Mexico’s current quandary is the flu, but it faces more important challenges than a mutating microbe. With more than 40 million people living in poverty and 7,000 killed in drug-related violence last year, Mexico will need to reform quickly to address what the virus has brought to light: a government far removed from the suffering of ordinary people and too frequently insensitive to their plight.
墨西哥当前面临的难题是控制猪流感疫情，但这远远不是其挑战的全部。墨西哥仍有4000万贫困人口，仅去年一年就有7000余人死于毒品相关的暴力事件。墨西哥需要迅速推进改革，以解决由猪流感疫情所暴露出的根源性问题——即政府对普通民众的疾苦不闻不问、无动于衷。