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A Johns Hopkins scientist has issued a blistering report on influenza vaccines in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Peter Doshi, Ph.D., charges that although the vaccines are being pushed on the public in unprecedented numbers, they are less effective and cause more side effects than alleged by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Further, says Doshi, the studies that underlie the CDC’s policy of encouraging most people to get a yearly flu shot are often low quality studies that do not substantiate the official claims.
Promoting influenza vaccines is one of the most visible and aggressive public health policies in the United States, says Doshi of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Drug companies and public officials press for widespread vaccination each fall, offering vaccinations in drugstores and supermarkets. The results have been phenomenal. Only 20 years ago, 32 million doses of influenza vaccine were available in the United States on an annual basis. Today, the total has skyrocketed to 135 million doses.
“The vaccine may be less beneficial and less safe than has been claimed, and the threat of influenza seems to be overstated,” Doshi says. Mandatory vaccination polices have been enacted, often in healthcare facilities, forcing some people to take the vaccine under threat of losing their jobs.
1. Translate the following words/phrases into Russian:
Shocking/ blistering report
To reveal / to issue a report on sth
To push sth on sb in unprecedented numbers
On an annual basis
To cause side-effects
To charge
To underlie a policy
To push vaccines/ to promote vaccines
To allege
To get a yearly flu shot
To substantiate the official claims
To claim sth
Aggressive public health policy
Visible policy
Vaccination policy
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Widespread vaccination
To offer vaccination
To skyrocket (about prices/ doses)
To overstate (the threat of sth)
To do sth under threat
2. Translate the following word combinations and sentences into Russian:
a) He wrote a blistering letter. / Blistering condemn; blistering production pace.
b) The newspaper story revealed a cover-up of huge proportions.
c) Unprecedented price increases.
d) Social problems and poverty underlie much of the crime in today’s big cities.
e) Aggressive marketing campaign.
f) Can you substantiate your claim in a court of law?
g) Mancini claims he was forced to carry out their orders under threat of death.
h) The factory is still under threat of closure.
i) The trade deficit has skyrocketed.
j) We must not frighten people by overstating the dangers.
k) The widespread use of chemicals in agriculture.
l) There is a visible change in attitudes to working women.
m) She showed visible signs of annoyance.
n) It was alleged that policemen had accepted bribes.
o) She alleged that I had failed to return the book.
p) Labour’s Brian Gould charged that Mr Mellor acted improperly.
q) A natural remedy with no harmful side effects.
3. Choose the best way to translate the following words/phrases from the article above:
• To allege
a) заявлять b) оправдывать с) утверждать голословно d)?
• Aggressive policy
a) Агрессивная политика b) напористая политика с) решительная политика d)?
• To overstate
a) Преувеличивать b) драматизировать c) завышать d)?
• To charge
a) Заряжать b) обвинять c) инструктировать d)?
• To substantiate the official claims
a) Обосновать официальные заявления b) подтвердить официальные данные с)?
