近日，一位在中國生活了近20年的義大利裔美國人馬意駿（Mario Cavolo）在社交媒體上撰寫題為《各位，有點兒不對勁：對比美國2009年的H1N1病毒和中國2020年的冠狀病毒》的文章引起不少網友關注。
當下，中國正處在抗擊新冠肺炎的重要關頭，然而國外排華之聲四起，令人心寒。
馬意駿對中國的防疫行動和西方的聲音給出了自己的精彩見解，一起來看。
2009年美國甲流，你忘了嗎？
文章開篇，馬意駿就給出了一組數據，讓大家回顧2009年美國暴發的甲型H1N1流感事件：
When the United States 2009 H1N1 swine flu emerged, an international emergency, a declared global pandemic, it eventually infected 60 million and initially killed a minimum of 18,449 cases that year. But the final story of the H1N1 global pandemic was far worse than that, with close to 300,000 deaths, according to the final tallies in 2012 reported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
2009年，美國暴發甲型H1N1流感，這被視為國際緊急事件，並被明確定義為全球性傳染病，導致6000萬人感染，至少18449人死亡。但這一全球大流行的流感最終造成的結果遠超這一數字：據美國疾病預防控制中心（CDC）2012年最終統計，甲型H1N1流感死亡人數接近30萬人。
pandemic [pæn'demɪk] n.流行傳染病；瘟疫
在這一嚴峻事實面前，美國花了六個月才宣布全國進入緊急狀態，同時，國際社會並未因此攻擊美國或掀起反美情緒。
During the 2009 H1N1 outbreak, I don't recall xenophobic anti-America attacks across the globe, do you? In fact, do you recall it took six months for the US to declare a national emergency? Did any government from the onset in April 2009 through the end in April 2010, including the month of June, when H1N1 was declared an international emergency global pandemic, then send out a notice to its citizens that they should leave the United States? Close their borders to American travelers? Nope, not a peep.
在2009年H1N1流感暴發期間，我不記得哪裡有出現過仇美反美攻擊，你們記得嗎？事實上，美國花了六個月才宣布全國進入緊急狀態，你們忘了嗎？從2009年4月到2010年4月，包括6月份H1N1被宣布為全球範圍內的國際緊急流行病時，有哪個政府曾向公民發出撤離美國的通知？對美國遊客關閉邊境？沒有，一個也沒有。
xenophobic [ˌzenə'fəʊbɪk] adj.仇外的；排外的
相比之下，中國在積極抗擊肺炎之際仍然受到攻擊，這讓馬意駿意難平，他這樣分析：
As I said, something's not right, folks. I am reading hateful vicious attacks on the Chinese government for their supposed intentional conspiracy to intentionally under report the number of infections, yet that is exactly and always the case with such flu outbreaks no matter what country and the CDC reports illustrate that crystal clear.
正如我說的，各位，這事不對勁兒。我看到對中國政府的惡意攻擊，指責他們故意隱瞞感染人數。但無論哪個國家遇到流感類疫情，都會出現這樣的情況，CDC的報告也清楚地說明了這一點。
The US H1N1 swine flu numbers were vastly underestimated and updated three years later, because dear friends, that is the nature of such viral outbreaks which don't care which country they started in. There is never enough manpower, there are never enough test kits, there is never enough medicine or medical supplies.
美國的甲型H1N1流感數字被大大低估了，直到三年後才更新。因為親愛的朋友們，這就是這種病毒暴發的本質特點，不管在哪個國家都是。因為人力永遠都不夠，測試試劑盒永遠都不夠，藥品和醫療用品也永遠都不夠。
China is not trying to hide these hardships, they are well known, they are being reported on the news daily in China. Those are the facts, not any problem unique to China's healthcare system or government.
中國並沒有掩蓋這些困難，媒體每天都在報導，眾所周知。這些都是事實，不是中國醫療體系或政府獨有的問題。
It's not a conspiracy; it's just a tragedy.
這不是陰謀，這只是悲劇。
So during the 2009 outbreak, was anyone accusing the American medical and government authorities of hiding the numbers? Were Americans with hidden cameras strolling into the Mayo Clinic to PROVE how many people were really dying?
那麼，在2009年疫情暴發時，有沒有人指責美國醫療和政府隱瞞數據？有沒有人拿著偷拍相機溜進梅奧診所去證實到底死了多少人？
《華爾街日報》的評論文章標題為：《中國是真正的東亞病夫》
發文當天，馬意駿注意到英國也效仿美國敦促本國公民離開中國，他連發數問質問這種政府行為。當年的美國是否也遇到了相同待遇呢？沒有。
Today I noticed in the updates that following the United States Department of State policy suggesting US citizens leave China, the United Kingdom embassy just released the same recommendation to subjects of the kingdom.
今天（2月5日）我注意到，在美國國務院敦促美國公民離開中國之後，英國大使館也向本國公民發布了同樣的建議。
In 2009, did UK subjects in America get a notice from their kingdom to leave America? No.
2009年，在美國的英國人是否收到了來自祖國的撤離美國的通知？沒有。
Did the world suggest we isolate from America? Close the US borders!? No.
世界各國是否建議我們隔離美國？關閉美國邊境！？沒有。
Did Americans get xenophobically attacked and targeted by anti-American sentiments like the Chinese are experiencing now? Um, no.
美國人是否像現在的中國人一樣，成為排外情緒攻擊的目標？沒有。
事實上，中國的迅速反應值得喝彩
馬意駿認為，武漢政府沒有在第一時間把疫情防控做到位，這確實該批評，但中國政府的反應速度卻是世界上許多國家不能比的。
如果因為地方政府的失職而否定整個國家的政治體系，就大錯特錯了。
Instead of looking at the will of an entire system of government acting faster than any other government on the planet could, we are one month later, still busy bashing a few local government officials in Wuhan who should have told us a couple weeks sooner.
我們不去看整個中國政府體系用強大意志力作出的快速反應（這反應比這地球上其他政府能做到的都要快），卻在一個月後，仍忙著抨擊幾個本該早些通報疫情的武漢地方政府官員。
And yes, that is true those local officials screwed up. And by the way, those officials are in deep trouble for it. Just like the recent Puerto Rican politicians who are in trouble when we learned they didn't distribute hurricane emergency supplies that were sent to them to help during last year's terrible hurricane. A disgrace.
沒錯，這些地方官員確實辦了壞事。順便說一句，這些官員正在被狠狠追責。就像最近被抨擊的波多黎各的政客們，人們發現他們在去年的颶風災難中，沒有分發緊急救援物資。這是一種恥辱。
Individual people screw up all the time and hopefully justice gets served later, but that's not an indictment of an entire country's government.
每個人都有犯錯的時候，但願正義終能得到伸張，但這並不代表整個國家政府都是錯的。
事實上，他認為，世界應該為中國前所未有的、大範圍的、積極的反應而喝彩。
The world should be applauding China's unprecedented, broad, aggressive response.
作者親眼所見，本在繁忙春運、喜迎春節的中國，是如何在幾天之內迅速進入防疫狀態，各省市啟動重大公共衛生事件一級響應，十天內蓋起兩座醫院，從城市到農村，民眾自覺呆在家中隔離……
他說：
I am on the ground here in China watching with my own eyes and it is quite incredible by any measure.
我現在就在中國，親眼所見這一切，無論從哪方面來看，都令人難以置信。
It's impossible not to marvel at China's broad and aggressive domestic response directed by the provincial level governments to restrict movement, restrict transportation, and restrict business for a period of time combined with the voluntary dutiful cooperation of its 1.3 billion citizens who are in the majority quietly staying at home these weeks to let the virus pass.
不能不驚嘆中國大範圍的積極響應，各省級政府在一段時間內限制人口流動、限制交通、限制經濟活動，加上13億公民自願且負責任的配合，他們大多數人這幾周都安靜地呆在家中，等待病毒的消退。
This model response is already being hailed by the international community as a remarkable unprecedented response setting a new standard in understanding what is possible for future outbreaks in whatever country they may occur.
這一教科書般的反應，已經在國際社會受到稱讚，他們認為這種前所未有的非凡反應，為未來任何一個可能暴發疫情的國家設定了一種新標準。
該停止了，這種惡毒的攻擊和抹黑
當中國人民努力打贏這場戰「疫」的時候，一些西方媒體卻在藉助疫情煽動排華和恐華情緒。
《經濟學人》網站刊登的插圖，帶有明顯的歧視和偏見
作者也發現一些外國人視中國有關的一切如病毒，避之唯恐不及。
對此，他發表了一番評論：
There's a strange senseless bullying extremism and activism in today's society and you should do your best to avoid it and not be a part of it.
當今社會存在一種奇怪的、毫無意義地恃強凌弱的極端主義和激進主義，你應該盡最大努力避免它，而不是成為它的一部分。
It is fomented by a small group of extremist activists while definitely not supported by your average mainstream person who is simply exhausted by their outrage-inducing antics.
它是由一小群極端主義激進分子煽動起來的，主流社會民眾絕不會支持，他們只是被這些令人髮指的荒唐行為弄得筋疲力盡。
而新型冠狀病毒也不該被稱作「中國病毒」，並沒有人把H1N1稱作「美國病毒」。
It's not called the China virus and neither was H1N1 called the America virus.
德國《明鏡》周刊（Der Spiegel）在封面上赫然寫著「新型冠狀病毒，中國製造」。
Like I said, something's not right with the way humanity is responding to what's happening here.
就像我說的，人類對這裡所發生的事情的反應有些不對勁。
It needs to stop. This vicious, political, xenophobic racist attacks and smearing of all things on China needs to stop.It's really not helping anyone in the political corridors of Washington nor is it doing anything to help the man on the street who is just concerned with taking care of his family.
該停止了。這種惡毒的、政治的、排外的種族主義攻擊和對中國的一切進行抹黑的行為，該停止了。這無助於華盛頓政治走廊里的任何人，也幫助不了路邊關心家人的普通人。
文章的最後，馬意駿說，疫情會過去，春天會到來，而對於奮力抗擊疫情的中國人，如果你說不出支持的話，就閉嘴。
The xenophobia needs to stop now. Whether in a couple of weeks or months later, this nasty Coronavirus will begin declining and the joy of Spring will arrive.
現在，仇外情緒該結束了。幾周或幾個月後，這可惡的冠狀病毒引發的疫情將會過去，春天的喜悅終將到來。
Between now and then if you don't have anything good, anything supportive to say about China or Chinese people, how about you just keep your mouth shut.
從現在到那時，如果你對於中國或中國人說不出任何善意、支持的話語，那就閉嘴吧。
編輯：大春 麻茄茄