特朗普回应不合时宜（特朗普又又又改口了）

当地时间21日，美国总统特朗普在白宫新冠疫情简报会上就美国疫情走势、佩戴口罩等发表看法——不仅放弃了此前关于美国疫情的乐观预测，还呼吁民众戴好口罩。这是他近3个月以来首次出席白宫疫情简报会。

“我们的国家一些地区做得很好，而另一些则没那么好。”特朗普说：“不幸的是，（疫情）可能在好转前变得更糟。有些事我不喜欢说，但是就是这么回事。”

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic will likely get worse before it gets better.

"Some areas of our country are doing very well, others are doing less well. It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better. Something I don't like saying about things, but that's the way it is," Trump said in his first press briefing at the White House on the pandemic in nearly three months.

在戴口罩的问题上，特朗普也改变了措辞。

一向不主张戴口罩的特朗普，先是在前段时间突然公开戴上了口罩，现在又呼吁民众戴好口罩。

“我们要求所有人在无法保持社交距离时戴上口罩。”特朗普承认，无论人们喜欢与否，口罩对控制疫情传播有作用。

In a break from previous comments downplaying the importance of wearing a mask, Trump encouraged people to wear them. "We are asking everybody when you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask," he said. "Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact."

事实上，美国疫情还在持续恶化。

据美国约翰斯·霍普金斯大学统计的疫情实时数据，目前全球累计新冠确诊病例已超1490万例，其中逾390万例在美国。此外，美国死亡病例已超14.2万例，专家警告称这一数字可能还会大幅增加，因为近期美国确诊病例数不断创新高，且多州住院人数一路攀升。

Johns Hopkins University has reported more than 14.9 million COVID-19 cases worldwide with over 3.9 million confirmed cases in the United States. More than 142,000 people have died from the virus in the U.S., a toll that experts warn will likely surge following recent record spikes in case numbers and an alarming rise in hospitalizations in many states.

密西西比州21日报告新增确诊病例超1600例，连续第二天创单日新增病例最高纪录。

据美国联邦监狱局，得克萨斯州沃斯堡市一所联邦监狱内的500多名女囚新冠病毒检测呈阳性。

The state of Mississippi reported more than 1,600 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, a record for the second straight day.

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, more than 500 female prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas.

而就在疫情在美国蔓延之际，多州正准备重新开放学校。佛罗里达州的教师对该州州长发起诉讼，要求阻止其发布的一项关于学校在8月重新开放并当面授课的紧急命令。

除了重开学校引发争议之外，美国国内还上演了“口罩之争”。佐治亚州亚特兰大市市长博顿斯因为此前发布了强制戴口罩令，被州长肯普起诉。

As COVID-19 spreads across the U.S, schools in many states are still preparing to reopen. Florida's teachers are suing the governor of the state to block an emergency order mandating schools reopen in August with in-person lessons. The teachers argue the state's constitution requires that schools must be operated safely.

In Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp has sought to prevent Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms from enforcing an order that residents wear masks in public.