任职美国最权威的国家过敏和传染病研究所主任 (Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) 36年，迄今为止已经服务过6位美国总统的福奇博士 (Dr. Anthony Fauci) 在复活节的周日早上接受采访时口无遮拦，差点被川普解职。他在采访时说:"你可以从逻辑上讲，如果你有一套措施正在实施中，你可以早点开始采取减缓新冠传播的行动，你就可以拯救生命." "You could logically say that if you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives." 然后，福奇博士接着说: 要做这样的决定是很复杂的。很明显如果从刚一开始就采取行动，全面关停的话，情况会有所不同。但当初要全面关停遇到了很大的阻力 (But there was a lot pushback about shutting things down back then.）
川普总统看了后很生气，当天晚上他亲自转发了一条要求解雇福奇博士的推特。当全世界都在等着福奇博士被解雇的消息的时候，第二天在白宫例行的记者会上，川普说:"今天我走进来，我听说我要炒掉他，我现在不会炒掉他，我认为他是个了不起的家伙." "Today I walk in, I hear I'm going to fire him. I'm not firing him. I think he is a wonderful guy. " 接着在记者会上，福奇博士也为自己辩护说他在采访时是在回答一个假设的问题 (a hypothetical question)。又有记者问他在采访时说的遇到的阻力是怎么回事，福奇老爷子打起了太极，说他用错了词 (that was the wrong choice of words)。
每次看到在白宫记者会上，川普说一套，福奇博士很科学很艺术的纠正一番; 或者是福奇博士刚说完，川普又完全不顾科学，自己另说一套。有一次，记者是要问福奇博士刚才川普说的能治疗新冠的神药怎么样，立马被川普毫不客气的拦截下来，愣是没让福奇回答。上个月福奇在接受科学杂志 (Science Magzine) 采访时，被问到当川普总统在记者会上说错的时候，那个moment他怎么想的。他说:"我总不能跳到麦克风前面，把他推下去." "I can't jump in front of the microphone and push him down." 福奇博士说这话的勇气也着实让人惊讶和佩服。
Bornfree2020-04-15 04:29:52回复悄悄话
Some journalists are so mean. After he said the "wrong choice of words" stuff, someone asked if he was under pressure to say so. He was visibly angry in front of camera.
playnice2020-04-14 21:01:41回复悄悄话
Nothing to worry about. He already said that it is no textbook case, and everybody is making the best gestimation.
