Romina Libster: The power of herd immunity
萝蜜娜.李布斯特: 群體免疫力的力量
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,
第一批病人中有一位病人名字是索尔。
of a severe respiratory infection.
a patient worsen so fast.
病人的病情恶化得这么快。
she was connected to a respirator
and after a quite distressing catharsis,
并静静宣泄了心中的悲伤之后,
我们的总住院医师对我说:
came to mind,
要遭受如此不幸?」
baby be so unfortunate?"
something about it?"
killed millions of people per year.
current population.
remember the polio epidemic
预防小儿麻痹症的疫苗
available against polio.
大家都快急疯了
They were going crazy.
with caustic lime.
as if that could do something.
好像这么做能有什么帮助似的
造成了成千上万人的死亡
thousands of people died.
却落下了严重的神经损伤
with very significant neurological damage.
因为我读过相关的书,
my generation was lucky
as terrible as this.
of the 20th century's public health.
that have most reduced mortality,
像天花那样可怕的疾病
such as smallpox from the planet
reducing mortality
所导致的死亡率
用疫苗可以预防的疾病
vaccine-preventable diseases.
something must be done.
今天在座的大部分人
if not all of us here today,
at some point in our life.
we should receive after adolescence.
哪些疫苗或者辅助药剂
who we are protecting
beyond protecting ourselves?
of a particular disease,
has ever had contact with the disease.
或者曾经接种过它的疫苗
nor been vaccinated against measles.
appears in this city
from person to person,
throughout the community.
of the population
the measles, which means
survived, and developed natural defenses;
产生了自然的免疫力
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.
并非单纯的假想
我们的孩子
and nephews, our children,
还未接种过疫苗
to receive their first shots.
我们的兄弟姐妹、
that lowers their defenses.
allergic to a particular vaccine.
the expected effect,
are always 100 percent effective.
几乎完全依靠群体免疫
almost exclusively on herd immunity
of the population be vaccinated.
that the vaccine generates.
in a vaccinated community
to spread more freely
of this disease within the community.
at some point controlled may reappear.
也有可能再次爆发
and is still happening.
且还在继续发生
published an article
medical journals,
发表了一篇文章
mumps and rubella,
也不再让他们的孩子接种疫苗
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.
公开地撤回了这篇文章
the article in 2010.
for not getting vaccinated
can have potential adverse effects.
than possible complications.
we want to heal fast.
when we have an infection,
when we have high blood pressure,
我们都想要快点恢复健康
and we want to heal fast.
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.
跑去药房买酒精凝胶
in pharmacies to get a vaccine,
if it was the right vaccine
against this new virus.
my fellowship at the Infant Foundation,
从事家庭小儿科医师
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,
年纪大一点
to my fellowship mentor,
the same from a colleague,
也听到过同样的情况:
of pregnant women
what was happening.
we took the car
in Buenos Aires Province,
for cases of the new influenza virus.
医院非常拥挤
it was crowded.
生物安全服
in NASA-like bio-safety suits.
几乎两个小时都不敢呼吸
didn't breathe for two hours.
reaching out to pediatricians
六个医院的儿科医生
and in Buenos Aires Province.
in contact with our children,
this new H1N1 virus had
hospitalized by this virus.
got more seriously ill:
less than one year old;
尤其是一岁以下的小孩
with chronic pulmonary diseases.
was important
for getting the influenza vaccine,
which the pandemic not yet reached.
H1N1 virus became available,
of the at-risk groups vaccinated,
of individual responsibility,
我不仅保护了我自己
not only am I protecting myself,
her first vaccine against whooping cough.
她会如何呢?
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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