美國一市長自曝去年11月已感染新冠病毒,體內(nèi)存在抗體

????????據(jù)美國媒體報(bào)道,美國新澤西州貝爾維爾市市長邁克爾·梅勒姆近日表示,自己在2019年11月就已感染新冠病毒。梅勒姆拿到的最新檢測結(jié)果也顯示,他已有新冠病毒抗體。而美國此前報(bào)道的本土首例新冠肺炎確診病例時(shí)間是在1月下旬。
Belleville Mayor Michael Melham has tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies and believes he contracted the virus in November, over one month before China first reported its initial cases, according to US media.

▌梅勒姆曾出現(xiàn)高燒、寒戰(zhàn)等癥狀,醫(yī)生診斷為流感
????????據(jù)梅勒姆回憶,他在2019年11月前往大西洋城參加一場會(huì)議,11月21日回程時(shí)突感不適,回到家后開始出現(xiàn)高燒、寒戰(zhàn)、幻覺、喉嚨痛等一系列癥狀,這些癥狀持續(xù)了3周。梅勒姆將其發(fā)病癥狀與醫(yī)生溝通后,醫(yī)生認(rèn)為他感染了流感,在沒有做任何檢測的情況下,他當(dāng)時(shí)也接受了這一說法。
After returning home Nov?21 from the convention, Melham said a doctor diagnosed his worsening symptoms — including a?102-degree?fever, chills, hallucinations and a sore throat that ended up lasting for three weeks — as a bad case of the flu.
*102華氏度約為38.9攝氏度
????????梅勒姆表示,曾懷疑過自己感染了新冠病毒,但美國首例確診病例在今年1月才被發(fā)現(xiàn);他還說,自己以前也得過流感,但是癥狀從未如此嚴(yán)重。
“I have never been sicker in my entire life,” Melham said, though he acknowledged that he did not have the respiratory problems often associated with the coronavirus.
“我這輩子沒有得過這么嚴(yán)重的病?!泵防漳氛f,但他表示自己并沒有出現(xiàn)新冠肺炎相關(guān)的呼吸問題。
Now fully recovered, the mayor sent out a press release on Thursday declaring he had the coronavirus in November.
這位市長現(xiàn)已完全康復(fù),他在4月30日發(fā)新聞稿稱自己在11月感染新冠肺炎。
“My fear is that there are many who dismissed a potentially positive coronavirus diagnosis as a bad flu,” he stated.
他說:“我擔(dān)心的是,很多人有可能被診斷為新冠肺炎,但只將其當(dāng)作了嚴(yán)重流感?!?/span>
▌檢測顯示梅勒姆已有新冠病毒抗體,且已存在較長時(shí)間
????????新冠肺炎疫情在新澤西州暴發(fā)后,梅勒姆要求醫(yī)生給他做抗體檢測,結(jié)果顯示自己體內(nèi)已有病毒抗體。梅勒姆表示,他體內(nèi)的抗體已存在了較長一段時(shí)間,不是最近產(chǎn)生的。
“The antibodies that I have are the longer-term ones, not the most recent ones,” he said.
His test result showed the IgG antibody, which according to Science News lasts longer than the IgM antibody that typically is produced about a week after infection.
????????梅勒姆說他這幾個(gè)月只去過波多黎各,而且是一個(gè)人居住。
Melham said he has done no traveling in recent months, other than a late-January trip to Puerto Rico. He lives alone.
????????梅勒姆認(rèn)為,此前許多重癥流感很可能就是新冠肺炎,他身邊也有很多人曾在去年11、12月生病且癥狀嚴(yán)重。
“Others have also told me they were really sick in November and December. We just didn't know from what,” he said.
????????梅勒姆本人則對當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w表示,他希望能夠讓更多的人進(jìn)行病毒檢測。另外,他還呼吁康復(fù)的新冠肺炎患者能夠去捐獻(xiàn)血漿,幫助其他患者。
The mayor pointed out that people with coronavirus antibodies may have the ability to save lives by donating blood plasma for other COVID-19 patients as part of a new treatment for the disease.
▌相關(guān)報(bào)道引發(fā)爭議
????????梅勒姆的報(bào)道一出,令許多人感到吃驚,因?yàn)槊绹衲?月下旬才報(bào)道首例新冠肺炎確診病例,比梅勒姆提到的感染日期,晚了兩個(gè)多月。
????????也有不同聲音認(rèn)為,梅勒姆只憑自己擁有新冠肺炎抗體,就認(rèn)為自己去年11月的癥狀就是新冠肺炎,缺乏更科學(xué)的驗(yàn)證。此事在美國社交媒體上也引起了關(guān)注,但鑒于人們對于新冠病毒的了解極為初步,只有期待科研人員能夠取得更多研究成果。
????????而梅勒姆本人則在推特上呼吁媒體挖掘1月份以前美國人感染新冠肺炎的情況。

我很好奇,有沒有哪個(gè)靠譜的媒體考慮報(bào)道一下美國那些覺得自己在2020年1月前就感染了新冠病毒的人?哪怕寫一寫那些抗體檢測呈陽性的人呢?這里面有什么秘密嗎?誰在隱瞞什么,原因是什么?嗯……
▌美國疾控中心主任:承認(rèn)部分流感死者可能實(shí)患新冠肺炎
????????3月11日,在美國國會(huì)眾議院一場有關(guān)新冠病毒的聽證會(huì)上,美國疾控中心主任雷德菲爾德表示,美國確實(shí)有原本被診斷為患流感、實(shí)際卻是感染新冠病毒而死亡的情況。

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