Romina Libster: The power of herd immunity
Romina Libster: Il potere della immunità collettiva
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,
come pediatra fu Sol,
of a severe respiratory infection.
di infezione respiratoria grave.
a patient worsen so fast.
non avevo visto
in modo così rapido.
she was connected to a respirator
fu attaccata al respiratore
and after a quite distressing catharsis,
in sala
che il mio responsabile mi dice:
came to mind,
per la testa.
baby be so unfortunate?"
something about it?"
per evitarlo.
dei vaccini,
killed millions of people per year.
current population.
che succede in Argentina oggi.
remember the polio epidemic
available against polio.
un vaccino per la polio
They were going crazy.
with caustic lime.
as if that could do something.
morirono migliaia di persone.
thousands of people died.
with very significant neurological damage.
my generation was lucky
as terrible as this.
of the 20th century's public health.
that have most reduced mortality,
la mortalità
such as smallpox from the planet
reducing mortality
vaccine-preventable diseases.
malattie curabili con vaccini
something must be done.
if not all of us here today,
se non tutti, di coloro che sono qui.
at some point in our life.
quali sono i vaccini o i richiami
we should receive after adolescence.
who we are protecting
beyond protecting ourselves?
of a particular disease,
has ever had contact with the disease.
è stato a contatto con la malattia,
nor been vaccinated against measles.
appears in this city
from person to person,
throughout the community.
quando non esistevano i vaccini.
of the population
della popolazione
the measles, which means
survived, and developed natural defenses;
le difese naturali.
immunized against measles.
contro il morbillo.
appears in this city,
that much from person to person.
da persona a persona.
rimane contenuta
to pay attention to something.
of the disease
the people in this community
proteggendo tutti coloro
coming in contact with the disease,
in contatto con la malattia,
within a community receive
by vaccinated people,
da persone vaccinate,
on this herd immunity
dalla immunità collettiva
in infographics are not just hypothetical.
in un'animazione.
and nephews, our children,
to receive their first shots.
sono molto piccoli
che riduce le difese.
that lowers their defenses.
allergic to a particular vaccine.
the expected effect,
are always 100 percent effective.
dipendono esclusivamente
almost exclusively on herd immunity
dell' immunità collettiva,
of the population be vaccinated.
della gente sia vaccinata.
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
medical journals,
mumps and rubella,
and stopped vaccinating their children.
fell below this threshold.
in many cities in the world --
within the medical community.
if this was actually true.
and autism at the population level,
tra quella vaccinazione MMR
had incorrect claims.
the article in 2010.
for not getting vaccinated
è quella delle reazioni avverse.
can have potential adverse effects.
than possible complications.
we want to heal fast.
when we have an infection,
when we have high blood pressure,
prendiamo gli ipertensivi.
and we want to heal fast.
to think of preventing diseases,
when we are healthy?
when affected by an illness,
prima dell'infezione,
di coloro che stanno qui
e in tutto il mondo nel 2009
in Argentina and worldwide.
iniziarono a venire alla luce,
began to come to light,
stavamo entrando in inverno.
were entering the winter season.
ran into pharmacies to buy alcohol gel.
in pharmacies to get a vaccine,
if it was the right vaccine
against this new virus.
contro questo nuovo virus.
peraltro avevo una borsa
my fellowship at the Infant Foundation,
for a prepaid medicine company.
my shift at 8 a.m.,
alle otto di mattina
of 50 scheduled visits.
di 50 visite programmate.
people didn't know what to do.
that I was examining.
che stavo vedendo.
what we were used to seeing in winter,
to my fellowship mentor,
the same from a colleague,
of pregnant women
what was happening.
we took the car
in Buenos Aires Province,
nella provincia di Buonos Aires
l'ospedale di riferimento
for cases of the new influenza virus.
it was crowded.
sovraffollato di gente.
indossava vestiti di sicurezza tipo NASA
in NASA-like bio-safety suits.
didn't breathe for two hours.
reaching out to pediatricians
and in Buenos Aires Province.
nei nostri bambini.
in contact with our children,
this new H1N1 virus had
questo nuovo virus H1N1
per questo virus in questi ospedali.
hospitalized by this virus.
got more seriously ill:
che si ammalavano di più
less than one year old;
con meno di quattro anni,
with chronic pulmonary diseases.
was important
fu importantissimo
nei gruppi prioritari
for getting the influenza vaccine,
di vaccinazione antinfluenzale
which the pandemic not yet reached.
H1N1 virus became available,
of the at-risk groups vaccinated,
dei gruppi a rischio vaccinati,
of individual responsibility,
di responsabilità individuale
not only am I protecting myself,
her first vaccine against whooping cough.
cosa sarebbe successo
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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