The [protracted] episode illustrates how public health scares wax and wane.

这一迟到的插曲表明，公众对健康的担忧一时高涨，一时低落。

The protracted episode illustrates how public health scares wax and wane.

这一迟到的插曲表明，公众对健康的担忧一时高涨，一时低落。

And how does it compare with the other, seemingly perpetual health scares we confront, like panic over lead in synthetic athletic fields?

和其他危险相比怎么样？比如像综合运动场上铅含量这样我们似乎要面临的永久性的健康恐慌。

This particular reframing was not successful over the long term for the same reason that health scares involving coffee have never caught on: no one was willing to give up the stimulant.

这个特别创造的词长久以来并没有多大影响力。 它和“咖啡可能会威胁人的健康”这个说法从未受人欢迎的原因是一样的——谁也不愿意舍弃这种兴奋剂。

In Dread, an analysis of medical scares, the American public health expert, Philip Alcabes, offers the sober warning of the 1976 outbreak of swine flu in America.

在《恐惧》(In Dread，)这本分析医疗恐慌的著作中，美国公共卫生专家Philip Alcabes对1976年在美国爆发的猪流感作出了审慎的警告。