Around March 10 2020, I was puzzling over the strange new virus, when someone on Twitter posted an essay by a guy I’d never heard of: Tomas Pueyo, who works in tech in Silicon Valley. I read it twice. “The coronavirus is coming to you,” wrote Pueyo. “It’s coming at an exponential speed: gradually, and then suddenly . . . When it does, your healthcare system will be overwhelmed. Your fellow citizens will be treated in the hallways. Exhausted healthcare workers will break down. Some will die. They will have to decide which patient gets the oxygen and which one dies. The only way to prevent this is social distancing today.”
2020年3月10日左右，我正在琢磨这个奇怪的新病毒，这时Twitter上有人发布了一篇文章，作者是一个我从未听说过的人。托马斯·普约(Tomas Pueyo)，他在硅谷从事技术工作。我读了两遍。“冠状病毒正在向你走来，”普约写道，“它正以指数级的速度到来：逐渐地，然后突然地......。 当它出现时，你们的医疗保健系统将不堪重负。你的同胞将在走廊里接受治疗。精疲力竭的医护人员会崩溃。有些人将会死亡。他们将不得不决定哪个病人得到氧气，哪个病人死亡。防止这种情况的唯一方法是现在保持社交距离。”