Romina Libster: The power of herd immunity
Ромина Либстер: Сила коллективного иммунитета
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,
в моей карьере педиатра была Соль —
of a severe respiratory infection.
острой респираторной инфекции.
a patient worsen so fast.
ухудшалось так быстро.
её подключили к респиратору,
she was connected to a respirator
and after a quite distressing catharsis,
душевного кризиса
возникают тысячи вопросов:
came to mind,
baby be so unfortunate?"
something about it?"
как-то этого не допустить?»
killed millions of people per year.
население Аргентины.
current population.
remember the polio epidemic
available against polio.
против полиомиелита.
They were going crazy.
with caustic lime.
с камфорой в детское бельё,
as if that could do something.
унесла жизни тысяч людей.
thousands of people died.
неврологического характера.
with very significant neurological damage.
my generation was lucky
as terrible as this.
of the 20th century's public health.
в снижение смертности
that have most reduced mortality,
such as smallpox from the planet
reducing mortality
относятся к группе заболеваний,
vaccine-preventable diseases.
необходимо что-то сделать:
something must be done.
если не всем, из сидящих здесь,
if not all of us here today,
at some point in our life.
какие вакцины или иммунные препараты
we should receive after adolescence.
после подросткового возраста.
кого мы защищаем,
who we are protecting
beyond protecting ourselves?
определённой болезнью,
of a particular disease,
has ever had contact with the disease.
не сталкивался с этой болезнью,
природным иммунитетом
nor been vaccinated against measles.
appears in this city
от человека к человеку
from person to person,
распространится на всех жителей.
throughout the community.
окажется заражённой.
когда вакцин не было.
противоположную ситуацию.
of the population
the measles, which means
survived, and developed natural defenses;
immunized against measles.
appears in this city,
куда больше сопротивления
от человека к человеку.
that much from person to person.
будет ограниченным,
ваше внимание вот на что:
to pay attention to something.
распространение болезни
of the disease
людей в своём окружении —
the people in this community
coming in contact with the disease,
within a community receive
прошедших вакцинацию,
by vaccinated people,
on this herd immunity
от коллективного иммунитета
in infographics are not just hypothetical.
and nephews, our children,
to receive their first shots.
наши братья и сёстры,
that lowers their defenses.
или принимаемыми лекарствами.
allergic to a particular vaccine.
не возымела должного эффекта.
the expected effect,
эффективны на 100%.
are always 100 percent effective.
almost exclusively on herd immunity
населения была вакцинирована.
of the population be vaccinated.
называется «пороговым числом».
от множества переменных:
провоцируемых вакциной.
that the vaccine generates.
которому сделаны прививки,
in a vaccinated community
to spread more freely
of this disease within the community.
этой болезни в обществе.
at some point controlled may reappear.
могут возникнуть вновь.
and is still happening.
published an article
medical journals,
mumps and rubella,
незамедлительную реакцию.
and stopped vaccinating their children.
fell below this threshold.
in many cities in the world --
within the medical community.
в медицинском сообществе.
if this was actually true.
and autism at the population level,
had incorrect claims.
объявил об изъятии
the article in 2010.
for not getting vaccinated
это вероятность побочных эффектов.
can have potential adverse effects.
than possible complications.
we want to heal fast.
when we have an infection,
принимают антибиотики.
снижающие кровяное давление,
when we have high blood pressure,
and we want to heal fast.
to think of preventing diseases,
пока мы ещё здоровы?
when we are healthy?
после того, как заболеваем,
when affected by an illness,
с непосредственной угрозой для жизни.
в Аргентине и во всём мире.
in Argentina and worldwide.
began to come to light,
как раз готовились к зиме.
were entering the winter season.
ran into pharmacies to buy alcohol gel.
дезинфекционный гель.
in pharmacies to get a vaccine,
if it was the right vaccine
от этого нового вируса.
against this new virus.
my fellowship at the Infant Foundation,
for a prepaid medicine company.
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,
своему научному руководителю,
to my fellowship mentor,
тоже слышал от коллеги
the same from a colleague,
беременных женщин и молодых людей,
of pregnant women
осознавать, что происходит.
what was happening.
we took the car
in Buenos Aires Province,
for cases of the new influenza virus.
it was crowded.
напоминающие скафандры НАСА.
in NASA-like bio-safety suits.
didn't breathe for two hours.
reaching out to pediatricians
and in Buenos Aires Province.
в кратчайшие сроки,
действует на детский организм.
in contact with our children,
this new H1N1 virus had
нового вируса H1N1 на 251 ребёнка,
hospitalized by this virus.
в эти больницы с данным вирусом.
наиболее тяжело переносили болезнь:
got more seriously ill:
less than one year old;
в особенности младенцы до 1 года,
with chronic pulmonary diseases.
was important
for getting the influenza vaccine,
рекомендаций к новой вакцине
which the pandemic not yet reached.
ещё не поражённых пандемией.
вакцина против вируса H1N1,
H1N1 virus became available,
результаты своих трудов.
масштабной кампании
of the at-risk groups vaccinated,
пациентов в группе риска,
of individual responsibility,
личной ответственности,
последствия для общества.
я защищаю не только себя,
not only am I protecting myself,
her first vaccine against whooping cough.
как бы всё обернулось,
had been vaccinated.
прошли вакцинацию.
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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