Romina Libster: The power of herd immunity
Romina Libster: Moć kolektivnog imuniteta
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,
koje sam imala kao pedijatar bila je Sol,
of a severe respiratory infection.
ozbiljne respiratorne infekcije.
a patient worsen so fast.
priključili smo je na respirator,
she was connected to a respirator
and after a quite distressing catharsis,
vam prođe kroz glavu.
came to mind,
baby be so unfortunate?"
nekako da to izbegnemo.
something about it?"
killed millions of people per year.
nego što ih ima današnja Argentina.
current population.
remember the polio epidemic
available against polio.
za dečju paralizu.
They were going crazy.
with caustic lime.
vrećice s kamforom
as if that could do something.
umrlo je na hiljade ljudi.
thousands of people died.
ozbiljne neurološke posledice.
with very significant neurological damage.
my generation was lucky
tako strašnu epidemiju.
as terrible as this.
of the 20th century's public health.
doprinela smanjenju smrtnosti,
that have most reduced mortality,
such as smallpox from the planet
kao što su velike boginje
reducing mortality
i mnogih drugih.
vaccine-preventable diseases.
koje se mogu sprečiti vakcinama.
nešto moramo da preduzmemo.
something must be done.
ako ne i svi mi ovde,
if not all of us here today,
at some point in our life.
koje su to vakcine, iliti imunizatori
we should receive after adolescence.
nakon adolescencije.
who we are protecting
beyond protecting ourselves?
s određenom bolešću,
of a particular disease,
has ever had contact with the disease.
nije dolazio u dodir s tom bolešću,
nor been vaccinated against measles.
protiv malih boginja.
u tom gradu pojavila osoba
appears in this city
sa osobe na osobu,
from person to person,
celokupnu zajednicu.
throughout the community.
bila bi bolesna.
of the population
protiv malih boginja.
the measles, which means
survived, and developed natural defenses;
immunized against measles.
protiv malih boginja.
appears in this city,
da se prenosi sa osobe na osobu.
that much from person to person.
da bude obuzdano
to pay attention to something.
of the disease
the people in this community
od kontakta s bolešću,
coming in contact with the disease,
within a community receive
vakcinisanim pojedincima,
by vaccinated people,
od kolektivnog imuniteta
on this herd immunity
u nekoj animaciji.
in infographics are not just hypothetical.
and nephews, our children,
da bi primila svoje prve vakcine.
to receive their first shots.
koji im narušava imunitet.
that lowers their defenses.
allergic to a particular vaccine.
the expected effect,
are always 100 percent effective.
almost exclusively on herd immunity
efekat kolektivnog imuniteta
stanovništva bude vakcinisan.
of the population be vaccinated.
that the vaccine generates.
u jednoj zajednici
in a vaccinated community
to spread more freely
of this disease within the community.
u toj zajednici.
at some point controlled may reappear.
u ovom trenutku pod kontrolom
and is still happening.
published an article
od najuticajnijih časopisa iz medicine
medical journals,
malih boginja, zauški i rubeole,
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,
had incorrect claims.
u pitanju obmanjivanje.
časopis se javno ogradio
the article in 2010.
i izgovora za nevakcinisanje,
for not getting vaccinated
can have potential adverse effects.
o blagim i privremenim dejstvima.
than possible complications.
we want to heal fast.
when we have an infection,
uzimamo antihipertenzive.
when we have high blood pressure,
and we want to heal fast.
to think of preventing diseases,
o sebi dok smo zdravi?
when we are healthy?
when affected by an illness,
trenutnom opasnošću.
i u celom svetu, 2009. godine.
in Argentina and worldwide.
began to come to light,
were entering the winter season.
ran into pharmacies to buy alcohol gel.
da bi primili vakcinu,
in pharmacies to get a vaccine,
štiti od ovog novog virusa.
if it was the right vaccine
against this new virus.
na Institutu za novorođenčad,
my fellowship at the Infant Foundation,
for a prepaid medicine company.
započela dežurstvo u osam ujutru
my shift at 8 a.m.,
of 50 scheduled visits.
od pedeset zakazanih poseta.
ljudi nisu znali šta da rade.
people didn't know what to do.
that I was examining.
what we were used to seeing in winter,
da gledamo tokom zime,
to pomenula mom mentoru
to my fellowship mentor,
the same from a colleague,
of pregnant women
what was happening.
ušli smo u auto
we took the car
u predgrađu Buenos Ajresa
in Buenos Aires Province,
for cases of the new influenza virus.
koja je vrvela od ljudi.
it was crowded.
u zaštitna odela, poput NASA-inih.
in NASA-like bio-safety suits.
didn't breathe for two hours.
reaching out to pediatricians
u Buenos Ajresu i iz predgrađa.
and in Buenos Aires Province.
ovaj novi virus kod naše dece.
in contact with our children,
this new H1N1 virus had
ovog novog virusa H1N1
hospitalized by this virus.
zbog ovog virusa.
got more seriously ill:
su najozbiljnije obolela,
less than one year old;
with chronic pulmonary diseases.
was important
bilo je izuzetno važno
kao prioritetne grupe
for getting the influenza vaccine,
nije stigla pandemija.
which the pandemic not yet reached.
H1N1 virus became available,
već bila dostupna,
za vakcinaciju,
of the at-risk groups vaccinated,
slučaj hospitalizacije
of individual responsibility,
not only am I protecting myself,
i još uvek nije bila primila
her first vaccine against whooping cough.
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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