Ethan Lindenberger: Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines
Ethan Lindenberger: Por qué debemos luchar contra la desinformación sobre las vacunas
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something about my hometown
de mi ciudad natal,
I am from Norwalk,
soy de Norwalk,
about 15,000 people.
con unas 15 000 personas.
if you want to do something fun,
algo divertido en Norwalk,
a algún lugar más divertido.
to something more interesting.
for my entire life,
public high school,
de la escuela secundaria local.
to where I really enjoy my small town.
vivir en mi pueblo.
soy voluntario en mi iglesia.
I volunteer at my church.
asking for advice
that I needed some clarification on.
y que necesitaba aclarar.
in the introduction,
contra varias enfermedades,
against various diseases,
as well as influenza, HPV, hepatitis --
la influenza, el VPH, la hepatitis, etc.,
someone my age would receive.
que tendría alguien de mi edad.
was simple and pretty strange,
fue sencilla pero algo extraña,
I wanted to get vaccinated.
porque quería vacunarme.
and then it blew up more,
y a hablar con muchas personas,
and talking to more people,
normal, no un científico.
I'm not a scientist,
I am a pretty casual person,
y a la situación en la que estaba,
in this public setting
sumamente importantes.
and discussion taking place.
were pretty accurate for most part,
y titulares fueron muy acertados,
a su mamá antivacunas,
por qué decidió vacunarse".
why he got vaccinated."
in front of a Senate committee,
frente al Senado, y allí dijeron:
y desafió las creencias antivacunas
in front of Congress."
en realidad, pero está bien.
but that's fine.
took it a little further.
llegaron un poco más lejos.
and attacks his anti-vax parents."
y ataca a sus padres antivacunas".
that's not accurate at all.
no es para nada acertado.
my story was more about controversy.
era más bien una controversia,
was bad and I was good,
y un chico bueno como yo,
where I expressed
que estaba malinformada,
and that's important to understand.
y eso es importante de entender.
in the scientific community
de la comunidad científica,
son tan importantes,
why vaccines are so important,
que no se vacunan.
by someone who would not vaccinate.
que no lleva a su hijo a emergencias.
not taking their child to the ER.
hacía un hijo, de alguna manera.
towards your children in some regards.
and misled by sources that convinced her
y engañada por fuentes que la convencieron
she wouldn't vaccinate.
no lo debía vacunar.
and I talked to my mom,
y hablé con mi mamá,
porque, para ella, lo que yo quería hacer
or maim me for the rest of my life,
o mutilarme por el resto de mi vida,
no resultó muy bien.
didn't really fly,
fue que cuando empecé con esto
to get into this circumstance,
have I gotten myself into?
un experto, sino un chico normal
I am a normal kid,
y Fox News de cuestiones científicas,
about a scientific discussion
should I be commenting on?
¿de verdad debía comentar?
and for good reason.
se lo cuestionaron, y con razón.
I didn't understand,
de cosas que no entendía,
que es la desinformación.
how misinformation is dangerous.
de las redes sociales, Facebook
from social media, from Facebook
a sus plataformas publicar mentiras
their platforms to push lies
as I was doing this --
as respectfully as I could,
y precisa posible,
de personas muy molestas.
a lot of very angry people.
para dar ese testimonio,
for that testimony I gave,
mujeres entraron conmigo al elevador
got in an elevator with me
se mutilaban y asesinaban niños
are being maimed and murdered
for most teenagers and most people,
en general se los critica,
it leads to doubt.
and that questioning leads to quitting.
y el cuestionarse los hace renunciar.
that you're interested in,
to be a part of,
del que quieres formar parte,
and saying what's true,
they have a hard time dealing with that,
a quienes les cuesta lidiar con eso,
donde los jóvenes deben participar
that need young people to take a part in,
pero esto es lo que importa:
but here's what's important:
and this important scientific discussion,
y a este importante debate científico,
para monitorear el contenido antivacunas.
how they approach anti-vax content.
sobre las vacunas y el autismo.
books about autism and vaccines.
eliminó sus campañas antivacunas.
anti-vax campaigns.
like this are causing actual change,
están generando un cambio,
en la forma de actuar
this game is played
que le miente a la gente
that's lying to people
of very dangerous ideas.
a short amount of time,
important thing to keep in mind.
and present it to people;
profundos e intelectuales.
scientific debates with people.
the real people behind the data.
a las personas reales detrás de los datos.
La gente va con la gente.
about a topic,
and sharing what is important,
y compartan lo que importa,
con la información,
to the information,
por qué son importantes las vacunas,
"Why are vaccines important?"
any other answer,
give them answer outside of:
and that's important.
that should not be here.
que no deberían existir.
en libros de historia, no en comunidades.
and not in our communities.
de defender la verdad.
a personal decision to stand up for truth.
a personal decision for yourself
this is what's real,
esto es real y estas son mentiras".
doing that on a personal level.
to Senate in a day.
asking me questions about vaccines.
preguntándome sobre vacunas.
que comenzó cuando dije:
and it started with me saying,
no lo cree, pero está bien".
no cambia lo acertado y lo importante.
and what's important.
remain unbroken.
siga siendo inquebrantable.
and you have that criticism,
si reciben críticas,
no se dejen convencer.
a movement, don't sway.
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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