Romina Libster: The power of herd immunity
רומינה ליבסטר: כוחה של חסינות העדר
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,
שהיו לי כרופאת ילדים היתה סול,
of a severe respiratory infection.
a patient worsen so fast.
חולה מתדרדרת כל כך מהר.
she was connected to a respirator
מחוברת למכונת הנשמה
and after a quite distressing catharsis,
בחדר ואחרי קטרזיס די מלחיץ,
came to mind,
baby be so unfortunate?"
יכולה להיות כל כך חסרת מזל?"
something about it?"
killed millions of people per year.
הרגו מליוני אנשים כל שנה.
current population.
של ארגנטינה.
remember the polio epidemic
זוכרים את מגפת הפוליו
available against polio.
They were going crazy.
with caustic lime.
as if that could do something.
thousands of people died.
with very significant neurological damage.
עם נזק עצבי מאוד חמור.
בגלל שאני קוראת על זה,
my generation was lucky
as terrible as this.
of the 20th century's public health.
של המאה ה 20 בבריאות הציבור.
that have most reduced mortality,
הכי הרבה את שיעורי המוות,
such as smallpox from the planet
כמו אבעבועות שחורות מעל פני הפלנטה
reducing mortality
vaccine-preventable diseases.
למחלות שניתנות למניעה עלי ידי חיסונים.
something must be done.
if not all of us here today,
at some point in our life.
we should receive after adolescence.
אנחנו צריכים לקבל אחרי ההתבגרות.
who we are protecting
beyond protecting ourselves?
of a particular disease,
has ever had contact with the disease.
מעולם לא בא במגע עם המחלה.
nor been vaccinated against measles.
לא חוסן מעולם נגד חצבת.
appears in this city
from person to person,
throughout the community.
of the population
the measles, which means
survived, and developed natural defenses;
שרדו, ופיתחו הגנה טבעית;
immunized against measles.
appears in this city,
that much from person to person.
to pay attention to something.
of the disease
the people in this community
coming in contact with the disease,
within a community receive
by vaccinated people,
on this herd immunity
in infographics are not just hypothetical.
באינפוגרפיקה הם לא רק היפותטים.
and nephews, our children,
והאחיינים, הילדים שלנו,
to receive their first shots.
את הזריקות הראשונות שלהם.
that lowers their defenses.
allergic to a particular vaccine.
the expected effect,
are always 100 percent effective.
תמיד אפקטיביים ב 100 אחוז.
almost exclusively on herd immunity
כמעט בלעדית בחיסון עדר
of the population be vaccinated.
של האוכלוסיה יהיה מחוסן.
that the vaccine generates.
in a vaccinated community
to spread more freely
of this disease within the community.
at some point controlled may reappear.
נשלטות יכולות להופיע מחדש.
and is still happening.
published an article
medical journals,
mumps and rubella,
and stopped vaccinating their children.
ולהפסיק לחסן את ילדיהם.
fell below this threshold.
in many cities in the world --
של חצבת בהרבה ערים בעולם --
within the medical community.
בתוך הקהילה הרפואית.
if this was actually true.
להעריך אם זה היה למעשה נכון.
and autism at the population level,
ברמת האוכלוסיה,
had incorrect claims.
the article in 2010.
for not getting vaccinated
can have potential adverse effects.
יש את הפוטנציאל להשפעות שליליות.
than possible complications.
מהסיבוכים האפשריים.
we want to heal fast.
when we have an infection,
when we have high blood pressure,
להורדת לחץ דם כשהוא גבוה,
and we want to heal fast.
ואנחנו רוצים להבריא מהר.
to think of preventing diseases,
when we are healthy?
when affected by an illness,
in Argentina and worldwide.
began to come to light,
were entering the winter season.
ran into pharmacies to buy alcohol gel.
רצו לבתי מרקחת לקנות אלכוג'ל.
in pharmacies to get a vaccine,
בבתי מרקחת כדי לקבל חיסון,
if it was the right vaccine
against this new virus.
my fellowship at the Infant Foundation,
את ההתמחות שלי בקרן התינוקות,
for a prepaid medicine company.
עבור חברת רפואה משולמת מראש.
my shift at 8 a.m.,
of 50 scheduled visits.
people didn't know what to do.
that I was examining.
what we were used to seeing in winter,
ממה שהיינו רגילים אליהם בחורף,
to my fellowship mentor,
the same from a colleague,
of pregnant women
what was happening.
we took the car
in Buenos Aires Province,
for cases of the new influenza virus.
למקרים חדשים של וירוס השפעת.
it was crowded.
in NASA-like bio-safety suits.
בחליפות ביולוגיות כמו של נאסא
didn't breathe for two hours.
לא נשמתי במשך שעתיים.
reaching out to pediatricians
and in Buenos Aires Province.
in contact with our children,
התנהג במגע עם הילדים שלנו,
this new H1N1 virus had
היה לוירוס N1H1 החדש
hospitalized by this virus.
got more seriously ill:
less than one year old;
בעיקר אלה בני פחות משנה;
with chronic pulmonary diseases.
was important
for getting the influenza vaccine,
which the pandemic not yet reached.
אליהן המגפה עוד לא הגיעה.
H1N1 virus became available,
of the at-risk groups vaccinated,
מקבוצות הסיכון מחוסנות,
of individual responsibility,
not only am I protecting myself,
her first vaccine against whooping cough.
את החיסון הראשון שלה נגד שעלת.
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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