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What will it take to get measles under control?

2025/4/8
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比尔·克林顿：我在1993年宣布了一项大规模的儿童疫苗接种计划，旨在解决当时严重的麻疹疫情。这项计划最终帮助美国消除了麻疹。 我的目标是保护数百万儿童的健康，当时麻疹的卷土重来影响了超过55000人，其中大多数是儿童。在1989年到1991年之间，一场长时间的麻疹疫情导致100多人死亡，数万人患病。 政府的努力最终使得世界卫生组织宣布美国消除了麻疹。 Katherine Wells：西德克萨斯州目前的麻疹疫情非常严重，已经有大约500例病例，两名儿童死亡。疫苗接种率低是疫情持续的主要原因之一。我们正在努力提高疫苗接种率，但这确实是一场艰苦的斗争。 此外，政府效率部门（DOGE）宣布将终止对德克萨斯州卫生服务的数亿美元拨款，这将进一步加剧疫情防控的难度，因为我们失去了资金支持。 Anthony Fauci：麻疹并非轻微疾病，它非常危险，历史上曾造成数百万人死亡。人们不应该低估麻疹的危害性。 Caitlin Rivers：美国虽然曾被宣布消灭麻疹，但这只是一个技术性术语，意味着该疾病没有持续12个月的传播。目前疫情的持续存在，以及儿童死亡的现实情况，都表明我们的公共卫生系统出了问题。 要控制疫情，我们需要清晰频繁的沟通，以及充足的公共卫生基础设施资金支持。联邦政府的信息沟通做得还不够好，而大多数美国人所在的县，每年人均公共卫生支出不到150美元，一次疫情爆发就可能耗尽一年的预算。 根除天花是公共卫生领域的一大成功案例，它证明了只要有决心、资金和政治支持，我们就能战胜这些重大挑战。 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.：尽管我过去对疫苗持怀疑态度，但我现在认为，MMR疫苗是预防麻疹传播最有效的方法。我们需要持续清晰地沟通信息，因为信息环境非常分散，人们获取新闻的渠道多种多样。

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This chapter traces the history of measles in the US, starting from President Clinton's initiative in 1993 to the World Health Organization's declaration of measles elimination. It highlights the Comprehensive Childhood Immunization Act and its impact on vaccination rates.
  • President Clinton's 1993 initiative for childhood vaccination
  • The Comprehensive Childhood Immunization Act
  • WHO's declaration of measles elimination in the US

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It's been 25 years since measles was officially "eliminated" from the United States. That's a technical term. In public health, it means measles has not had a steady twelve month spread. Right now there are measles cases in several states The biggest number of cases are in West Texas where two kids have died. A quarter of a century after measles was officially eliminated in the US, the disease is once again spreading in West Texas, New Mexico and there are cases in several other states. What can be done to get the virus under control? For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org).Email us at [email protected]).Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)