對抗COVID-19的對策中,普篩(mass testing)在各國都存有爭議;台灣防疫成效雖為前段班,卻在政府與公衛界之間意見分歧。香港自9月1日起實施免費普篩、德國則是因為檢測負荷已達極限,所以改入境普篩為強制隔離。對於普篩的功能和角色,各國反應大不同。
【普篩淺談】
■ mass testing 普篩
A:Do you agree that Taiwan's COVID-19 mass testing strategy has divided our public health experts?
(你覺得台灣COVID-19普篩在公衛專家間意見分歧?)
B:Kind of!That is because some experts are concerned about the true community infection rate.
(有一點!那是因為有專家關心確切的社區感染率。)
■ to identify 確認、鑑定
A:I heard the Hong Kong government launched free mass testing on September 1.
(我聽說香港政府自9月1日啟動免費普篩。)
B:Right!They'd like to identify the asymptomatic patients and end the invisible chains of transmission.
(對!他們要找出無症狀病患並截斷傳播鏈。)
■ symptom 症狀
A:Speaking of mass testing, the Mexican government officials thought it's a waste of time.
(說到普篩,墨西哥政府官員認為那是浪費時間。)
B:I know!Their strategy is to test mainly only those with severe symptoms of COVID-19.
(對!他們的策略是只測有嚴重COVID-19症狀的人。)
【延伸關鍵字】
1. to diagnose:診斷
2. antibody:抗體
3. to classify:將……分類(或分等級)
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