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AMANDA: Alright. The next question is: “Will the virus disappear as summer approaches and the weather gets warmer? Will it reappear when it gets cold next winter?“
DR. LIO: So far, we don’t have much evidence to say that the virus will go away in the summer. In fact, we’ve had evidence that it will probably stay with us in the summer. It might be a little bit less transmissible in the summer, but we don’t know that for sure yet. What we do know is that in places like Singapore, Australia, and the Middle East, where it’s already warm, the virus is still spreading . Here in America we can expect the same, that the virus will probably still be with us. It might be a little bit better in terms of how the virus fares in more warmer and more humid temperatures, but it will still spread. What’s most likely to happen is that it will be with us through the summer and into the fall. You might hear that a lot of people are worried about the fall and winter now, because that’s also when flu season starts. If we have two major communicable diseases affecting our health care systems at the same time, both flu and COVID, then that’s an even more higher risk of our health care system, the hospitals, becoming overburdened and not being able to take care of these patients properly.
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阿曼达：好的。下一个问题是：“随着夏季临近，天气转暖，病毒会消失吗？明年冬天受凉会再次出现吗？”
刘医生：到目前为止我们还没有太多的证据表明病毒会在夏天消失。事实上，我们已经有证据表明，它可能会在夏天持续。在夏天，它的传播性可能会小一点，但我们还不确定。我们所知道的是，在新加坡、澳大利亚和中东等已经温暖的地方，病毒仍在传播。因此，在美国，我们可以预期同样的情况。病毒可能仍然存在。情况在更温暖、更潮湿的环境里可能会好一点，但仍然会有传播。所以最有可能发生的是，新冠病毒将伴随我们度过夏天，进入秋天。你可能听说，现在很多人都在担心秋冬天流感季节的开始。因为如果我们的医疗系统如果要同时应对流感和新冠这两种重要传染病的话，我们的卫生保健系统和医院将会面临更高的负荷风险，可能无法适当的照顾这些患者。