大俠行天下日記 我見我聞我思 08/27

我見我思我聞

德州小鎮的悲歌

德州西部盛產石油的小鎮-埃倫因嚴重的新冠疫情整個小鎮已經癱瘓， 學校關閉， 市政府停止服務 ，在一百一十九個诊斷中 ，就有五十人是確診， 無望的一名婦女正坐在汽車裡透過臉書向上帝祈禱和求助。

這個人口只有一千二百人的石油小鎮 ，大家幾乎都相互認識 ，同時都感受到新冠病毒在鎮民之間傳染， 由於缺乏緊急病床 ，嚴重的患者必須用直升機送到一百英里外的聖安嬌市醫治， 鎮民們目前可以做的是透過臉書相互激勵和支持， 他們之間不斷在吶喊 ，我們要活下去。

埃倫市議會已經決定暫時緩收镇民的水电和垃圾費 ，由於多數都在家中避難， 小鎮顕得異常淸靜。

一位大家熟悉的友人森米因敵不過病毒而撤手人间 ，他的葬禮將在小鎮的足球场上舉行， 他的夫人在臉書上說 ，謝謝各位的代禱 ，森米已經和上帝見面了。

我們看到這個德州小鎮之悽涼景象 ，想起有多少人還在疫情線上掙扎。

今天我們在面對如此艱難的挑戰 ，有大部分要歸罪於執政者之傲慢和對科學驗證之不信任。

老實說， 居住在德州邊陲大小城鎮的居民 ，他們仍然不相信打疫苗是唯一之防疫辦法， 這些悲劇還不斷上演， 而且是在每個人都立即可以打疫苗的美國 ，我們真無法理解。

Sad Story From A Small Texas Town

In the last two weeks in the small west Texas oil town of Iraan, population 1,200, 119 people were tested for the COVID-19 virus and 50 tested positive. That is a 42% positive rate.

In Iraan one of the residents, Vicky Zapata went live on Facebook to ask people to pray for them to heal the town. She doesn’t know how the outbreak in her town started. Some of the patients needed to be flown to a nearby city for treatment. According to the latest information, there are now only 372 ICU beds available in the entire state of Texas.

Last week the school district shut down the school and the beloved football season was postponed. The City Council members also decided to close the city buildings to all residents and voted to postpone all late fees on water and gas utilities bills to help out the local residents.

This is very sad that in a lot of small towns the situation is getting worse because some of the residents do not believe in getting vaccinated against the virus.

With many people in quarantine, the small town is quieter than normal. The people are now mourning the loss of one of their friends, Sammy, in a service at the football stadium. He passed away five days after an ICU bed was not available for him.

The Biden administration is now facing a big challenge. In this pandemic war, a lot of people just won’t follow CDC instructions and guidelines because they want their own freedom. But in reality, their thinking will affect their family and their neighbors.

Whatever will come in the future, all of our citizens need to face this difficult time together. Unless we help each other, we never will see the light at the end of the tunnel.