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Vaccination Efforts at Risk Under RFK Jr.'s HHS Tenure

2025/2/19
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我是一名儿科传染病专家，我担心肯尼迪 Jr. 担任卫生与公众服务部部长对美国疫苗接种计划的影响。德克萨斯州的麻疹疫情凸显了低疫苗接种率的风险。麻疹是一种高度传染性疾病，需要 95% 的疫苗接种率才能达到群体免疫。 麻疹是疫苗可预防疾病爆发的预兆，因为它传染性极强，并且有有效的疫苗可以预防。低疫苗接种率表明公众对公共卫生机构和疫苗的信任度下降，这使得其他疫苗可预防疾病也可能卷土重来。 我不相信肯尼迪 Jr. 关于疫苗的言论，他长期以来一直反对疫苗，这与他的经济利益有关。我担心他可能会削弱美国的疫苗接种基础设施，降低公众对疫苗的信心。 质疑疫苗的父母并非不爱他们的孩子，他们只是被误导了。我们需要在安全的空间里与他们进行对话，回答他们的问题。 疫苗并非完美无缺，但科学证据表明，我们使用的疫苗是安全有效的。我们需要重建公众对疫苗和公共卫生系统的信任，这需要社区层面的努力和联邦政府的支持。

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Last week the U.S. Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, as Health and Human Services Secretary. This comes as a measles outbreak in Texas widens to 58 people and as Louisiana’s top health official says the state will no longer promote mass vaccination. We talk to pediatrician and infectious disease specialist Adam Ratner about his concerns about the nation’s vaccination program under Kennedy and Trump, the impact of misinformation on public health, and why measles is a harbinger for other public health crises. Ratner’s new book is “Booster Shots: The History and Future of Measles Vaccines.”

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Adam Ratner MD, infectious disease specialist and pediatrician

https://www.adamratnermd.com/