NBC晚间新闻 美国爆发麻疹疫情

Measles¹ now a public health emergency, with a surge of those infected across the country. The CDC confirming 101 cases since January first. The epicenter of the outbreak, Washington State, with more than 50 cases. Most in Clark County, which has the lowest vaccination² rates. About a quarter of kindergartners there aren't immunized. I do have concerns. We will see more numbers. It can get exponentially worse. The threat so severe, some hospitals arming each entrance with security guards to screen visitors for symptoms of the virus and state lawmakers considering a bill that would prevent parents from citing personal reasons for not vaccinating³ their kids.

18 year old Ethan Linder Berger lives in Ohio, a state that allowed his mom to opt⁴ out of vaccinating when he was a kid. Today he says he's fact-checked his mom's claims. Her claims were largely debunked⁵ by the Simon scientific community that vaccines⁶ cause autism, that they caused brain damage. Now as an adult, Linda Berger has chosen to get fully⁷ vaccinated⁸ on his own as health officials scrambled⁹ to contain a disease eliminated in the U.S. nearly two decades ago.

麻疹疫情现在是一个突发公共卫生事件。全国范围内感染人数激增。据美国疾病控制中心称，自从1月1日以来，已报告有101例麻疹患者。疫情爆发的中心位于华盛顿州，那里已报告有50例麻疹患者。大多数疫情发生在克拉克县，那里的疫苗接种率最低。大约有四分之一的幼儿园儿童没有接种疫苗。我确实担心这个情况。会有更多的人感染麻疹。疫情会成倍地变得更糟。这次的威胁非常严重，一些医院在每个入口都配备了保安，以检查访客是否出现病毒症状，而且，国会正考虑通过一项法案，以阻止父母因个人原因不给孩子接种疫苗。18岁的伊桑·林德·伯杰住在俄亥俄州，在他小的时候，该州允许他的母亲选择不给他接种疫苗。今天他说他已经核实了他妈妈的说法。当时她的想法在很大程度上被科学界消除，当时科学界有疫苗会导致自闭症，会导致大脑损伤的观点。如今已是成年人的琳达·伯杰选择完全接种疫苗，而美国卫生官员正在努力遏制一种近20年前在美国被消灭的疾病。

1 measles   

n.麻疹，风疹，包虫病，痧子

参考例句：

• The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles.医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
• The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。

2 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。

3 vaccinating   

给…接种疫苗( vaccinate的现在分词 )； 注射疫苗，接种疫苗

参考例句：

• At first blush, vaccinating the wolves against rabies seems a simple solution. 乍一看来，为狼群注射防狂犬病疫苗是一种简单的办法。
• Also vaccinating children against misers (measles) has saved many lives. 还有，给儿童进行疫苗接种防止麻疹也挽救了许多生命。

4 opt   

vi.选择，决定做某事

参考例句：

• They opt for more holiday instead of more pay.他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资。
• Will individual schools be given the right to opt out of the local school authority?各个学校可能有权选择退出地方教育局吗？

5 debunked   

v.揭穿真相，暴露( debunk的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His theories have been debunked by recent research. 最近的研究揭穿了他的理论的真相。
• Some advertising slogans should be debunked. 某些夸大的广告用语应予揭露。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 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。

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 vaccinated   

[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的

参考例句：

• I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
• Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

9 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》