0804紐約時報
*【Delta 變體是否讓感染的年輕人更容易重症?】
在全國 Covid熱點地區工作的醫生說,他們醫院裡的病人和去年看到的病人不一樣,幾乎總是未接種疫苗,新來的往往更年輕,很多在20多歲或30多歲。而且他們似乎比去年的年輕患者病情更重,惡化得更快。根據美國疾病控制與預防中心的數據,截至週日,超過 80% 的 65 至 74 歲美國人接種了疫苗,而18 至 39 歲的美國人中只有不到一半。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/health/covid-young-adults-sicker.html
*【FDA計將在下個月初對輝瑞疫苗進行最終批准】
FDA此舉措預計將為醫院工作人員、大學生和聯邦軍隊,啟動更多的疫苗接種任務。許多大學和醫院,國防部和像是一些主要大城如舊金山,預計一旦疫苗完全批准,就要強制接種疫苗。最終批准也有助於消除關於疫苗安全性的錯誤資訊,澄清有關授權的法律問題。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/us/politics/pfizer-vaccine-approval.html
*【紐約市要求室內餐廳和健身房提供疫苗接種證明】
紐約市將成為美國第一個要求員工和顧客,在室內餐廳、健身房和電影院等活動場合中,提供疫苗接種證明的城市,紐約市長白思豪表示,此舉旨在施壓市民去接種疫苗。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/nyregion/new-york-city-vaccine-mandate.html
*【隨著病毒激增,拜登政府發佈了新的驅逐禁令】
拜登政府宣佈項為期60天的聯邦禁令,禁止被Delta變種病毒影響的地區驅逐房客。此舉旨在保護幾十萬房客,以免他們在流感大流行期間被趕出家門。這一行動還意在平息憤怒的民主黨人,他們指責白宮允許先前的驅逐禁令在週六到期。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/us/politics/evictions-housing-moratorium-pelosi-yellen.html
*【Covid-19實時更新】
拜登對一些州長直言不諱:“為那些做正確事情的人讓路。”拜登總統試圖重申這種高傳染性變異在美國的興起是“未接種疫苗的流行病”,他對領導人在提供冠狀病毒救濟或接種疫苗行動遲緩表示失望。
#一項研究表明,大多數感染Covid-19的兒童會在一周內康復,但有一小部分兒童會出現長期症狀。研究人員發現,4.4% 的兒童症狀會持續 4 週或更長時間,而 1.8 % 的兒童症狀會持續 8 週或更長時間。
#愛達荷州州長表示,如果沒有更多人接種疫苗,面對面的學習可能會受到阻礙。
#健康專家說,紐約市的疫苗規定是一個很好的步驟,但可能還不夠。新要求本可以更早推出,疫苗接種和口罩要求可以進一步擴大。
#包括羅馬在內的義大利拉齊奧地區,由於週末網站遭到網絡攻擊,三天內無法在線提供疫苗接種預約,當局稱這可能是義大利迄今為止最嚴重的勒索軟件案件的一部分。
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/03/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine
*【今年秋天拜登和美聯準會將面臨巨大的經濟挑戰】
美國經濟正走向一個越來越不確定的秋季,因為冠狀病毒Delta變種的激增,恰逢數百萬人的擴大失業救濟金到期,隨著一波工人重新進入勞動力市場,原本應該是恢復正常的情況變得更加複雜。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/business/Biden-Federal-Reserve-economic-challenges.html
*【紐約州長古莫性騷擾調查報告出爐,拜登籲其辭職】
紐約州總檢察長公佈了針對古莫的性騷擾調查結果。這份長達165頁的報告發現,古莫性騷擾了11名女性,並對至少一名公開投訴者施加報復。古莫否認指控,稱他“從未不當觸碰過任何人”。總統拜登加入了越來越多的政界人士的行列,要求科莫下臺。
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/03/nyregion/andrew-cuomo#biden-cuomo
*【美國官員警告說,氣候變化可能會摧毀帝王企鵝】
聯邦野生動物官員表示,氣候變化正在威脅帝王企鵝,它們的大部分棲息地已經滅絕,他們宣布了一項根據《瀕危物種法》保護它們的提議。企鵝一年中的大部分時間生活在南極海冰上,由於人類使用化石燃料釋放的吸熱氣體,這些海冰正在消失或破裂。企鵝需要冰來繁殖、養育幼崽和躲避捕食者。美國魚類和野生動物管理局首席副主任瑪莎威廉姆斯在一份聲明中說:“今天和未來幾十年的決策者做出的決定將決定帝王企鵝的命運。”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/climate/emperor-penguins.html
*【希臘創下史上最高溫】
該國正面臨約40年來最嚴重的熱浪侵襲,週一的最高溫度達到46.3攝氏度,突破歷史記錄。熱浪和隨之而來的乾旱在希臘和義大利、克羅地亞等南歐國家引發了數場山火,其中土耳其的火災最為嚴重,已造成至少八人死亡,大片房屋和林地被毀。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/world/europe/greece-turkey-heat-fires.html
*【Delta變種入侵,武漢再度展開全民大檢測】
自去年5月以來,武漢首次出現本地傳播。當地官員表示,他們在24小時內發現了三例有症狀感染者及五例無症狀病例,該市正計畫再次對1100萬居民進行核酸檢測。本輪Delta變種的傳播令中國多地官員重新感到緊張:張家界已下令禁止居民和遊客離開,事實上封鎖了該市。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/world/wuhan-china-covid-new-cases.html
*【官媒批網遊為“精神鴉片”,騰訊等遊戲股暴跌】
目前尚不清楚新華社旗下的《經濟參考報》發表的這篇文章反映的是北京的看法,還是僅為該報編輯觀點;該報晚些時候對標題進行了修改。騰訊週二股價一度下跌約10%。當前中國互聯網行業正面臨前所未有的監管高壓,這種壓力已促使全球投資者從中國科技股中撤出數十億美元。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/technology/china-video-game-tencent.html
*【伊拉克收回17000件被掠奪文物】
伊拉克總理在結束對美國的訪問後,帶著由一家宗教博物館和一所常青藤大學歸還的大批文物返回巴格達,其中包括來自美索不達米亞文明遺址的泥板和印章。這是伊拉克有史以來規模最大的被洗劫文物的歸還行動。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/world/middleeast/iraq-looted-artifacts-return.html
*【白俄羅斯反政府活動人士被發現在烏克蘭一公園內吊亡】
死者是26歲的維塔利•希紹夫,他是烏克蘭“白俄羅斯之家”的負責人,於週一晨跑後失蹤。他的同事指控白俄羅斯當局殺害了他。基輔警方表示,他們正在調查“偽裝成自殺的謀殺”的可能性。此前白俄總統盧卡申科曾下令截停國際客機,以逮捕流亡海外的異見記者。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/world/europe/belarus-activist-dead-kyiv.html
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To Smash a Cracked Pot |Lee Yee
The national security honeymoon, the calm before the storm, is over. The sword of Damocles above our heads comes swinging down.
Against the professional recommendations of the Board of Education, the University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) governing council went with the majority’s decision and fired Benny Tai Yiu-ting, associate professor of the Faculty of Law. Certainly, no one would challenge Benny Tai’s comment that the decision to terminate his appointment was made by “an authority beyond the university through its agents”.
Three males and one female, aged between 16 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of “secession” in violation of the national security law. There was no action, only online speeches. Perhaps the few words by these teenagers are powerful enough to split a country of 1.4 billion people?
I had been pondering whether the Communists and their bootlickers would adopt the disqualification tactic or the postponement tactic in the upcoming Legislative Council election. The answer has been revealed that mass disqualifications would come first, and then a postponement may follow. Some said that the Communists are “braver” than I had predicted; but to borrow a young person’s words, which I find to be more suitable: rationality limits my imagination.
The three-part strike happened within a period of two days, putting an end to the honeymoon where the CCP had once sought dialogue, probed, soothed, and observed the global siege led by the United States. Now the CCP is addressing the US sanctions head-on while flexing its muscles by targeting Hongkongers.
This also illustrates that the attempt by the pan-democrats to navigate within the cavity of the national security law, to try to compromise on the confirmation letter to see a way out through election was an utter, complete failure. They could have followed my suggestion from a month ago, to run in the election with proud and loud opposition against the national security law, to welcome being disqualified and show the civilized world “what the CCP is plotting against Hong Kong”. That would have been more courageous. Yet some pushed their luck, and now they face the same fate of being disqualified.
CCP’s honeymoon period following the implementation of the national security law in Hong Kong was based on the assumption, by the CCP as well as other overseas observers, that Trump’s tough policy toward China was for his election campaign. Since the current projection of the election seems unfavorable to Trump, that there is hope for the Democrats to take over, and the US might change its policy toward China.
When the United States ordered the closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston, and when the four top officials, especially Pompeo’s declaration of resistance to China, made it clear that the US ultra-cold war strategy towards China is unlikely to be reversible.
Stephen Young, a senior diplomat who had stationed in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei, said that demanding other countries to close their consulates is a very drastic strategy. In the past, if a foreign diplomatic agency had a blunder, actions would usually have been taken against a person. The closures of the consulates suggest that the relationship is close to a break-up.
On July 25, the New York Times published the words of Ryan Hass, the President of the US National Security Council in the Obama era, that said, “They want to reorient the U.S.-China relationship toward an all-encompassing systemic rivalry that cannot be reversed by the outcome of the upcoming U.S. election. They believe this reorientation is needed to put the United States on a competitive footing against its 21st-century geostrategic rival.”
The two bills on Hong Kong, and the one on Xinjiang Uyghurs, were all passed almost unanimously in the US Senate and the House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House and Democrat, Pelosi, was particularly enthusiastic; left-wing media such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, though have been critical of Trump, have both affirmed and even encouraged Trump’s anti-China policy.
This has been a 180 from Trump’s previous declaration of “America First” when he did not hesitate to offend the United Kingdom, the European Union, and even Asia-Pacific countries. Pompeo has recently been chummy with Europe and the Asia-Pacific to ally up, and emphasized in his anti-CCP declaration the need for the free world to act together. In fact, Trump’s unilateralism has pivoted, and the allies have returned to their positions one after another, and a global siege towards China has gradually been formed.
Has China been in touch with the US Democratic Party in private to probe whether its China policy will change if it wins the general election? There is no way of knowing. Even if so, the answer is apparent.
The US policy toward China leaves no room for maneuver, and the power-hungry CCP must now hold tight onto the hastily enacted national security law till the end. The longer they hold out, who knows how many more Hong Kong officials or pro-Beijing people would be affected along the lines of Bernard Chan and his sanctioned foreign bank.
What the CCP and its Hong Kong bootlickers are doing could be described with the Chinese idiom “to smash a cracked pot”. The pot is already cracked, then just smash it. It means that there are blemishes, and mistakes that cannot be corrected or will not be correct, then why not send the helve after the hatchet.
Lu Xun said, “When the brave is angered, he draws the sword towards the stronger; when the coward is angered, he draws the sword towards the weaker.” Disqualifications coupled with the postponement, is it “braver”? Or rather, “the coward is angered”.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the bravery of young protesters in Hong Kong stands in contrast to "the cowardly government that refuses to respect the rule of law" and the "one country, two systems" policy that was supposed to ensure a smooth political transition after the former British colony was returned to China in 1997.
"If America does not speak out for human rights in China because of commercial interests, then we lose all moral authority to speak out on behalf of human rights any place in the world," she said.
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