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熟悉的一幕又来了……

近日，美国总统特朗普参观了一家新冠检测拭子生产工厂。参观期间，在现场视频中可以看到，周围不少人都佩戴了口罩，而特朗普依然没戴↓↓↓

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而据《今日美国》(USA Today) 报道，特朗普所参观的工厂事后表示，将丢弃特朗普参观期间生产的所有拭子……

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“就在特朗普吹嘘产量增加之时，他参观缅因州工厂期间所生产的新冠检测拭子将被丢入垃圾堆”

US President Donald Trump traveled to Maine on June 5 to tour a facility that makes medical swabs used for coronavirus testing, but the swabs manufactured in the background during his visit will ultimately be thrown in the trash, the company said.

Puritan Medical Products said it will have to discard the swabs, a company spokeswoman told USA TODAY in response to questions about the visit.

当地时间6月5日，特朗普前往缅因州吉尔福德参观了一家拭子制造厂。参观期间，特朗普表示，美国有能力在医疗物资方面自给自足。

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During his tour of Puritan Medical Products in Guilford, Maine, Trump touted the swabs, saying it was proof positive that American could handle its own medical supply needs.

“Made in the USA. I’ve been saying it for a long time,” Trump said during the visit in which he toured the factory. He did not wear a face mask, in-keeping with his usual custom.

在特朗普参观期间，还有工人解开工作服，向特朗普展示印有其名字的T恤。

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不过，就在特朗普参观结束后，工厂方面却表示，当天工厂投入生产的机器非常有限，只有特朗普参观期间才运作，而当天生产的产品都将被丢弃。

“The running of the factory machines is very limited today and will only occur when the president is touring the facility floor,” Company marketing manager Virginia Templet told USA Today. “Swabs produced during that time will be discarded.”

美媒称目前尚不清楚厂家这么做的原因，以及丢弃的拭子数量。但据缅因州以及美国其他州的公共卫生官员表示，由于拭子短缺，令他们无法进行大批量的新冠病毒检测。

据当地媒体报道，上个月，缅因州仍有近1/3的养老院报告称他们没有咽拭子来采集检测样本。

It is not clear why the swabs will be scrapped, or how many. The company described its manufacturing plans for Friday as "limited" – but the disruption comes as public health officials in Maine and other states have complained that a shortage of swabs has hampered their ability to massively scale up coronavirus testing.

Nearly a third of Maine nursing homes reported last month they had no nasal swabs to collect specimens, the Portland Press Herald reported.

综合来源：USA Today、New York Post、海客新闻、观察者网、环球时报