200年前疾病又卷土重來,我們防得住嗎

Data released by the UK National Health Service lastyear on patient admissions revealed an alarming risein various nutritional and communicable diseases inthe past decade.

英國國家衛(wèi)生署去年公布的入院患者的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，各種各樣的營養(yǎng)性疾病和傳染性疾病在過去十年來以驚人的速度增長著。

The infectious disease known as scarlet feverfamously reached pandemic proportions in the 19thcentury, striking down the young and the weakacross the Western world.

被稱為紅熱病的傳染病在20世紀(jì)盛行，擊潰了當(dāng)時西方國家的幼兒們和體弱者。

Recent years have seen a return of the bacterial infection, reaching numbers not seen sincethe 1960s, with admissions for a primary diagnosis more than doubling between 2010/11 and2017/18, from 429 to more than 1,300.

近些年來，細(xì)菌感染卷土重來，受害者達(dá)到了自1960s以來從所未見的最高值，初步確診者的人數(shù)從429躍升至1300多人，從2011年到2017年期間的感染人數(shù)翻了兩倍不止。

Just as shocking was the 59 percent rise in whooping cough, a disease that was all but wipedout more than half a century ago by comprehensive immunisation programs.

同樣令人震驚的是百日咳的發(fā)病率上升了59%，而百日咳是一種半個世紀(jì)前的綜合免疫接種計劃沒能徹底消滅的疾病。

At the same time, entries for gout jumped by just over a third – a disease associated with "easeand comfort" in Victorian London, now more likely to be linked with deprivation and lack ofwork.

同時，罹患痛風(fēng)的人升高了大約1/3，這個病在維多利亞時期的倫敦一度被視作“富貴病”，現(xiàn)在更傾向于認(rèn)為與缺乏鍛煉有關(guān)。

The report didn't comment on potential factors influencing the numbers, but many – includingmembers of the opposing political party – are laying the blame squarely at the feet ofgovernment cost-cutting.

這個報告沒有談到可能影響患病數(shù)量的原因，但是很多人，包括在野黨的成員，歸咎于政府一味縮減醫(yī)療健康成本預(yù)算。

According to an analysis carried out by the independent health charity King's Fund, successive cuts to health budgets – especially in fields of sexual health and addiction – couldbe expected to hit roughly ￡800 million (over US$1 billion) by 2021.

根據(jù)獨立健康慈善金基金的分析，到2021年，醫(yī)療預(yù)算將持續(xù)縮減大概8億歐元(超過10億美金)，尤其是在性健康和性傳染病方面的縮減。

As impressive as those saving gains might look now, they could easily be swallowed as risingrates of illness place a greater burden on society.

盡管這筆節(jié)省下來的錢目前看來相當(dāng)可觀，但其實遠(yuǎn)不夠填補隨之而來的不斷升高的患病率所增加的社會負(fù)擔(dān)的窟窿。