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1.媒體來源:
CNN


2.完整新聞標題:
California's rich, white unvaccinated kindergartners


3.完整新聞內文:
In California, the kindergarten students most likely to be exempt from
mandatory vaccinations based on their parent's personal beliefs are white and
wealthy, according to a recent study.

據研究調查顯示，在加州那些多半因家長個人信念而免除疫苗施打的幼稚園孩童來自富有
的白人家庭。

The percentage of kindergartners with state-issued personal belief exemptions
doubled from 2007 to 2013, from 1.54% to 3.06%. That's about 17,000 children,
out of more than half a million, opting out.

持有州政府核准之個人信念免除疫苗施打的幼稚園孩童比例自2007年的1.54%雙倍成長到
2013年的3.06%。相當於50萬的孩童中有17000名免除疫苗施打。

Vaccine exemption percentages were higher in mostly white, high-income
neighborhoods such as Orange County, Santa Barbara and parts of the Bay Area.

在橘郡、聖塔芭芭拉及部分灣區的高收入白人社區，疫苗免除施打的比例更高。

The study, which was published in the American Journal of Public Heath,
looked at more than 6,200 California schools and found vaccine exemptions
were twice as common among kindergartners attending private institutions.

發表在美國公共健康期刊的研究調查了超過6200所加州學校，發現於私人機構上學的幼稚
園孩童免除疫苗施打的比例為兩倍。

"If you live in a rich, white community where lots of people don't vaccinate
their kids, that could be dangerous," said Tony Yang, a health policy
professor at George Mason University and author of the study.

此項研究的作者Tony Yang表示 : 如果你生活在許多家長不願讓小孩接打疫苗的富有白人
社區，那是非常危險的事情。

According to a 2011 study in Public Health Reports, when parents refuse
vaccines it's usually due to concerns about children receiving too many shots
or developing side effects, including autism. This despite an exhaustive
review last year of 20,000 scientific titles and 67 papers that concluded
childhood vaccines are safe, and a complete retraction of the study that
spawned the fear that vaccines cause autism.



Yang's study didn't investigate why wealthier, white families in the state
are more likely to reject vaccines. One reason may be that some parents are
trying to protect their children's immunity from diseases by insisting on
specialized diets and natural living practices instead of vaccines, according
to a different study.



In June, California lawmakers outlawed personal belief exemptions, starting
next summer. A "grandfather" clause will continue to exempt some children.

加州的立法官員於六月廢除了個人信念疫苗施打之免除，於下一個夏季生效。然而有些小
孩仍然可以因家長的信念而拒絕施打疫苗。

"It's still a step in the right direction. Fewer people will be able to opt
out," Yang said. "Vaccines are becoming the victims of their own success.
Most people have never witnessed the infections that vaccines prevent."

Yang表示 :“這仍然是往正確方向的一步，將來會有更少人們可以拒絕施打疫苗。疫苗
的成功似乎使疫苗本身成為受害者。大部分的人都沒見過或經歷過疫苗所抑止的感染或疾
病。"

Vaccines trick the body into thinking it's had a disease when it really
hasn't. If enough people get vaccinated you achieve "herd immunity" -- the
bodies of so many people have been tricked that there's little chance of a
widespread outbreak. But when enough families in a community fail to
vaccinate their children, diseases can spread just like a rash of measles
spread earlier this year in California and several other states.



"It's a life-threatening problem. Some people could die because you're not
vaccinating," Yang said.

Yang說 :“這是威脅到生命財產的問題。其他人可能會因為你沒接種疫苗而死。”

But some vaccine refusers remain unswayed. In February, Dr. Jack Wolfson, an
Arizona cardiologist, told CNN he did not vaccinate his two sons and that he
could live with himself if his unvaccinated child got another child gravely
ill.

然而部分拒絕疫苗施打的人士仍無動於衷。二月時，一位亞歷桑納的心臟科醫師Jack
Wolfson告訴CNN，他沒有讓他的兩個小孩接種疫苗，然而若是有其他小孩因為他的小孩沒
接種疫苗而生重病也是沒辦法的事。

"It's an unfortunate thing that people die, but people die. I'm not going to
put my child at risk to save another child," Wolfson said.

Wolfson說 :“人們死去是很不幸的事情，但是人畢竟會死。我不會為了拯救其他小孩而
而把我自己的小孩至於險境。"



4.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
http://goo.gl/1qC39d


5.備註:
肥宅以後有小孩，會不想讓小孩接種疫苗嗎?
(BTW最後一段實在大開眼界)

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