美国新冠疫情日记05/26/2020 Music And Sorrow

Music And Sorrow

According to a recent medical survey, more than one-third of the population in America suffers from melancholia, an emotional illness with symptoms of depression. Just in the last couple of months, prescriptions for anxiety and depression have increased more than thirty percent. This is one of the biggest problems facing American families today.

The total number of deaths from the coronavirus in America is now close to 100,000. According to a recent survey, the highest death rates are on an Indian reservation near the state of Arizona because most of the people who live there have no running water or electricity.  What a shame for this to be happening in the richest country in the world!

Today, the New York Stock Exchange opened their door. Again, all the nations of the world have also partially opened for business. But when we saw the crowded beaches and bars over the holiday, we were very worried about how are we really going to control the pandemic? President Trump said no matter if we have a vaccine or not, the Nation will open for business.

We are so happy to see the music capital of Nashville, Tennessee, opening back up. Their music is ringing loud again. So many happy audiences and musicians playing guitars and singing beautiful songs. And our queen of country music, Dolly Parton and super star Jennifer Lopez singing their beautiful songs to comfort our sorrows and sad hearts. We really also appreciate so many Chinese and Asian artists and musicians performing on our TV shows.

We really believe music is the medicine to cure our anxiety.

             音乐与哀愁

根据美国医疗健康机构之调查，在新冠疫情肆虐期间，全国有三分之一以上人口患有忧鬱症及失眠症，尤其近两个月来，有关该症状的药物订购增加了百分之三十，我们十分忧虑此症况正在严重侵袭着许多家庭及社会。

刚刚发表之全国疫情统计表，美国死亡人数已经超过十万人，目前伤亡人数比例最高的竟是位于亚里桑那州的印地安特区，因为他们许多家庭都没有电灯及自来水，这种现象还存在于世界最大的经济强国，真是莫大的讽刺。

今晨纽约交易所之大门再度开放了，全国各地之大小商业活动也在局部展开，上週末在各地的海滩及游乐场，成千上万的游客仍然未能遵守社交距离之规定，让公卫专家十分忧虑，全国之疫情仍然无法掌控。

川普总统说，不管我们有没有疫苗，国家一定要开放 ，在疫情和经济如何兼顾是最大的难题。

昨晚欣见音乐之城田纳西州首府那什维尔的音乐餐厅重新营业，由于政府之规定，虽然只有半数的顾客，但是台上的吉他手和歌星们唱出了大家多月郁闷的心声，美国郷村音乐皇后帕顿及天王巨星洛佩斯每天都在各大媒体上传送她们的爱心及歌声，我们更感谢许多华亚裔的歌唱艺术家在此一艰困时刻，把歌声送进千家万户 ，音乐是治疗忧鬱之良药。