美国议长佩罗茜于4月14日发布了一封题为《我们必须对新冠病毒危机的真相作出坚持和行动（We Must Insist and Act on the Truth in the Coronavirus Crisis）》的公开信。除了其中的两段（用“。。。“表示）以外，笔者对此信全文翻译如下（英文原文见最后）：

“刚过去的复活节周末给我提供了更深的祈祷和反思的时间。这是一个难以忍受的悲惨时刻，所有美国人都在经历着同样的巨大灾难：我们为死于病毒的人而悲伤，为自己和家人的健康而担心，为我们的孩子不能上学不能和同伴相聚而心碎。

作为美国人，我们正承受着经济困难的压力。我们都希望恢复美国独有的自由所带来的珍贵和美好的生活。我们将渡过这个难关，但是一切成功必须建立在以下基础之上：我们需要真相。为了成功克服这个危机，我们必须坚持真相，并且必须在真相的基础上作出行动！

我们必须首先认识的真相是：是什么使我们处于现在这样的境地：

真相一：创普总统解散了上届总统留给他的，为了防控大流行病的基本人员组织和基础设施。所以（创普总统的这一措施）造成了不必要的死亡和经济灾难。

真相二：在一月份，创普总统收到了大流行病的警告，忽视了这一警告，没有采取充足的行动和造成了（今天的）本可避免的死亡和灾难。

真相三：创普总统对他的最忠实的跟随者们说，这个大流行病是一场骗局并且会魔术般地自动消失，因此造成了危害生命和经济灾难的后果。

真相四：我们直到三月份仍然没有应该有的检测，尽管创普总统不断重复说我们有；直到今天，我们仍然没有足够的检测，口罩，个人防护用具，和必要的设备，这就造成了不必要的死亡和痛苦。

真相五：因为对这一健康危机的不称职的反应，所以（上届总统）留给创普总统的良好经济现在变成了灾难，造成了无数美国人的痛苦和生命危险。

真相六：一个软弱的人，一个无方的领导人，毫不负责任。一个只会甩锅责怪别人的弱者。

真相七：从现在起，美国人民必须不信谎言和开始相信科学家以及其他值得信任的专家，以保护我们自己和我们的家人。

真相八：这里还有更多真实的：美国人民要求我们合作。在三月份，国会两党通过了三项应对疫情的决议。其中第一项在众议院3月4日通过的法案强调检测，检测，检测。

真相九：自那时起的一个月以后，我们（仍然）没有应该有的检测。总统继续混淆事实，说我们比其他国家有更多的检测。但真相是只有百分之一的美国人得到了检测。检测的失败是病毒扩散以及危害我们社会的最弱势群体的关键原因。检测的失败是危险的和致命的，没有（足够的）检测就不能恢复我们的（正常）生活。

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真相十：我们没有必须有的医疗设备。没有呼吸器和其他设备，我们的医疗人员就不能拯救他们的病人的生命。当我们，包括我们的少数民族族裔，都了解了已经发生和正在发生的事实真相，我们才可能合作解决（眼前的）问题。

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但是如果我们不是从真相出发，就会失去更多的生命，就会不必要地延长经济困难和痛苦，我们的孩子就不会安全，快乐，和学习上进。如果我们不再容忍谎言和欺骗，我们才能有健康和繁荣的未来。

笔者再加上一个自己的总的强烈印象：防控疫情本来是一件医学界的事，而且是一件非常复杂和非常需要专业知识经验的事，但是美国的政治领导人却在这件事上加上了太多的他们自己的因素，不论是在对病毒疫情的认识上，还是在防控疫情的措施决定上。他们每天都要为此在电视机前绝对主角露面一个小时！——不知他们想过没有，如果自己说错了怎么办（请听创普总统这三个月里的错话http://m.news.cctv.com/2020/04/18/ARTIaGo3chzgasyyxdDcwvyv200418.shtml。）？

很明显，在创普总统的词典里没有“担责认错”这两个词：只要是他公开说过的话如上述三个月的讲话，即使错的也是对的；只要是他公开承认做过的事如乌克兰门，都不是错的（Nothing wrong）；他公开做的指鹿为马，颠倒黑白，掩耳盗铃，和贼喊捉贼，也都是对的。我们知道历史上的独裁者的词典里，也都是没有这两个词的。

关于过多政治干预的两件事：1）昨晚刚看到全国电视新闻：美国联邦生物医学研发总署（BARDA）主任布莱特博士（Dr. Rick Bright）因为坚持怀疑创普总统大力推荐的药物Hydroxychloroquine的作用，已被撤职。他已经为此提出了正式控告状；2）在日前的电视公布会上，当权威病毒专家福奇博士正要回答记者问他的问题时，创普总统竟然当场制止他发言——只有非常专制的独裁者才做得出这样的举动！

真相女神Veritas:

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Dear Colleague: We Must Insist and Act on the Truth in the Coronavirus Crisis

APRIL 14, 2020 PRESS RELEASE

Dear Democratic Colleague,

This Easter Weekend provided me with a time for deeper prayer and reflection.  This is an unbearably sad time with all Americans sharing the same devastating experience: we are grieving for those who have died from the coronavirus, we are fearful for our health and especially the health of our loved ones and we are heartbroken for our children who are unable to be in school and with their friends.

As Americans, we are suffering from pressures of economic hardship.  All of us want to resume the precious and beautiful lives that America’s unique freedoms provide.  We will overcome this moment, but success requires one fundamental from which all actions will follow: we need the truth.  To succeed in this crisis, we must insist on the truth, and we must act upon it!

In order to move forward, we must first understand the truth of what has put us in this position:

The truth is that Donald Trump dismantled the infrastructure handed to him which was meant to plan for and overcome a pandemic, resulting in unnecessary deaths and economic disaster.

The truth is that in January Donald Trump was warned about this pandemic, ignored those warnings, took insufficient action and caused unnecessary death and disaster.

The truth is that Donald Trump told his most loyal followers that the pandemic was a hoax and that it would magically disappear, thus endangering lives and paving the way for economic disaster.

The truth is that we did not have proper testing available in March despite Trump repeatedly claiming that we did; and even now, we do not have adequate tests, masks, PPE, and necessary equipment, which creates unnecessary death and suffering.

The truth is because of an incompetent reaction to this health crisis, the strong economy handed to Donald Trump is now a disaster, causing the suffering of countless Americans and endangering lives.

The truth is a weak person, a poor leader, takes no responsibility.  A weak person blames others.

The truth is, from this moment on, Americans must ignore lies and start to listen to scientists and other respected professionals in order to protect ourselves and our loved ones.

Here’s more that is true: the American people want us to work together.  In March, Congress passed three bipartisan bills to address this crisis.  The first bill passed the House on March 4 and focused on testing, testing, testing.

The truth is, one month later, we do not have appropriate testing.  The President continues to obfuscate, saying we have more testing than any other country in the world.  The truth is that only 1 percent of Americans have been tested.  The failure to test is central to the spread of the virus and its impact on those most vulnerable in our society.  The failure to test is dangerous and deadly, and without testing, we cannot resume our lives.

The President has said that we are engaged in a war.  Leaders understand that in war, force protection of our troops is the top priority.  In this war, force protection means for health care, police, fire, EMS, food and other essential workers to have the protective equipment that they need to save lives without risking their own.

The truth is that we do not have the necessary hospital equipment.  Without ventilators and other equipment, our health care workers cannot save the lives of those they serve.

Once we all share the truth of what took place and what is currently happening, including in our minority communities, we can work together to solve these problems.

There are important decisions ahead.  We can go forward confident that America, its competent and honest leaders and its people are fully capable of making the right choices and decisions to restore the American greatness that has been squandered.

But if we are not working from the truth, more lives will be lost, economic hardship and suffering will be extended unnecessarily and our children will not be safe, happy and learning.  Our future will be healthy and prosperous if we no longer tolerate lies and deceit.

We must recognize the truth, we must speak the truth, we must insist on the truth and we must and will act upon it.

Respectfully and sadly,