美国新冠疫情日记 09/21

Horrible Numbers At A Difficult Time

Most of the nation is still in crisis as the coronavirus death toll closed in on 200,000. In 31 states, the number of new COVID-19 cases increased at least 10 percent last week, according to data from John Hopkins University.

Unfortunately, we are walking in the Fall season now as the weather gets colder. We are going to spend more time indoors and this is not where we want to be as country right now.

Federal Judge Laurel Beeler issued a preliminary injunction to block President Trump’s executive order banning WeChat downloads in the United States. She wrote that the plaintiffs, a group of US-based WeChat users who stand to be affected by Trump’s ban, “show serious questions in their claim that the executive order threatens the users’ First Amendment rights.”

Beeler wrote, "The plaintiffs’ evidence reflects that WeChat is effectively the only means of communication for many in the community, not only because China bans other apps, but also because Chinese-only speaking people with limited English proficiency have no options other than WeChat.”

We strongly urge the federal government to consider many of our ethnic communities that are still suffering with the coronavirus pandemic. We don’t need to have another restriction placed on us to ban WeChat. This is the time that we need to stand united and fight for our rights.

         惨痛数字 剌痛人心

美国疫情目前正值高峯，其中三十一州确诊病例上升百分之十，死亡人数即将破二十万，这是多么可怕而惨烈之数字， 专家们警告，秋季来临将使天气转凉， 人们都会呆在家中，这对疫情十分不利。

今天传来了一个好消息，联邦法官比利尔颁令暂停商务部要求苹果及谷歌当天起把微信从应用程式商店下架的命令， 从一批入禀反对封杀微信用户认為，政府之行為违反美国宪法对公民言论自由之保障。

我们要极力呼吁政府在此时此刻，新冠疫情猖狂之时，社会大眾面对痛苦时刻， 更不应该做出令人厌恶不解之举措。

这是我们共同团结之时刻了！请大家要密切注意政治情势之发展， 自扫门前雪之时代已经过去了， 如果我们要在此落叶生根， 一定要积极参与政治活动， 去投票去為社区做义工，或参加公职选举，我们的未来才不会被边缘化。