No one knows what we will face in the weeks ahead, but everyone knows enough to understand that COVID-19 will test our capacities to be kind and generous, and to see beyond ourselves and our own interests. Our task now is to bring the best of who we are and what we do to a world that is more complex and more confused than any of us would like it to be. May we all proceed with wisdom and grace.”
截止到目前为止美国新馆肺炎确诊人数超过五万！其中纽约州就占了一半多，目前确诊人数超过25000人。
刚刚哈佛大学公布最新消息，哈佛大学校长Lawrence S. Bacow以及他的妻子新冠检测结果呈现阳性
11日的时候他还在一个影片中对全体师生喊话，希望大家一起抑制病毒扩散，这段时间更要体谅彼此。
3月13日，哈佛大学确诊首例Covid-19新冠病毒，校长劳伦斯·巴科（Lawrence "Larry" Seldon Bacow）给全校师生发了一封信。这封信也在互联网广为流传
信中说到：
No one knows what we will face in the weeks ahead, but everyone knows enough to understand that COVID-19 will test our capacities to be kind and generous, and to see beyond ourselves and our own interests. Our task now is to bring the best of who we are and what we do to a world that is more complex and more confused than any of us would like it to be. May we all proceed with wisdom and grace.”
“没有人知道我们在接下来的几周将会面临什么，但是，每个人都要清楚知道，COVID-19病毒将会考验我们在患难时刻显示出来的善良和慷慨，并且会超越自我及自身利益。我们现在的任务是将我们最好的品格和行为带进这个复杂和困惑的世界。 愿我们的智慧与慈悲同行。”