这次听证会是佛罗里达州新疫苗指南生效前的最后几个步骤之一。佛罗里达州莱克玛丽——佛罗里达州卫生领导人举行会议，讨论从该州儿童疫苗接盘中移除四种疫苗的计划，这演变成州官员和医生之间关于免疫科学的激烈辩论。
The hearing was one of the last steps before Florida's new vaccine guidelines take effect. LAKE MARY, Florida — A meeting of Florida health leaders to discuss plans to remove four vaccines from the state childhood vaccine schedule turned into intense debate between state officials and doctors over the science of immunization.
数十名医生和其他医疗专业人员参加了州卫生部举行的听证会，听取该机构解释为何选择取消水痘、乙型肝炎以及另外两种细菌感染等病毒疫苗。
Dozens of doctors and other medical professionals attended a hearing held by the state Department of Health to explain why the agency chose to remove vaccines for viruses such as chickenpox, hepatitis B and two other bacterial infections.
许多出席者警告卫生部和州外科医生总长约瑟夫·拉达波（Joseph Ladapo，他曾对某些疫苗的效用提出质疑），称他们忽视了数十年的证据和科学研究，这些研究表明接种疫苗带来的益处远大于避免疾病的风险。然而，拉达波表示，与母亲对孩子的直觉相比，他们的医学培训在保持儿童健康方面的作用较小。
Many in attendance warned DOH and state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, who has previously questioned the efficacy of some vaccines, that they were ignoring decades of evidence and scientific studies showing the shots were worth the risk of avoiding illnesses. Ladapo, however, said their medical training was less effective at keeping children healthy than a mother’s intuition regarding her child.
拉达波在莱克玛丽一家酒店举行的听证会上说：“有一件事让我感到不安，那就是医生们对母亲的直觉不屑一顾。你怎么能上医学院，却认为自己比母亲更了解孩子的健康状况呢？”
“One thing that disturbs me is the doctors who dismiss a mother’s intuition,” Ladapo said during the hearing, which was held at a hotel in Lake Mary. “How do you go to medical school and think you know more about a child’s health?”