美国国家公共电台 NPR--LGBTQ community faces hurdles when it comes to getting the monkeypox vaccine

LGBTQ community faces hurdles¹ when it comes to getting the monkeypox vaccine²

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The mayor of San Francisco has declared a state of emergency around monkeypox, a move officials say will allow them to access more tools quickly in the fight against the virus.

ASMA KHALID, HOST:

Health officials in San Francisco hope vaccines⁴ against monkeypox will arrive more quickly now that the mayor has declared a local emergency. KQED's Annelise Finney attended an LGBTQ festival over the weekend where attendees talked about the hurdles they faced.

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ANNELISE FINNEY, BYLINE⁵: Up Your Alley⁶ is an annual leather and fetish festival. It includes kink demonstrations⁷, dancing, shopping and draws thousands to San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood. The crowd is mostly men and mostly naked.

MARTIN MOULTON: I love being naked.

FINNEY: Martin Moulton is wearing a beanie, sunglasses and shoes, and that's it.

MOULTON: And I think the gospel of being nude⁸ doesn't have as many proselytizers as it needs.

FINNEY: But nudity isn't all you see. There's also folks in furry⁹ animal suits and tight rubber chaps. And as one health advisory¹⁰ cheekily noted¹¹, since monkeypox is mainly passed through skin-to-skin contact, there's never been a better time to dress from head to toe in latex or leather.

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LONDON BREED: We want to make it known that San Francisco has one of the highest case rates already of monkeypox of any other major city in the country.

FINNEY: At a press conference a few days ago, San Francisco Mayor London Breed was with public officials, many of whom expressed a sort of deja vu and trauma¹² in seeing a rising illness predominantly affecting the gay community, like AIDS did in the 1980s. This time, Mayor Breed swore, things will be different.

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BREED: By sounding the alarm, what we're saying is this is not going to be ignored, that this is a public health crisis, that we are in desperate need of vaccines to support the people of San Francisco.

FINNEY: The emergency declaration gives the public health department the ability to partner with community organizations and reassign employees to expand testing and vaccination¹³ efforts. But that requires vaccines. The city has received around 12,000 from the federal government, but it needs 70,000. In the crowd, attendee Abdiel Cerrud said he managed to get a first dose of the vaccine, but not without some turmoil¹⁴.

ABDIEL CERRUD: The vaccine clinic that I went to - there were hundreds of people waiting for a vaccine. It was waiting in line with the hopes of there being enough dosages to go around.

FINNEY: He hopes the city's emergency declaration might help change that.

For NPR News, I'm Annelise Finney in San Francisco.

1 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

2 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

7 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

8 nude   

adj.裸体的；n.裸体者，裸体艺术品

参考例句：

• It's a painting of the Duchess of Alba in the nude.这是一幅阿尔巴公爵夫人的裸体肖像画。
• She doesn't like nude swimming.她不喜欢裸泳。

9 furry   

adj.毛皮的；似毛皮的；毛皮制的

参考例句：

• This furry material will make a warm coat for the winter.这件毛皮料在冬天会是一件保暖的大衣。
• Mugsy is a big furry brown dog,who wiggles when she is happy.马格斯是一只棕色大长毛狗，当她高兴得时候她会摇尾巴。

10 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

11 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

12 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

13 vaccination   

n.接种疫苗，种痘

参考例句：

• Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
• Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。

14 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。