参议院卫生委员会共和党主席、路易斯安那州参议员比尔·卡西迪（Bill Cassidy）在一次大规模麻疹疫情导致2026年多名死亡的背景下，指出特朗普政府在推动疫苗接种方面力度不足。
The GOP chair of the Senate Health Committee, Bill Cassidy (La.), argued the Trump administration is not promoting vaccinations vigorously enough amid a massive measles outbreak that has claimed multiple lives in 2026.
“作为一名医生，我担心的是每个人都应该接种麻疹疫苗，”卡西迪在接受CNN记者杰克·塔珀（Jake Tapper）采访时说。“你可能认为这只影响到我自己，但事实并非如此，因为你会感染其他人。”“如果我没有保护，而你有保护，那么我就不会暴露。我一直在呼吁人们为自己和他人接种疫苗，”他补充道。
“My concern as a physician is that everyone should be vaccinated for measles,” Cassidy told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “And you may think it only affects me. That’s not true because you infect other people.”“If I’m not protected, but you are, then I’m not exposed. I’m all about asking people to be immunized for yourself and for others,” he added.
美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）周五报告称，今年美国的麻疹病例已超过4,000例，其中约96%与已知的疫情有关。相比之下，该机构记录的2025全年麻疹感染总数为2,289例。
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Friday that U.S. measles cases this year had topped 4,000, with about 96 percent being associated with known outbreaks. By contrast, the agency recorded a total of 2,289 measles infections for all of 2025.
CDC称，今年约95%的美国麻疹感染者要么未接种疫苗，要么疫苗接种情况不明。
About 95 percent of Americans infected with measles this year were either not vaccinated against the illness or had an unknown vaccination status, according to the CDC.
在CNN节目中，卡西迪敦促卫生部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪 Jr.（Robert F. Kennedy Jr.）和CDC进一步推动疫苗接种。
During his CNN appearance, Cassidy urged Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC to further push for vaccinations.
尽管肯尼迪曾宣传将疫苗与多种疾病（尤其是自闭症）联系的理论，这位共和党议员承认该部长已鼓励接种疫苗，但他认为卫生与公共服务部（HHS）应采取更积极的措施提升疫苗接种率。
While Kennedy has peddled theories linking vaccines to a variety of medical conditions, namely autism, the GOP lawmaker acknowledged the secretary has encouraged immunization — but argued the Health and Human Serviced Department (HHS) should do more to boost vaccination rates.
“我见过人们死于可预防的疫苗可防疾病。接种疫苗，你就不会死；不接种疫苗，你就会死，”卡西迪说。
“I have seen people die from vaccine-preventable diseases. You get vaccinated, you don’t die. You’re not vaccinated, you do die,” Cassidy said.
本周早些时候，宾夕法尼亚州官员证实第六例因近期确诊麻疹而死亡的病例。该州今年已记录超过1,100例病例——是数十年来规模最大的麻疹疫情，同时也引发了肯尼迪与州长乔什·沙皮罗（Josh Shapiro）之间关于真实死亡人数的激烈争执。
Earlier this week, Pennsylvanian officials confirmed a sixth person had died following a recent measles diagnosis. The state has recorded over 1,100 cases this year — its largest measles outbreak in decades, which has also sparked an intense feud between Kennedy and the state’s governor, Josh Shapiro, over its true death toll.
今年早些时候，卡西迪在三位卫生与公众服务部提名人的听证会上，将特朗普政府对麻疹疫情的应对称为“可怕的遗产”，并引用了宾夕法尼亚州的麻疹相关死亡病例。
Earlier this year, Cassidy, during a hearing for three HHS nominees, called the Trump administration’s handling of measles outbreaks a “terrible legacy” — citing the measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania.