公司因聲稱衣服可防止Covid 被罰款 260 萬英鎊/ Firm fined £2.6m for claiming clothes prevent Covid
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Today’s news: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57940657
參考字彙 Vocabulary
eliminate [v.] 消除、排除
groundbreaking [adj.] 開創性的
pathogen [n.] 病原體、病菌
exploitative [adj.] 利用的；剝削的
predatory [adj.] 掠奪的
bacterial [adj.] 細菌的、細菌引起的
anti-bacterial 抗菌的
emanate [v.] 從..傳出、產生
vigilant [adj.] 警惕的、警戒的
文章大意＆心得
一家澳洲運動服裝公司因未對外聲稱其販售的服裝具有抗菌且阻止COVID-19疫情傳播的功效，而遭到法院制裁罰緩260萬英鎊。
沒想到在這嚴峻的疫情下，還是有不肖商人竟然利用這波疫情來經營生意賺錢。對於現今疫情多出不少變種病毒導致多國再次封城的情況下，若沒有判斷能力的人民真的可能會心慌開始採買各種功效聲稱有利於對抗病毒且保護自己的產品。在使用這些沒有科學實驗證明的產品，可能製造些假象的安全感會讓人民降低對於更嚴謹的社交安全距離及衛生習慣。這是各國政府極力反對排斥的。
除了此防護衣外，其實市面上也流竄不少主打可以防病菌的產品，Tina希望大家可以睜大雙眼、多閱讀吸收各種知識來判斷其商品廣告的真實性。戴好口罩，保持安全社交距離，最重要呀！
Main Idea & My Thoughts
An Australian sportswear company has been sanctioned by the court for 2.6 million pounds fine. Because it’s claiming to customers that the clothing can be anti-bacterial and prevent the spread of COVID-19 epidemic.
Under this severe epidemic, some unscrupulous businessmen unexpectedly use this epidemic to make money. There are more variant viruses currently that have caused many countries to lock down cities again, people without the ability to judge some information and feel panic may start buying products which are claimed to be beneficial to fighting the virus. Using those products which haven’t been proven by scientific experiments may create some security hesitation and also may reduce people to be less vigilant social safety distance and hygiene habits. This is what all governments strongly oppose.
In addition to this case, there are many products on the market that also claim they can be prevented virus. Tina hopes that everyone can read more information and absorb more knowledge to judge the authenticity of the product advertisements. Now, the most important thing is to wear a mask and maintain a safe social distance!