美国有线新闻 CNN 罗格斯大学要求学生秋季返校前需全部接种疫苗（在线收听）

This Fall Rutgers University says it will require its students to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

今年秋季，罗格斯大学表示将要求学生接种新冠肺炎疫苗。

Can it legally do that? That is the question that leads off today's show.

这合法吗？这个问题就是今天节目的首个内容。

Rutgers is based in the state of New Jersey.

罗格斯大学位于新泽西州。

It's a large school. It has three main campuses and enrolls more than 70,000 students in all

该大学的规模很大。其有三个主要校区，在校学生总计超过7万名，

and it's one of the first American universities to announce that most of those students will need a coronavirus vaccine come Fall semester.

是首批宣布大部分学生在秋季学期需要接种冠状病毒疫苗的美国大学之一。

There are exceptions to this rule.

这条规定也有例外。

Rutgers says students can request an exemption, permission to attend without getting the vaccine, for religious or medical reasons

罗格斯大学表示，学生可以出于宗教或医学原因申请豁免，在没有接种疫苗的情况下入学，

and the rule won't apply at all to students who attend online without actually setting foot on Rutgers campuses.

而这一规定不适用于没有进入罗格斯大学校园、只在线上学习的学生。

But the rest of those who do will have to show proof they've been vaccinated.

但其他学生必须证明他们接种过疫苗。

At this point Rutgers faculty is not required to get the vaccines though they are strongly encouraged to do so.

目前，罗格斯大学的教职工不需要接种疫苗，不过校方强烈建议他们接种疫苗。

Everyone on campus still has to participate in Rutgers COVID testing programs

校园里的每个人都必须参加罗格斯大学的新冠肺炎检测项目，

and everyone is still required to wear masks and keep their distance from one another on campus.

而且每个人都要佩戴口罩，并在校园里保持距离。

The university says the decisions are in support of its commitment to health and safety for all members of its community

该大学表示，这些决定是为了支持其对校园内所有人健康和安全的承诺，

but it is a change from earlier this year

但这与今年早些时候的情况有所不同，

when a senior chancellor said that in line with Rutgers stance on protecting human liberties, the vaccine was not mandatory.

当时一名高级校长表示，接种疫苗与罗格斯大学保护人类自由的立场一致，即并非强制性要求。

Most colleges require students to have certain vaccines before they can attend classes.

大多数大学要求学生在上课前必须接种某种疫苗。

What's different about the coronavirus vaccines it that they haven't been formally approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

冠状病毒疫苗的不同之处在于，它们尚未得到美国食品和药物管理局（简称FDA）的正式批准。

The three vaccines that Americans can get are authorized for emergency use.

美国人可以接种的三种疫苗被授权紧急使用。

And the FDA says people have to be informed that they may either accept or refuse the drugs.

美国食品和药物管理局表示，人们必须被告知他们可以接受或这些疫苗。

That's where experts say it's not clear if Rutgers or any organization can legally require people to be vaccinated.

专家表示，目前尚不清楚罗格斯大学或任何组织是否可以合法地要求人们接种疫苗。

Some say that people's choice whether or not to get a vaccine needs to be protected.

有人认为，人们是否接种疫苗的选择需要受到保护。

Others say that courts will probably side with employers or states that require the vaccine

另一些人则认为，法院可能会支持要求接种疫苗的雇主或各州，

but that it's been argued in the past that the drugs are still experimental and should not be required.

但过去有人称，这些药物仍处于试验阶段，不应被要求接种。

So there's a lot of uncertainty about the future of coronavirus vaccine requirements on or off campus.

因此，校园内外对未来冠状病毒疫苗的要求存在很多不确定性。

Parts of middle Tennessee are struggling to recover from deadly flash flooding that started last weekend.

田纳西州中部部分地区正在努力从上周末开始的致命山洪中恢复。

Severe storms that rolled over the state on Saturday triggered a flash flood emergency.

周六席卷该州的强风暴引发山洪紧急状态。

Some places got five to nine inches of rain. That's more than Tennessee usually gets in the entire month of March.

有些地方的降雨量达到5至8英寸。这比田纳西州通常整个三月的降雨量还要多。

The forecast calls for another inch to an inch and a half of rain tomorrow.

天气预报显示，明天的降雨量可达1英寸到1.5英寸。

That's normally no big deal according to the National Weather Service but because the state is so waterlogged now,

美国国家气象局表示，这在平常并不是大问题，但由于该州现在积水严重，

the additional precipitation could further swell rivers, set a new record for rainfall and trigger additional flash flooding.

额外的降水可能会使河流进一步上涨，创下新的降雨记录，并引发新的山洪。