en-us	If one thing unites the world, it is the desire for a quick exit from the coronavirus pandemic.
zh-cn	如果有一件事使全世界团结起来，那就是人们都渴望迅速结束新冠疫情。

en-us	Donald Trump shares that goal.
zh-cn	这也是唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)的目标。

en-us	But the US president’s reach is considerably longer than his grasp.
zh-cn	但这位美国总统明显力有不逮。

en-us	His focus on antimalarial drugs as a cure for Covid-19 comes increasingly at the expense of the US government’s attention to more practical ends.
zh-cn	他重点关注抗疟药作为治疗新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19，即2019冠状病毒病）的药物，这越发导致美国政府对更为可行的抗疫方法缺乏关注。

en-us	In Mr Trump’s view, a cocktail of hydroxychloroquine, the antimalarial drug, and azithromycin, an antibiotic, could be “one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine”.
zh-cn	在特朗普看来，抗疟药羟氯喹和抗生素阿奇霉素的联合使用可能是“医学史上最了不起的游戏规则改变者之一”。

en-us	His hunch is echoed by a motley crew of TV commentators, White House advisers and Rudy Giuliani, his personal lawyer.
zh-cn	他的直觉得到了电视评论员、白宫顾问和其私人律师鲁迪•朱利安尼(Rudy Giuliani)一干人等的响应。

en-us	What they have in common is a lack of scientific credentials.
zh-cn	他们的共同点是缺乏科学背景。

en-us	By contrast, Dr Anthony Fauci, the US government’s most senior immunologist, describes the theory as a “majestic leap”.
zh-cn	相比之下，美国政府最资深的免疫学家安东尼•福奇(Anthony Fauci)称这一理论为“大跃进”。

en-us	Other medical experts are less polite.
zh-cn	其他医学专家就不那么客气了。

en-us	It is possible the cocktail may have some therapeutic benefits.
zh-cn	这种联合用药可能有些疗效。

en-us	Trials are under way.
zh-cn	试验正在开展。

en-us	What we do know for sure is that widespread testing is a prerequisite to dilution of the lockdowns.
zh-cn	我们确定的是，广泛的检测是逐步解除封锁的先决条件。

en-us	The US is behind many other nations in making tests available to its people.
zh-cn	在让美国民众得以检测方面，美国落后于其他许多国家。

en-us	Yet Mr Trump persists in pushing his “hail Mary” recipe.
zh-cn	然而，特朗普坚持推行他的“万福玛莉亚”药方。

en-us	This is causing several problems.
zh-cn	这导致了几个问题。

en-us	The first is a shortage of hydroxychloroquine for those who genuinely need it to treat malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
zh-cn	首先，那些真正需要羟氯喹治疗疟疾、狼疮和类风湿性关节炎的人会因此缺乏羟氯喹。

en-us	Last weekend, Mr Trump pressured India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, to lift India’s ban on the export of the drug.
zh-cn	上周末，特朗普向印度总理纳伦德拉•莫迪(Narendra Modi)施压，要求其解除印度出口该药品的禁令。

en-us	But this is only exacerbating shortages in other countries.
zh-cn	但这只会加剧其他国家的短缺。

en-us	Depriving patients of a drug that is of proven necessity in order to offer a long-shot bet to people with coronavirus is bad policy.
zh-cn	让患者无法获得对他们验证有效的必需药物，只为给感染新冠病毒的人一个希望不大的赌注，这并非良策。

en-us	Mr Trump is also recommending it as a preventive medicine, which is making the scramble worse.
zh-cn	特朗普还建议将羟氯喹作为一种预防性药物，此举更加剧了争夺。

en-us	He is even offering the drug to Britain’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, who is in intensive care with the virus.
zh-cn	他甚至将这种药物提供给英国首相鲍里斯•约翰逊(Boris Johnson)，后者因感染了该病毒被转入重症监护室。

en-us	He has been so insistent on the drug that some have suggested the US president and his family are motivated by an indirect financial interest in its maker, the French pharmaceuticals company Sanofi.
zh-cn	他对这种药物如此坚持，以至于有人认为，这位美国总统及其家族受到了其在该药品制造商法国制药企业赛诺菲(Sanofi)间接经济利益的驱动。

en-us	There is, however, no evidence of that.
zh-cn	然而对此并无证据。

en-us	Mr Trump’s likelier motive is a gambler’s instinct for a lucky bet.
zh-cn	特朗普的动机更可能是一个赌徒撞大运的本能。

en-us	Rolling back the disease requires diligent leadership, teamwork and consistent messaging.
zh-cn	击退疫情需要勤谨的领导、协同合作及一致的信息传递。

en-us	The president is scoring poorly on all fronts.
zh-cn	这位总统在各方面都表现欠佳。

en-us	Perhaps Mr Trump is driven by concern that it will take more than a year to produce a Covid-19 vaccine and a lasting solution is likely to come only after the US election in November.
zh-cn	或许特朗普是因为担心研发出新冠疫苗需要一年多，而长久解决方案可能要到11月美国大选后才会出现。

en-us	Yet by fixating on an unproven treatment, he may be diverting energy from more urgent tasks.
zh-cn	然而，固执于未经证实的治疗方法，他可能会分散政府处理更紧急任务的精力。

en-us	Photo credit: Getty ImagesMr Trump continues to ignore Dr Fauci’s advice to call for a nationwide lockdown.
zh-cn	福奇建议要求在全国范围内实行封锁，特朗普对此继续无视。

en-us	More than a quarter of Americans are going about their lives as normal.
zh-cn	超过四分之一的美国人仍像往常一样生活。

en-us	Many of the remaining three-quarters are only under a very light “shelter-in-place” regime.
zh-cn	其余四分之三的民众有许多仅采取十分宽松的“就地避难”。

en-us	The president has shown similar resistance to taking federal control of scarce resources, such as ventilators, and directing them to where they are most needed.
zh-cn	特朗普对联邦政府控制呼吸机等稀缺资源、将其部署到最需要的地方，也表现出类似的抵制。

en-us	Though this is not entirely the fault of the White House, testing for the virus remains a huge weakness.
zh-cn	尽管这不完全是白宫的错，但在病毒检测上仍存在巨大不足。

en-us	On a per capita basis, the US has tested less than half the ratio of countries such as Germany, which have far lower fatality rates.
zh-cn	以人均计算，美国的检测率尚不及德国等死亡率低得多的国家的一半。

en-us	The irony is that Mr Trump’s magic bullet approach is harming his own prospects.
zh-cn	讽刺的是，特朗普的神药策略正在损害他自己的前程。

en-us	To maximise his re-election chances, he should follow the advice scientists are repeatedly giving him.
zh-cn	为最大限度地提升连任的机会，他应该遵循科学家们再三向他提出的建议。

en-us	The sooner America makes tests available to all and implements other steps backed by solid evidence the quicker it can get its economy over the worst.
zh-cn	美国越早让所有民众得到检测，并实施确凿证据支持的其他措施，就能越快地使其经济渡过最糟糕的时期。