“I'll say it over and over again,when you're dealing with an emerging infectious diseases outbreak, you are always behind where you think you are if you think that today reflects where you really are.”

“我要反复再反复说的是,在应对新出现的传染病疫情时,如果你认为今天所见反映了你的真实处境,那你就总是比你以为的要慢一拍。”(美国《国会山》日报网站)

——有着“美国钟南山”之称的美国国家过敏症和传染病研究所主任安东尼·福西,敦促美国民众认真对待新发布的美国新冠肺炎疫情指导方针,不要认为措施过于严格,而是要防患于未然。

“China built dozens of hospitals in literally a month. How? The Chinese government came in and send we're going to do this, we're going to nationalize it. South Korea,the same thing. You can't leave it to the states. I can't do it. I do not have the resources or the capacity.”

“中国在将将一个月里修建了数十家医院。怎么做到的?中国政府出面表示,我们要做这件事,我们要发动全国力量去做。韩国也是一样的。你不能把它交给各州去做。我没有那种资源,也没有那种能力。”(美国纽约州政府网站)

——美国纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫3月15日举行新闻发布会,呼吁特朗普动用联邦力量抗击新冠疫情。他还给特朗普写了一封公开信,表示希望出动军队将现有建筑改造为医院,以提高医疗系统的承载能力。