最近，美国一名议员感染了新冠病毒，但是他却把自己染病的原因归咎在口罩上……

据CNN报道，来自得克萨斯州的共和党议员Louie Gohmert新冠病毒检测成阳性，此前他却一直拒绝佩戴口罩。

Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican who has frequently refused to wear a mask, has tested positive for coronavirus.
 

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CNN报道称，本周三，这一消息在美国国会中引发不小的反响，也促使议长佩洛西宣布了必须佩戴口罩的命令。按原计划，Gohmert应该和总统特朗普一同乘坐空军一号飞往得州的Midland参加活动。知情人士透露，周三早间在登机前的白宫检测中，Gohmert的检测结果呈阳性。

The news reverberated across Capitol Hill on Wednesday, prompting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to announce new rules requiring masks on the House floor. Gohmert had been scheduled to fly aboard Air Force One on Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump to Midland, Texas. Gohmert tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday morning during a pre-flight screening at the White House, a person familiar with the situation told CNN.

共和党内的资深助理告诉CNN，这一检测结果导致国会内“很多人员”都被要求去做检测，之后他们才能继续参加会议或者活动。还有些人被要求在办公室中隔离，直到能检测为止。

A senior Republican aide told CNN the test results caused issues on the Hill where "a lot of staffers" were ordered to get tests before they can go to meetings and resume activity. Some are sequestering in their offices until they can get tested. 

Gohmert则在推特上PO了一段视频，称自己是无症状感染者。鉴于Gohmert的情况，一些议员则表示打算开始自我隔离。

Gohmert released a video statement on Twitter saying he was asymptomatic. Several lawmakers said they planned to self-quarantine in reaction to Gohmert's condition.
 

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CNN在报道中还指出，在6月份接受采访时，Ghomert还表示自己不戴口罩的原因在于已经接受过检测，没有感染病毒。“如果感染了病毒，我才会戴口罩。”

Gohmert told CNN in June that he didn't wear a mask because he had been tested and he didn't yet have the virus. "But if I get it, you'll never see me without a mask," he said. 

至于如何感染病毒的，Gohmert认为是因为自己没能正确佩戴口罩。

Gohmert suggested he may have contracted coronavirus by incorrectly wearing his mask.

他说：“我认为，是因为一直戴着口罩，沾染了细菌或者病毒之类，然后我又吸了进去。所以我不禁回想，如果过去10来天我没有这么频繁地戴口罩，我是否还会被传染。”他还说，戴口罩的时候会想把口罩调整到舒服的位置，可能这样就导致吸入了病毒。

"I can't help but wonder if by keeping a mask on and keeping it in place, that if I might have put some germs or some of the virus onto the mask and breathed it in," Gohmert said. "I can't help but think that if I hadn't been wearing a mask so much in the last 10 days or so, I really wonder if I would have gotten it," Gohmert added. "You know, moving the mask around, getting it just right, we're bound to put some virus on the mask that I sucked in. That's most likely what happened."

据美国疾控中心建议，接受检测的人应该避免与他人接触。没有症状的话要隔离10天，或者要等到症状消失至少24小时后才可以。Gohmert作为无症状感染者，表示将按要求隔离10天。

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone testing positive for the virus should completely avoid people, if at all possible, for 10 days if they have no symptoms and otherwise until their symptoms have been gone for at least 24 hours. Gohmert, who has no symptoms, said he will isolate for 10 days in accordance with those guidelines.

综合来源：CGTN，CNN