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Hello, darling.
你好啊 亲爱的
The air can't reach the larynx anymore.
气流无法到达喉咙
That's why he can't talk.
所以他说不了话
He says, "Bit of a bugger."
他说 "有点麻烦"
You inhale the polio virus from droplets in the air.
小儿麻痹症病毒 通过空气飞沫传播
The same way you catch a cold.
就像感冒传染一样
It passes into the blood stream,
病毒会通过血液
into the central nervous system,
进入中枢神经系统
and attacks a big group of cells in the spinal cord.
对脊髓细胞发起猛烈的攻击
The result is you become like a rag doll.
结果人就成了个破布娃娃
You can't move anything from the neck down.
颈部以下都不能动了
Can't even breathe for yourself.
甚至无法自主呼吸
Right, and, um, how long will he be like this?
好吧 那这种状况还要持续多久
The paralysis is irreversible.
瘫痪是不可逆转的
A good respiration system will maintain life for a while.
呼吸机能在一段时间内延续他的生命
We're talking a matter of months.
但也只是几个月
