Puas muaj ib tug neeg xav tau koj kev zoo siab Ntiaj Teb Mos Hnub?
Kuv thiab. Tsis tau lub sij hawm tam sim no. Txhua xyoo, peb khij lub ntiaj teb Mos Hnub Hnub Lub Yim Hli 20. Tsim nyob rau hauv 1897, lub hom phiaj yog txhawm rau txhawm rau paub txog kev sib txuas ntawm cov yoov tshaj cum thiab malaria ua ntej nrhiav tau los ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb Askiv Sir Ronald Ross ntawm Liverpool Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qav Qib Tshuaj.
Cov ntawv tshwj xeeb ib hnub yuav yog WMD, except that it’s already taken by “riam phom ntawm huab hwm coj rhuav tshem.” Tabsis qhov no yuav yog txoj hauv kev zoo los xav txog yoov. Cov cab no nqus ntshav yog cov muaj mob WMDs. Cov Chaw Tiv Thaiv thiab Tiv Thaiv Kab Mob hu rau lawv “the world’s deadliest animal.”
Lawv yog cov txheej txheem txheej thaum ub, tiam sis 21st-century science yuav pab tau peb kov yeej lawv cov kev hem thawj, using tools similar to the ones we’ve developed to grow the best and healthiest crops the world has ever seen.
Kuv ntxub tshaj yoov tab sis lawv nyiam kuv. I’m a yoov hlau nplaum—ib feem ntawm qhov ntxhib 20 feem pua ​​ntawm cov neeg uas cov kws tshawb fawb University of Florida lees paub tshwj xeeb zoo rau cov hom phiaj. Thaum lawv tom kuv, Kuv o nrog 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. Tsuas yog qee tus ntawm cov 3,500 hom yoov tshaj cum los tua neeg. Tus so tshuav peb ib leeg thiab npaj zaub rau noog, tus puav, tus qav, thiab lwm yam tsiaj. They’re even pollinators that help plants reproduce.
Cov uas tom peb, Txawm li cas los, tuaj yeem kis cov kab mob tuag taus. Mob npaws nyob ib leeg tua ntau pua txhiab tus neeg txhua xyoo, tshwj xeeb hauv kev tsim lub ntiaj teb. Other mosquito-borne diseases are a rogue’s gallery of horrible ailments: ua npaws daj, dengue fever, ntau yam mob encephalitis, thiab ntau.
There’s also the Zika virus, uas tau kis thoob plaws hauv thaj chaw tropics thiab tseem nyob rau periphery ntawm Tebchaws Meskas. Cov kws tshawb nrhiav tau txuas nws rau kev yug ua txhaum, suav nrog kev txaus ntshai hu ua microcephaly, uas ua rau cov menyuam muaj lub hlwb tsis zoo. (Plaub xyoos dhau los, Kuv sau txog qhov kev hem thawj ntawm Zika ntawm no thiab ntawm no.)
Cov kab hauv qab yog cov yoov tshaj cum yog lub luag haujlwm rau qhov ntau ntawm tib neeg kev txom nyem.
Peb txhua tus tuaj yeem ua cov kauj ruam yooj yim los tswj cov yoov tshaj cum nyob ze peb lub tsev los ntawm kev tua cov chaw yug tsiaj. Txoj kev tawm tsam suav nrog qhib cov ntim qhib thiab nqus cov khoom ntim uas ntim cov dej nag. Tso lub siab ntev me me ntawm qhov taub hauv koj lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev tuaj yeem ua qhov sib txawv.
Peb yuav tsum siv lub zog ntawm kev kawm, heev.
Nyob rau daim teb, we’ve learned how to defend our crops from pests through traditional crop-protection tools as well as the innovation of GM crop technology. Vim tias qhov kev vam meej no, we’re growing more food than ever before and feeding a planet of ze li ntawm 8 tsheej lab tus tib neeg.
Now we’re applying this know-how to the problem of mosquito control. Kuv tus ntxhais xeeb ntxwv hauv qhov tseeb koom nrog txoj kev tshawb fawb. Nws kawm txog txoj kev yoov nteg qe tawm. If we’re going to eradicate some of the world’s worst infectious diseases, peb yuav tsum to taub thiab cam cov yoov tshaj cum txhua ntu ntawm lawv lub neej. Qhov no suav nrog kev txhim kho tshuaj lom neeg uas muaj kev nyab xeeb rau tib neeg tab sis muaj kev phom sij rau yoov.
Lub thev naus laus zis ntawm kev tshawb fawb tshiab ntawm noob-xeeb ceem tuaj yeem muab cov kev daws teeb meem muaj tswv yim. One of the most intriguing involves the release of GMO male mosquitoes that mate with females but whose offspring don’t survive. Ib qho ua ntej lawm ntawm txoj kev ua no tau coj mus rau qhov yeej tus cab uas tau nyab xeeb rau kev lag luam nyuj. Lub caij kawg entomologist Edward F. Lace, uas kuv muaj lub meejmom ntawm paub los ntawm kev pab nyob rau ntawm USDA panels, tsim cov tswv yim kom tsis pub muaj menyuam kom tsis txhob muaj teeb meem ntawm screwworms.
Thaum lub sijhawm tawm ntawm Covid-19, we’re devoting enormous efforts to defeating an airborne disease that is responsible, ntawm qhov kev sau ntawv, rau ze rau 800,000 ntiaj teb neeg tuag. (Mos dev don’t transmit tus kab mob khaus laus nas vais lav.) Qhov no yog tsim nyog nkaus—thiab ua ib tug neeg laus, I’m trying to protect myself and others by living a life in near lockdown.
Tab sis yoov tshaj cum sawv cev rau ib hom kev mob sib kis thoob ntiaj teb. Nroog loj thiab kev nyab xeeb kev hloov pauv yuav ua rau lawv neeg tuag, yog tias peb ua tsis tiav.
The good news is that we’ll conquer the coronavirus. Xov xwm tshaj tawm qhia tias yuav muaj tshuaj txhaj rau yav tom ntej.
.Raws li peb tsiv dhau los cov teeb meem ntawm Covid-19, let’s remember the menace of mosquitoes—thiab cog lus rau lub tswv yim kev tawm tswv yim thiab cov khoom siv tsim nyog kom peb tuaj yeem tos ntsoov rau lub ntiaj teb tsis muaj WMDs.
Nyem no kom xa nyiaj mus rau Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Pab Nyiaj rau ntiaj teb.