Festive cheer may feel in short supply this holiday season amid rising concerns over the spread of a more infectious strain of coronavirus. Yet despite the multitude of miseries the pandemic has inflicted, the year has witnessed extraordinary scientific endeavour. The Christmas period should be not only a time to remember the 1.7m people lost to Covid-19, but to celebrate the resilience and spirit of the human race — and the success of science and technology — in the face of a deadly killer.
由于人们对一种更具传染性的新冠病毒毒株传播的担忧日渐加剧，这个圣诞假期的节日欢乐气氛或许淡了一些。然而，虽然这场大流行病造成了许多不幸，但这一年见证了科学工作者作出的非凡努力。这个圣诞假期不仅应纪念因感染新冠而去世的170万人，还应赞颂人类在面对这一致命病毒时所表现出的韧性和精神，以及科学和技术所取得的成功。
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