Ethan Lindenberger: Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines
Ethan Lindenberger: Combattre les fausses informations sur la vaccination
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something about my hometown
des informations sur ma ville natale,
I am from Norwalk,
about 15,000 people.
de 15 000 habitants.
if you want to do something fun,
to something more interesting.
chose à une demi-heure de route.
for my entire life,
public high school,
secondaires à l'école publique,
to where I really enjoy my small town.
I volunteer at my church.
je suis bénévole à l'église.
asking for advice
that I needed some clarification on.
in the introduction,
dans l'objet du post,
against various diseases,
contre certaines maladies,
as well as influenza, HPV, hepatitis --
le PVH ou l'hépatite,
pour quelqu'un de mon âge.
someone my age would receive.
was simple and pretty strange,
à la fois simple et assez bizarre
I wanted to get vaccinated.
and then it blew up more,
and talking to more people,
avec beaucoup de gens.
I'm not a scientist,
même pas un scientifique,
I am a pretty casual person,
je suis plutôt cool,
dans une situation incroyable.
in this public setting
d'un débat public
and discussion taking place.
suscitant des discussions animées.
were pretty accurate for most part,
étaient exacts le plus souvent :
à sa mère anti-vaccin,
why he got vaccinated."
pourquoi il se fait vacciner. »
in front of a Senate committee,
devant un Comité du Sénat.
in front of Congress."
de sa mère devant le Congrès. »
but that's fine.
mais ça va encore.
took it a little further.
sont allés un peu plus loin :
je suis encore en vie :
and attacks his anti-vax parents."
et attaque ses parents anti-vaccin. »
that's not accurate at all.
un procès à mes parents.
my story was more about controversy.
comme une controverse
was bad and I was good,
la méchante et moi le gentil
where I expressed
and that's important to understand.
c'était important de le comprendre.
in the scientific community
dans la communauté scientifique
why vaccines are so important,
de la vaccination,
refuse tout vaccin.
by someone who would not vaccinate.
not taking their child to the ER.
d'amener son enfant aux urgences.
towards your children in some regards.
un manque d'empathie envers son enfant.
and misled by sources that convinced her
par des sources qui l'ont convaincue
she wouldn't vaccinate.
ne fait pas vacciner son enfant.
and I talked to my mom,
de mon avis sur le sujet,
or maim me for the rest of my life,
ou de me mutiler à vie.
didn't really fly,
de me faire vacciner,
intéressant, c'est que,
to get into this circumstance,
dans cette situation,
et elle n'était pas positive :
have I gotten myself into?
mais un mec normal.
I am a normal kid,
about a scientific discussion
scientifiques sur CNN et Fox News.
should I be commenting on?
d'animer ou commenter ?
and for good reason.
la même question et avec raison.
I didn't understand,
que je ne comprenais pas,
des renseignements erronés.
how misinformation is dangerous.
from social media, from Facebook
aux réseaux sociaux, à Facebook,
sur leurs plateformes
their platforms to push lies
as I was doing this --
de cette manière,
as respectfully as I could,
respectueux et exact que possible,
a lot of very angry people.
contrariés et me critiquaient.
for that testimony I gave,
got in an elevator with me
are being maimed and murdered
et du meurtre de leurs enfants.
for most teenagers and most people,
et même adulte,
it leads to doubt.
and that questioning leads to quitting.
qui elle-même mène à renoncer.
that you're interested in,
vous intéressez à quelque chose,
to be a part of,
à un mouvement,
and saying what's true,
et parlez avec sincérité,
n'évitent pas la critique.
they have a hard time dealing with that,
du mal à gérer ça.
les jeunes devraient participer
that need young people to take a part in,
mais voici ce qui importe :
but here's what's important:
and this important scientific discussion,
à participer au débat scientifique,
how they approach anti-vax content.
liant l'autisme à la vaccination.
books about autism and vaccines.
ses campagnes anti-vaccins.
anti-vax campaigns.
like this are causing actual change,
entraînent un véritable changement,
this game is played
et le mensonge
that's lying to people
of very dangerous ideas.
d'idées dangereuses.
a short amount of time,
car il me reste peu de temps,
important thing to keep in mind.
et ce que j'ai fait.
ou des études soutenues
and present it to people;
scientific debates with people.
intellectuels ou scientifiques.
the real people behind the data.
qui se cachent derrière les données.
ne font pas vibrer les gens,
about a topic,
and sharing what is important,
et ce qui est important,
to the information,
"Why are vaccines important?"
any other answer,
give them answer outside of:
répondre autrement :
que des gens meurent.
c'est important aussi.
and that's important.
that should not be here.
qui ne devraient pas exister.
and not in our communities.
de l'histoire et non des communautés. »
a personal decision to stand up for truth.
de défendre la vérité.
a personal decision for yourself
this is what's real,
sont fiables et exacts.
doing that on a personal level.
à un niveau personnel.
to Senate in a day.
du jour au lendemain.
asking me questions about vaccines.
des questions sur les vaccins.
qui a démarré
and it started with me saying,
et ce qui est important.
and what's important.
remain unbroken.
reste solide.
et que vous êtes l'objet des critiques,
and you have that criticism,
a movement, don't sway.
un mouvement, soyez ferme.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ethan Lindenberger - Science advocateEthan Lindenberger advocates for science.
Why you should listen
Ethan Lindenberger is an 18-year-old High school student at Norwalk High School in Norwalk Ohio. He is by all accounts a normal teenager: he serves at his local church, has a part-time job, works an internship and takes part in extracurricular activities. In early February of 2019, Lindenberger began to find media attention after pursuing vaccines against the approval of his mother. This became a national story and led him to testify to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about his experiences. Since then, Lindenberger has continued to take part in advocating for science. He believes that everyone has a role to play in ending misinformation, and he has spoken to the importance of scientific truth while maintaining respect for those that have fallen victim to misinformation.
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