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疫病最大的经济成本,不是抗病的巨额投入,而是它打断了经济既有的发展节奏,阻塞了经济发展所必需的流动性和开放性。塞拉利昂东部,街道出奇地安静。全副武装的士兵站在检查点内,截住了所有过往车辆。通往首都弗里敦的主路上,只有少量摩托车和运送物资的轿车还在行驶。在举世闻名的钻石产地凯内马,一座昔日人声鼎沸的出租车站几近废弃:车辆根本没什么地方可去。埃博拉重创了这一地区。代价不仅仅
The economic cost of blight is not a huge investment in disease resistance. Rather, it interrupts the existing pace of economic development and blocks the liquidity and openness necessary for economic development. East of Sierra Leone, the streets are surprisingly quiet. Fully armed soldiers stood at the checkpoint and stopped all passing vehicles. On the main road leading to the capital, Freetown, only a small number of motorcycles and goods vehicles are still moving. In the world-famous diamond production area of Kenema, a formerly thriving taxi stop was almost abandoned: the vehicle had no place to go. Ebola hit the area. Not only the price