Problems at the CDC under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
在小羅勃·甘迺迪領導下 CDC 出現的問題
Introduction
Dr. Debra Houry worked at the CDC. She says the agency has many problems now. She says the new leader, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., changes how the agency works.
Debra Houry 博士曾在 CDC 工作。她表示該機構目前有許多問題。她說新領導人小羅勃·甘迺迪改變了該機構的運作方式。
Main Body
The leader deleted many pages from the website. These pages had important health information. He did not use scientists to make decisions. He chose friends to help him instead.
領導人刪除了網站上的許多頁面。這些頁面包含重要的健康資訊。他並不依靠科學家來做決定，而是選擇由朋友來協助他。
The leader stopped some health programs. He told people to use vitamins for measles. This made some people sick. He also fired many expert workers. Now, 80% of the top leaders are gone.
領導人停止了一些健康計畫。他告訴人們使用維生素來對抗麻疹，這導致部分人患病。他還解雇了許多專家級員工。目前 80% 的高層領導已離職。
The agency only looks at one thing for autism. They do not look at other causes. The leader does not listen to the doctors at the CDC.
該機構對自閉症僅研究單一因素，不考慮其他原因。領導人不聽取 CDC 醫師的意見。
Conclusion
Many people do not trust the CDC now. Thirty states do not use CDC rules for children's vaccines.
現在許多人不信任 CDC。有三十個州不再使用 CDC 關於兒童疫苗的規範。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Past Action' Pattern
In this story, we see a lot of things that already happened. To tell a story about the past, we often just add -ed to the action word.
Look at these changes:
- Change Changed
- Stop Stopped
- Fire Fired
Wait! Some words are 'Rule-Breakers' Some words don't follow the -ed rule. You just have to memorize them:
- Make Made
- Choose Chose
- Do Did
Quick Summary for your brain: Regular word + ed = Past Special word = New shape