Romina Libster: The power of herd immunity
Romina Libster: Sức mạnh của sự miễn dịch cộng đồng
Dr. Romina Libster investigates influenza and other respiratory viruses, searching for ways to most effectively keep viruses from spreading. Full bio
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I had to see as a pediatrician was Sol,
đầu tiên mà tôi chăm sóc là Sol
mới tròn 1 tháng
of a severe respiratory infection.
nhiễm trùng phổi nặng.
a patient worsen so fast.
đến thế.
she was connected to a respirator
and after a quite distressing catharsis,
phấn chấn
đã nói với tôi rằng:
đi rửa mặt,
came to mind,
baby be so unfortunate?"
một tháng
something about it?"
killed millions of people per year.
̃
current population.
remember the polio epidemic
available against polio.
vaccine phòng bại liệt
They were going crazy.
with caustic lime.
as if that could do something.
coi như đó là những gì cần làm.
thousands of people died.
hàng ngàn người chết
with very significant neurological damage.
vì tôi đã đọc về nó
my generation was lucky
as terrible as this.
kinh khủng như thế
of the 20th century's public health.
thành công lơń
that have most reduced mortality,
giảm thiểu tỷ lệ tử vong
such as smallpox from the planet
reducing mortality
vaccine-preventable diseases.
nhóm gọi là:
vaccines.
something must be done.
thì cần làm một số việc.
if not all of us here today,
tất cả chúng ta ngày nay
at some point in our life.
một số thời điểm nhất định.
biết loai vaccine hoặc tăng cường nào
we should receive after adolescence.
who we are protecting
chúng ta bảo vệ ai
beyond protecting ourselves?
of a particular disease,
trường hợp bệnh cụ thề nào
has ever had contact with the disease.
phải tiếp xúc với bệnh,
nor been vaccinated against measles.
cũng như tiêm phòng vaccine
appears in this city
người khác
from person to person,
throughout the community.
of the population
the measles, which means
họ từng mắc bệnh
̀
survived, and developed natural defenses;
immunized against measles.
appears in this city,
that much from person to person.
từ người sang người
bệnh sởi.
to pay attention to something.
of the disease
the people in this community
những người trong công đồng
coming in contact with the disease,
tiếp xúc với bệnh
within a community receive
người chưa tiêm phòng
by vaccinated people,
bởi người đã tiêm phòng
on this herd immunity
in infographics are not just hypothetical.
mà bạn thấy không chỉ là lý thuyết.
and nephews, our children,
cháu gái,
to receive their first shots.
that lowers their defenses.
khả năng miễn dịch của họ
allergic to a particular vaccine.
the expected effect,
are always 100 percent effective.
almost exclusively on herd immunity
of the population be vaccinated.
dân số tiêm phòng
that the vaccine generates.
in a vaccinated community
to spread more freely
of this disease within the community.
at some point controlled may reappear.
and is still happening.
published an article
trong tạp chí
medical journals,
trong lĩnh vực y khoa
mumps and rubella,
ho gà và cúm
and stopped vaccinating their children.
.
fell below this threshold.
in many cities in the world --
within the medical community.
khuấy động
if this was actually true.
and autism at the population level,
had incorrect claims.
the article in 2010.
for not getting vaccinated
khiến không tiêm phòng
can have potential adverse effects.
than possible complications.
we want to heal fast.
when we have an infection,
when we have high blood pressure,
khi bị huyết áp cao.
and we want to heal fast.
to think of preventing diseases,
when we are healthy?
when affected by an illness,
rất nhiều khi bệnh
in Argentina and worldwide.
và trên toàn thế giới
began to come to light,
đầu được phát hiện
were entering the winter season.
đang đón mùa đông
ran into pharmacies to buy alcohol gel.
in pharmacies to get a vaccine,
thuốc để tiêm vaccine
if it was the right vaccine
nếu nó là vaccine đúng
against this new virus.
vi trùng mới nầy.
my fellowship at the Infant Foundation,
for a prepaid medicine company.
lảm việc lúc 8 giờ sáng
my shift at 8 a.m.,
of 50 scheduled visits.
danh sách 50 người viếng thăm
people didn't know what to do.
không biết làm gì
that I was examining.
mà tôi kiểm tra
what we were used to seeing in winter,
người đang đến
vào mùa đông.
to my fellowship mentor,
the same from a colleague,
of pregnant women
what was happening.
we took the car
là chúng tôi lái xe
in Buenos Aires Province,
một tỉnh ở Buenos Aires
for cases of the new influenza virus.
virus cúm mới.
it was crowded.
bệnh viện rất động
in NASA-like bio-safety suits.
didn't breathe for two hours.
không thể thở trong hai giờ
chuyện gì xảy ra
reaching out to pediatricians
tìm các bác si nhi
and in Buenos Aires Province.
trong một thời gian ngắn nhất,
in contact with our children,
tiếp xúc với trẻ em.
this new H1N1 virus had
cơ chế cửa virus H1N1
hospitalized by this virus.
đã nằm trong những bè̀nh viện nầy.
got more seriously ill:
dễ nhiễm bệnh hơn là
less than one year old;
with chronic pulmonary diseases.
was important
rất quan trọng
for getting the influenza vaccine,
which the pandemic not yet reached.
H1N1 virus became available,
đã có thể phòng chống
of the at-risk groups vaccinated,
of individual responsibility,
not only am I protecting myself,
không chỉ bảo vệ chính tôi
her first vaccine against whooping cough.
tiêm phòng bệnh ho gà lần đầu.
had been vaccinated.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Romina Libster - Medical researcherDr. Romina Libster investigates influenza and other respiratory viruses, searching for ways to most effectively keep viruses from spreading.
Why you should listen
Dr. Romina Libster is a staff scientist and assistant investigator at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received her Doctor of Medicine, with High Honors from the University Of Buenos Aires School Of Medicine in 2004. She then completed her pediatric internship and residency at the “Pedro de Elizalde” Children’s Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 2004-2008. Upon completion of this training she began her Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the Fundación INFANT in Buenos Aires under the tutelage of a renowned investigator, Dr. Fernando P. Polack. Shortly after assuming her fellowship position, she began the Master in Clinical Effectiveness Program in Buenos Aires. She conducted a series of complex and innovative studies on respiratory viruses, with a special focus on influenza. Romina was invited by Dr. Kathryn M. Edwards to join the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program team at Vanderbilt University in 2009 where she is leading a large clinical trial to determine the safety and immunogenicity of sequential rotavirus vaccine schedules. In 2013, Dr. Libster returned to her home country through a repatriation program from Fundación INFANT where she joined the faculty at the institution.
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