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The consequences of declining vaccination rates

2025/2/17
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Ann Crocker
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Deborah Becker
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Joanna Coleman
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Mitch McConnell
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Paul Offit
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Deborah Becker: 作为主持人,我主要负责引导讨论,提出关键问题,并总结嘉宾的观点。我关注疫苗接种率下降的趋势,以及由此可能带来的公共卫生风险,特别是麻疹和脊髓灰质炎等疾病的复苏。我试图平衡对疫苗的担忧和科学证据,并探讨如何有效地向公众传达疫苗的益处和风险。我强调了新任卫生与公众服务部长 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 的立场,以及他对疫苗政策可能产生的影响。 Paul Offit: 作为疫苗专家,我坚信疫苗的益处远大于风险。我详细解释了麻疹、脊髓灰质炎等疾病的传染性和潜在危害,并强调了疫苗在预防这些疾病方面的重要性。我批评了 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 的反疫苗立场,并警告说他的政策可能会导致疫苗接种率下降和疾病爆发。我承认疫苗存在风险,但强调科学证据表明疫苗是安全的,并呼吁医疗专业人员以同情和谦逊的态度与患者沟通,解答他们的疑虑。 Ann Crocker: 作为小儿麻痹症的幸存者,我分享了我在疫苗出现之前感染这种疾病的经历。我描述了疾病对我的身体和生活造成的长期影响,并强调了疫苗的重要性,以防止其他人遭受同样的痛苦。我希望通过我的故事,能够唤起人们对疫苗可预防疾病的记忆,并鼓励他们接种疫苗。 Mitch McConnell: 作为小儿麻痹症的幸存者和参议员,我强调了疫苗的有效性,并对 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 被任命为卫生与公众服务部长表示担忧。我认为美国需要一位承认拯救生命的疫苗有效性的卫生领导人。 Joanna Coleman: 作为一名母亲,我的孩子在接种乙型肝炎疫苗后出现了不良反应。我分享了我的经历,并表达了对医疗专业人员在处理疫苗风险时的透明度和沟通方式的担忧。我强调了对疫苗持怀疑态度的重要性,并呼吁医疗专业人员以开放的态度与患者讨论疫苗的潜在风险。

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Declining vaccination rates raise concerns about a potential resurgence of polio in the US. The possibility is real due to the existence of a revertant strain from the oral polio vaccine, capable of causing paralysis. This strain is not eradicated and can reappear if immunization rates drop significantly.
  • A 27-year-old man was paralyzed by a polio revertant strain in 2022.
  • The oral polio vaccine, stopped being used in 2000, caused the revertant strain.
  • Low immunization rates (around 30%) can lead to polio resurgence.

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Childhood vaccination rates are declining. Doctors worry that could lead to a resurgence of diseases such as measles, polio and whooping cough.