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A Tuberculosis Outbreak Exposes U.S. Postpandemic Vulnerabilities

2025/3/12
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Rachel Feltman: 本期节目关注美国公共卫生系统在后新冠疫情时代面临的挑战,并以堪萨斯州发生的肺结核疫情为例进行分析。该疫情暴露出美国公共卫生系统在应对大规模传染病方面的脆弱性,以及信息沟通和资源分配等方面的问题。 Bec Shuckaford-Wongonga: 堪萨斯州的肺结核疫情主要集中在怀安多特县和约翰逊县,其特点是活动性肺结核病例迅速增加。疫情早期信息沟通不足,导致公众恐慌。关于疫情规模的报道也存在偏差,可能与堪萨斯州卫生与环境部门的信息发布有关。 Erin Corvo: 新冠疫情期间,人们对就医的顾虑以及误诊等问题可能导致肺结核病例被漏诊。肺结核的潜伏期长,难以根除,需要社区医疗和公共卫生方面的投入。堪萨斯州的疫情凸显了美国公共卫生系统面临的挑战,以及持续关注公共卫生问题和加大对公共卫生的投资的重要性。 Jennifer Nezzo: 美国目前面临多种传染病威胁,包括流感、埃博拉病毒、马尔堡病毒和猴痘病毒等。美国公共卫生系统目前面临诸多挑战,令人担忧。与911事件后相比,美国对公共卫生系统的投入和赋权有所削弱。需要采取措施阻止美国公共卫生系统能力的进一步削弱。未来,美国将面临更多周期性的健康危机,新冠疫情结束后,人们不应该忽视对未来健康危机的防范。环境变化和行为变化导致病原体传播速度更快、范围更广。美国需要加强公共卫生基础设施建设,以应对未来的健康威胁。健康是国家实力、安全、繁荣和幸福的基础。 Michelle Mello: 新冠疫情期间,公众对公共卫生权力行使的监督不足感到担忧,这导致了一些州试图限制公共卫生权力。新冠疫情后,一些州通过立法限制了公共卫生官员在紧急情况下的权力,以及平时公共卫生官员的权力,包括疫苗接种强制令、学校和企业关闭等措施。一些州的立法使得在应对传染病疫情时,只能关闭个别建筑物,而不能关闭整个学校。一些州通过立法禁止了居家令等措施。 supporting_evidences Bec Shuckaford-Wongonga: 'Unfortunately, there were some crossed wires on communication there, and we're not really sure on whose side...' Erin Corvo: 'But she says that seems to be changing. And I think COVID had something to do with that...' Jennifer Nezzo: 'I was actually working at a local health department after September 11th, 2001...' Michelle Mello: 'There was a feeling that there were not enough guardrails around the exercise of public health legal powers during COVID...'

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It’s been five years since COVID was declared a global pandemic. Local, national and global public health agencies mobilized to contain the spread of COVID, but experts worry that backlash against measures like lockdowns have made today’s systems less capable of handling a disease of similar scale. Now the U.S. faces a tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas that underscores the importance of public health infrastructure.

Recommended reading:

On COVID’s Fifth Anniversary, Scientists Reflect on Mistakes and Successes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/on-covids-fifth-anniversary-scientists-reflect-on-mistakes-and-successes/)

Read Michelle Mello’s research on how public health legal powers have changed since the beginning of the COVID pandemic:

https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-076269

And check out Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga’s ongoing health equity reporting:

https://www.kcur.org/bek-shackelford

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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with producer Fonda Mwangi. Our show is edited by Jeff DelViscio with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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