新闻周刊:反疫苗者可能导致儿童疾病激增

Anti-Vaxxers Could Fuel Spike¹ in Childhood Diseases: 'It Will Be Horrific'

反疫苗者可能导致儿童疾病激增：“这将是可怕的”

A recent gathering² in a Quality Inn ballroom³ in rural Bradley, Illinois, offered a glimpse -- terrifying to most epidemiologists, thrilling to longtime vaccine⁴ "safety" activists⁵ -- of America's growing political divide over vaccinations⁶ and its implications for the nation's health.

最近，一场在伊利诺斯州布拉德利郊区的一家Quality Inn的舞厅里举行的聚会，让人们得以一窥美国在疫苗接种问题上的日益扩大的政治分歧，以及疫苗对国家健康的影响——大多数流行病学家认为这是很可怕的，而长期进行的疫苗“安全”活动的人士却感到兴奋。

Ostensibly, the meeting was a community forum⁷ about employer mandates⁹ for COVID vaccines¹⁰ that the organizer expected to draw 80 people in this overwhelmingly Republican exurb of Chicago.

表面上看，这次会议是一个社区论坛，讨论关于雇主对新冠疫苗的要求。组织者预计将在这个共和党人占压倒性多数的芝加哥远郊吸引80人来参加。

Instead, more than 300 people piled in, mostly to complain about the notion that anyone -- a boss, a school, a government -- could force them to take any vaccines at all.

而实际情况是，超过300人蜂拥而至，主要是为了抱怨，任何人——老板、学校、政府——都可以强迫他们接种任何疫苗。

As one Libertarian county commissioner¹¹ told the crowd: "I will fight for your right to believe in whatever god, medicine or way of life you choose."

正如一位持自由主义论的县长告诉人们的那样：“我将为你们能够自信仰任何上帝、药物或选择生活方式的权利而战。”

The event is being replicated¹² in some form or another in cities and towns across America, emblematic¹³ of a growing grassroots movement of people who believe that vaccine mandates -- for COVID, yes, but increasingly for other diseases as well -- are an affront¹⁴ to their personal freedom.

这一活动正以各种形式在美国各地的城镇重演，象征着一场日益壮大的草根运动，他们认为疫苗强制令——针对COVID，是的，但也越来越多地针对其他疾病——是对他们个人自由的冒犯。

That represents a marked shift from pre-pandemic times, when vaccine opponents typically based their reasoning on medical concerns and were largely comprised of a few religious sects¹⁵ and a small number of left-leaning activists seeking explanations for rising rates of autism.

这与疫情爆发前相比，是一个显著的转变。那时，疫苗反对者通常是基于医疗方面的担忧而据理反对，主要由少数几个教派和少数左倾活动人士组成，他们寻求对自闭症发病率上升的解释。

As the anti-vaxx mandate⁸ movement gains political traction¹⁶, particularly on the right, medical experts fear it could not only cripple efforts to eradicate¹⁷ COVID but could also lead to a surge in long-conquered diseases, from mumps¹⁸ to whooping¹⁹ cough to smallpox²⁰.

随着反疫苗强制令运动获得政治上的支持，尤其是来自右翼的，医学专家担心，这不仅会使根除新冠肺炎的工作瘫痪，还可能导致从腮腺炎、百日咳到天花等一些早已被征服的疾病激增。

"There are some more conservative states where we are likely to see other non-COVID vaccine mandates under attack, and it is very worrisome," says Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial²¹ Health Officials.

州和地区卫生官员协会首席医疗官Marcus Plescia说：“在一些更保守的州，我们可能会看到其他非新冠疫苗的接种命令受到攻击，这非常令人担忧。”

"If we have some of these pediatric infectious diseases come back, it will be horrific."

“如果这些儿童传染病卷土重来，那将是非常可怕的。”

1 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

2 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 ballroom   

n.舞厅

参考例句：

• The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
• I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。

4 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。

5 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 vaccinations   

n.种痘，接种( vaccination的名词复数 )；牛痘疤

参考例句：

• Vaccinations ensure one against diseases. 接种疫苗可以预防疾病。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting my turn at the doctor's. 在医生那儿候诊时，我读了一些关于接种疫苗的宣传。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

8 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

9 mandates   

托管（mandate的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• Individual mandates would require all people to purchase health insurance. 个人托管要求所有人都要购买健康保险。
• While I agree with those benefits, I'm not a supporter of mandates. 我同意上述好处，我不是授权软件的支持者。

10 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。

11 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

12 replicated   

复制( replicate的过去式和过去分词 )； 重复； 再造； 再生

参考例句：

• Later outplant the seedlings in a replicated permanent test plantation. 以后苗木出圃栽植成重复的永久性试验林。
• The phage has replicated and the donor cells have lysed. 噬菌体已复制和给体细胞已发生裂解。

13 emblematic   

adj.象征的，可当标志的；象征性

参考例句：

• The violence is emblematic of what is happening in our inner cities. 这种暴力行为正标示了我们市中心贫民区的状况。
• Whiteness is emblematic of purity. 白色是纯洁的象征。 来自辞典例句

14 affront   

n./v.侮辱，触怒

参考例句：

• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。
• This remark caused affront to many people.这句话得罪了不少人。

15 sects   

n.宗派，教派( sect的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Members of these sects are ruthlessly persecuted and suppressed. 这些教派的成员遭到了残酷的迫害和镇压。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had subdued the religious sects, cleaned up Saigon. 他压服了宗教派别，刷新了西贡的面貌。 来自辞典例句

16 traction   

n.牵引；附着摩擦力

参考例句：

• I'll show you how the traction is applied.我会让你看如何做这种牵引。
• She's injured her back and is in traction for a month.她背部受伤，正在作一个月的牵引治疗。

17 eradicate   

v.根除，消灭，杜绝

参考例句：

• These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
• They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。

18 mumps   

n.腮腺炎

参考例句：

• Sarah got mumps from her brother.萨拉的弟弟患腮腺炎，传染给她了。
• I was told not go near Charles. He is sickening for mumps.别人告诉我不要走近查尔斯， 他染上了流行性腮腺炎。

19 whooping   

发嗬嗬声的，发咳声的

参考例句：

• Whooping cough is very prevalent just now. 百日咳正在广泛流行。
• Have you had your child vaccinated against whooping cough? 你给你的孩子打过百日咳疫苗了吗？

20 smallpox   

n.天花

参考例句：

• In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.1742年，他染上了致命的天花。
• Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child?你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

21 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。