"抗疫隊長"被白宮邊緣化
Fauci sidelined by White House
“抗疫隊長”被白宮邊緣化Despite his leading role in the US fight against COVID-19, top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci has been sidelined by the White House, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
據《華盛頓郵報》7月12日報道，儘管頂級傳染病專家安東尼·福奇在美國抗擊新冠肺炎的戰鬥中發揮主導作用，但白宮卻在將他邊緣化。Citing a senior White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the Post reported that Fauci "no longer briefs US President Trump and is never in the Oval (Office) anymore."
《華盛頓郵報》援引一位未具名白宮高級官員的話稱，福奇已“不再向美國總統特朗普做簡報，也不再在橢圓形辦公室工作了。”
According to the report, Fauci had not spoken to Trump since "the first week of June."
據報道，福奇自“6月第一週”以來就沒再與特朗普交談過。
In a live stream event on July 7, Fauci warned against a "false narrative" of a falling COVID-19-related death rate even as Trump continued to tout alleged progress the US had made in tackling the COVID-19 outbreak by citing a falling US mortality rate.
在7月7日的一場直播活動中，福奇警告人們，新冠肺炎相關死亡率下降是一種“錯誤說法”，而特朗普繼續以美國死亡率下降爲由吹噓政府在應對疫情方面取得的所謂進展。In another interview with the Hill on Thursday, Fauci said that US states hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic should not be moving forward with reopening, another public rebuke of Trump, who had repeatedly downplayed the worsening COVID-19 outbreak in the country and encouraged states to quickly reopen their economies.
7月9日，福奇在接受《國會山報》採訪時表示，受新冠疫情重創的美國各州不應推進重新開放進程，再一次“打臉”特朗普，後者一再淡化該國日益惡化的新冠肺炎疫情，並鼓勵各州迅速重啓經濟。
