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湾区已经可以摘掉口罩了！但许多人仍不愿意！为什么呢？
As Experts Question Need for Masks in Bay Area, Many Remain Reluctant to Remove Them
专家质疑海湾地区是否需要口罩，许多人仍不愿摘掉口罩
DANVILLE (KPIX) — California, and the Bay Area in particular, imposed some of the most restrictive COVID-19 mandates in the country and they seem to be paying off. The Golden State has the lowest rate of cases in the country and now some restrictions are being eased.
KPIX——加州，特别是海湾地区，实施了美国一些最严格的COVID-19规定，而且似乎取得了成效。加州的病例率在全国最低，现在一些限制正在放宽。
But how comfortable will people be giving up their masks? That’s a question many people are asking themselves these days as wearing a face covering becomes more of a choice than a mandate.
但人们放弃口罩会有多舒服呢?这是如今很多人都在问自己的一个问题，因为戴口罩更多的是一种选择，而不是强制要求。
The streets of Danville were bustling Sunday, as people turned out for Mother’s Day brunch. Earlier that morning on CBS Face the Nation they got some food for thought from former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb.
周日，丹维尔的街道上熙熙攘攘，人们纷纷前来参加母亲节的早午餐。当天早上早些时候，在CBS的Face the Nation节目上，他们从前FDA专员斯科特·戈特利布(Scott Gottlieb)博士那里得到了一些值得思考的东西。
“You look at San Francisco, 20 cases a day, more than 70 percent of the population vaccinated, very good testing in place. They don’t need mask ordinances indoors anymore and certainly not outside,” Dr. Gottlieb said.
“你看看旧金山，每天有20个病例，超过70%的人口接种了疫苗。他们在室内不再需要佩戴口罩，在室外更是如此，”戈特利布博士说。
The CDC has already approved removing masks when outdoors in small groups but now there are questions whether they are even necessary indoors, especially in San Francisco which may be on the verge of achieving “herd immunity.”
美国疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)已经批准在小规模人群外出时摘掉口罩，但现在有人质疑在室内是否有必要戴口罩，尤其是在旧金山，那里可能即将实现“群体免疫”。
“It means that, hopefully, we’ll be the city that keeps on easing our restrictions,” said Dr. Moncia Gandhi with the UCSF School of Medicine. “Even though we’re opening up and there’s more mingling, our cases are still staying low. That’s what vaccination immunity to a pathogen does.”
“这意味着，希望我们能成为继续放宽限制的城市，”加州大学旧金山分校医学院(UCSF School of Medicine)的蒙西亚甘地(Moncia Gandhi)博士说。“尽管我们正在开放，我们的确诊率仍然保持低水平。这就是疫苗对病原体的免疫作用。”
Just because things are improving not everyone is willing to shed the mask and breathe free again.
仅仅因为情况有所改善，并不是每个人都愿意摘下口罩，重新获得自由。
“I think I just want to continue to support the message that this is something that makes it safer, you know?” said Danville resident Don Kelsey.
“我想我只是想继续支持这样的信息，这是让它更安全的东西，你知道吗?丹维尔居民唐·凯尔西说。
“I never actually wore my mask for myself,” said Steve Kinsella. “It was the bigger picture and I believed more in the science than the politics of it.”
“我不是为我自己戴口罩，”史蒂夫·金塞拉说。“我是为了科学而戴口罩，而不是其中的政治。”
There was a range of opinion in the Garibaldi family. Dominic never liked masks and is happy they’re now becoming a matter of choice.
加里波第家族有各种各样的意见。多米尼克从不喜欢戴口罩，他很高兴现在戴口罩成了一种选择。
“It feels way better now going in a restaurant and no one’s looking at you, like, ‘put the mask on!’ like it’s a crime or anything like that,” he said. “Yeah, it feels really good not wearing a mask.”
“现在去餐厅的感觉好多了，没有人看着你，好像在说‘戴上口罩吧!’”’好像这是一种犯罪或类似的事情，”他说。"是啊，不戴口罩的感觉真好"
But his mother Silvia was more cautious. She began wearing a mask even before Covid hit. She’ll wait a while before going out without one. “When things calm a little bit more,” she said, “when I know that the virus is completely gone.”
但他的母亲西尔维娅更为谨慎。她在冠状病毒袭击前就开始戴口罩了。她要再等一阵才会不带口罩出去。她说:“当事情稍微平静一些，当我知道病毒已经完全消失时。”
Oakland resident Brittney Lee already had a bout with COVID but she doesn’t want the vaccine so she takes precautions to protect the elderly members of her family, even though they’ve already got their shots.
奥克兰居民布里特妮·李(Brittney Lee)已经和COVID有过一场较量，但她不想接种疫苗，所以她采取了预防措施来保护家里的老年人，即使他们已经接种了疫苗。
“For me … because it is my choice to not get the vaccination … I need to make sure that I wear a mask and wash my hands and try to protect others,” she said.
她说:“对我来说……因为不接种疫苗是我的选择……我需要确保戴上口罩，洗手，并努力保护他人。”
So, how far has California come? In January, Los Angeles averaged 16,000 new cases a day. Last Wednesday they had 273, a drop of 98 percent.
那么，加州怎么样了呢?今年1月，洛杉矶平均每天新增16000例。上周三有273家，下降了98%。
Health officials talked the public into wearing masks. Now they have to convince them it’s safe to take them off. For many, they’ve become a source of comfort a thin veil of protection against a world that can still feel pretty scary.
卫生官员说服公众戴口罩。现在他们得让他们相信脱下来是安全的。对许多人来说，它们已经成为一种安慰，一层薄薄的保护层，可以抵御仍然让人感到相当恐怖的世界。
原链接：
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/05/09/experts-question-need-masks-in-bay-area-many-remain-reluctant-remove-them/
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