也不是我们的政策，这只是一个科学概念。”

The UK has faced questions over the efficacy of its social distancing guidance — for instance, at a press conference last Thursday, where government officials, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, would not specify whether large public gatherings, including football matches, would be canceled.

英国扩大社交距离的建议的有效性也有一些问题，比如在上周四的资讯发布会上，首相鲍里斯·约翰逊等政府官员并未具体说明足球比赛等大型公众集会是否会取消。

Chris Whitty, the UK’s chief medical officer for England, said Thursday that holding off on recommending the sort of social distancing other countries have encouraged was a strategic decision, arguing that imposing it “too early” would cause people to become exhausted and stop participating in it.