“咱们最初的做法的确有误,咱们愿为此承当职责并抱歉。”
4月7日,国际闻名科学期刊《天然》( Nature)杂志在官网刊发以《中止新冠病毒的污名化》为题的社论,为曾将新冠病毒与武汉相关抱歉。
文中写道:
本年2月,世卫安排宣告将新式冠状病毒引起的疾病命名为“COVID-19”,这一姓名很快便被传达公共卫生信息的巨细安排选用。世卫安排在提出这个命名的时分,含蓄地提示了曾经在新闻报道中过错地将新冠病毒与武汉和我国相关在一起的人和安排,这这中心还包含了《天然》杂志。咱们最初的做法的确有误,咱们愿为此承当职责并抱歉。
...As well as naming the illness, the WHO was implicitly sending a reminder to those who had erroneously been associating the virus with Wuhan and with China in their news coverage— including Nature. That we did so was an error on our part, for which we take responsibility and apologize.
中英双语“抱歉三连”继4月7日在官网上宣布社论后,4月8日,《天然》杂志在其海外交际账号上发布了相同的内容。
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4月9日,《天然》杂志官方微信大众号、微博账号又发布了该社论的中文翻译版别。
《天然》杂志微信账号截图
《天然》杂志微博账号截图
作为国际尖端学术刊物《天然》杂志为何需求接连三天在多个交际账号抱歉?
《天然》杂志在社论中标明:多年来,人们常常会将病毒性疾病与疫情首要爆发的区域、地址或区域相关在一起,比方中东呼吸归纳征或寨卡病毒——以乌干达的一片森林命名。
For years, it was common for viral diseases to be associated with the landscapes, places or regions where the first outbreaks occurred — as in Middle East respiratory syndrome, or Zika virus, named after a forest in Uganda.
可是,世卫安排在2015年发布指引,要求中止这种做法,以削减污名化和恶劣影响,比方对所涉区域或当地民众的惊骇或愤恨之情。指引中着重,病毒会感染一切人类:一旦发作疫情,一切人都有危险,不管他们是谁,不管他们来自哪里。
但是,在各国尽力操控新冠病毒传达之际,少量政客却仍然抱保守辞不放。《天然》杂志举例称,美国总统特朗普一再将新冠病毒与我国相关在一起,巴西总统博索纳罗之子、巴西众议员爱德华多称新冠肺炎疫情是“我国的错”。其他区域的政客,包含英国在内,也在说我国应为此担任。
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly associated the virus with China. Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro — the son of President Jair Bolsonaro — has called it “China’s fault”. Politicians elsewhere, including in the United Kingdom, are also saying that China bears responsibility.
“固执将一种病毒及其所形成的疾病与某个当地相关在一起,是一种不负职责的行为,需求当即中止。”
Continuing to associate a virus and the disease it causes with a specific place is irresponsible and needs to stop.
《天然》杂志引证流行症流行病学家Adam Kucharski 2月出书的应时之作《感染的规矩》一书提示咱们:
前史标明,大流行会导致一些集体被污名化,这便是为什么咱们一切人都要谨言慎行。假如存有疑问,能够寻求别人定见,但不管如何,一定要落到实实在在的依据上。
...history tells us that pandemics lead to communities being stigmatized, which is why we all need to exercise more care. If in doubt, seek advice, and always fall back on the consensus of the evidence.
《天然》杂志还细数了污名化形成的结果:种族主义进犯导致年青学子的学业被打断,学校多样性削弱,科研环境日薄西山,会带来令人担忧的深远影响。
“新冠病毒污名化有必要中止——刻不容缓。”
Coronavirus stigma must stop — now.
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