Kākoʻo o ka ʻepekema e hoʻokūkū i nā Pandemika hoʻomau me ke kālai ʻana i ka moka

Ua makemake kahi mea iā ʻoe e hauʻoli ʻO ka ʻ Moshane ma ke ao?

Aʻole nō wai. ʻOiai ka manawa. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hōʻailona mākou i ke ao ʻana o ka Mūhou i ke ʻAukake 20. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma 1897, ke kumu e hāpai ai i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka pilina o nā ʻikepili a me ka maʻi maʻi i ʻike mua ʻia e ka mea noiʻi Pelekane ʻo Sir Ronald Ross ma ka Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine..

Ê»O ka acronym no ka lā hiki iā WMD, except that it’s already taken by “mea kaua o ka luku luku Ê»ana.” Akā he ala kÅ«pono kÄ“ia e noÊ»onoÊ»o ai i nā namu. Ê»O kÄ“ia mau ʻōla-kao koko he maÊ»i nō e hoÊ»oulu Ê»ia ana nā WMD. Ua kapa iā lākou i nā Center no ka maÊ»i maÊ»i a me ka pale “the world’s deadliest animal.”

He lāʻau Ê»eha kahiko lākou, aka, hiki i ka Ê»epekema 21st i hiki ke kōkua iā mākou e lanakila i kā lākou hoÊ»oweliweli, using tools similar to the ones we’ve developed to grow the best and healthiest crops the world has ever seen.

Ê»AÊ»ole wau i aloha i nā namu akā aloha lākou iaÊ»u. I’m a laka i ka makika—kekahi hapa o na mea piÊ»o 20 ka pakeneka o ka heluna o nā kānaka noiÊ»i o ke Kulanui o Florida e ʻāpono mau loa. A ʻā lākou iaÊ»u, Uō aÊ»e au me nā welts.

As much as I’d like to say that we should wipe out the global population of mosquitoes, that isn’t really the goal. Ê»AÊ»ole wale nō o ka 3,500 Ê»ano like Ê»ole o ka huaka i ke kanaka. Ke waiho nei ke koena iā mākou wale nō a hāʻawi i nā meaÊ»ai no nā manu, popo, baki, a me nā mea ola e ae. They’re even pollinators that help plants reproduce.

Ê»O ka mea e ʻāʻū iā mākou, nae, hiki ke hoÊ»okuÊ»u i nā maÊ»i make. Malaria manawa make i nā haneli he mau tausani o nā makahiki i kÄ“lā me kÄ“ia makahiki, aemaise aku hoÊ»i i ka honua kÅ«kulu. Other mosquito-borne diseases are a rogue’s gallery of horrible ailments: Ê»ala nāwa, maÊ»i maÊ»i maÊ»i, nā Ê»ano like Ê»ole encephalitis, a oi.

There’s also the Zika virus, ua pālahalaha aku nei ma nā wahi a puni. Ua hoÊ»opili Ê»ia nā kānaka noiÊ»i i nā hemahema o ka hānau Ê»ana, me ka mea weliweli i kapa Ê»ia Ê»o microcephaly, ka mea e hoÊ»opiÊ»i ma nā pÄ“pÄ“ me nā puÊ»uwai liÊ»iliÊ»i. (Ê»Ehā mau makahiki i hala aku nei, Ua kākau wau e pili ana i ka weliweli o Zika iiiai a iiiai.)

ʻO ka haʻahaʻa o ka ʻūlū ke kuleana no ka nui o ka ʻeha o ke kanaka.

Hiki iā mākou āpau ke hana i nā hana maʻalahi e mālama i nā namu kokoke i ko mākou mau home ma ke kāpae ʻana i nā kahua kanu. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka papa hana me ka uhi ʻana i nā hāmeʻa hāmama a wehe ʻole i nā kukuna e ʻohi ana i ka wai. ʻO ka waiho ʻana i kēlā frisbee kūwaho i loko o kou pākeke e hiki ke hana i ka ʻokoʻa.

Pono mākou e hoʻohana i ka mana o ka ʻepekema, oi aku.

I nā mahinaÊ»ai, we’ve learned how to defend our crops from pests through traditional crop-protection tools as well as the innovation of GM crop technology. Ma muli o kÄ“ia kÅ«mamaÊ»a, we’re growing more food than ever before and feeding a planet of aneane 8 biliona kānaka.

Now we’re applying this know-how to the problem of mosquito control. E komo pÅ« kaÊ»u moÊ»opuna i ka noiÊ»i. Ua aÊ»o Ê»o ia i ke ala o nā hua meka. If we’re going to eradicate some of the world’s worst infectious diseases, pono mākou e hoÊ»omaopopo a hoÊ»omaopopo i nā namu i kÄ“lā me kÄ“ia manawa i ko lākou ola. Hiki i kÄ“ia me ka hoÊ»omohala Ê»ana o nā kinipiko i palekana no ka poÊ»e akā akā i hōʻino i nā Ê»uÊ»uku.

Hiki i ka Ê»epekema hou o ka hoÊ»oponopono gen-hoÊ»oponopono i nā hopena hoÊ»omohala. One of the most intriguing involves the release of GMO male mosquitoes that mate with females but whose offspring don’t survive. Ê»O kahi mea i hala ma mua o kÄ“ia ala hele a hiki i ke kauā Ê»ana i kahi parasite i hoÊ»opakele i ka Ê»oihana holoholona. Ê»O ka entomologist hope Ê»O Edward F. Lace, nona wau i hanohano o ka ike ma o ka lawelawe ana ma na panaku USDA, hana i ka hoÊ»omanoke Ê»ana i ka hana hoÊ»oliÊ»i nui i ka pilikia o nā haki.

I ka wā i waho o Covid-19, we’re devoting enormous efforts to defeating an airborne disease that is responsible, ma keia palapala, no kahi kokoke 800,000 make honua. (Nāu laka don’t transmit ka coronavirus.) KÅ«pono loa kÄ“ia—a he kamaaina kamaaina, I’m trying to protect myself and others by living a life in near lockdown.

ʻO nā nūmaka kekahi e hōʻike i kahi ʻano maʻi palu mau loa. ʻO ke ʻōlima a me nā hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniani e pono iā lākou pau loa, Inā hiki ʻole iā mākou e hana.

The good news is that we’ll conquer the coronavirus. Hōʻike nā hōʻike i nā nÅ«hou e loaÊ»a i nā pÄ«pÄ« i kahi kokoke e hiki mai ana.

.Ke neÊ»e nei mākou i mua i ka pilikia o Covid-19, let’s remember the menace of mosquitoes—a hana i ka hoÊ»omohala Ê»epekema a me nā kumuwaiwai pono e hiki ai iā mākou ke nānā i ka hiki Ê»ana o kahi honua me keÊ»ole o WMD.

E kaomi i 'aneʻi e hana i kahi hāʻawi i ka Global Farmer Network.