Ingkwado Sayensị iji merie ọnya na-adịgide adịgide Na njikwa anwụnta

Onwere onye choro ka i nwee obi uto Mosbọchị anwụnta?

Ma m anaghịkwa. Ma ugbu a bụ oge. Kwa afọ, anyị na-aka ụbọchị qubọchị Anwụ anwụ na August 20. Guzosie ike na 1897, Ebumnuche a bụ ime ka mmadụ mara banyere njikọ dị n'etiti anwụnta na ịba na mbụ nke onye nchọpụta Britain Sir Ronald Ross chọpụtara na Schoollọ Akwụkwọ Ọgwụ nke Osimiri Liverpool.

Acronym maka ụbọchị nwere ike ịbụ WMD, except that it’s already taken by “ngwa agha nke mbibi.” Ma nke a nwere ike ịbụ ụzọ bara uru iji chee gbasara anwụnta. Nje ndị na-eme ka ọbara dị ọcha bụ WMDs na-ekesa ọrịa. Centlọ Ọrụ Maka Nchịkwa na Mgbochi Ọrịa na-akpọ ha “the world’s deadliest animal.”

Ha bụ ihe otiti oge ochie, mana sayensị nke narị afọ nke 21 nwere ike inyere anyị aka ịkwụsị iyi egwu ha, using tools similar to the ones we’ve developed to grow the best and healthiest crops the world has ever seen.

Akpọrọ m anwụnta asị mana ha hụrụ m n'anya. I’m a anwụnta anwụ anwụ—a akụkụ nke Olee ihe enyemaka 20 pasent nke ndị bi na Mahadum Florida na-eme nchọpụta kwuru na ha bụ ndị kachasị lekwasịrị anya. Ha tụọ m ụjọ, Enwere m afọ ọchị na 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. Naanị ole na ole n'ime 3,500 ụdị anwụnta na-alụso ndị mmadụ ọgụ. Ndị nke ọzọ hapụkwara anyị ma nye nnụnụ nri, ụyọkọ, frogs, na ihe ndi ozo di ndu. They’re even pollinators that help plants reproduce.

Ndi n’eme anyi aru, Otú ọ dị, nwere ike ibunye ọrịa na-egbu egbu. Ọrịa ịba Naanị gbuo ọtụtụ narị puku mmadụ kwa afọ, ọkachasị na mba na-emepe emepe. Other mosquito-borne diseases are a rogue’s gallery of horrible ailments: edo edo, ọnya afọ, ụdị encephalitis dị iche iche, na ndị ọzọ.

There’s also the Zika virus, nke gbasaala ebe niile nke oke ala ma na-adigide na mpaghara United States. Ndị ọrụ nyocha ejikọtawo ya na ntụpọ ọmụmụ, gụnyere nke dị egwu a na-akpọ microcephaly, nke na - ebute ụmụaka nwere obere ụbụrụ na - enweghị isi. (Afọ anọ gara aga, Edere m akwụkwọ banyere iyi egwu Zika Ebe a na Ebe a.)

Isi ihe dị na ya bụ anwụnta na-akpata oke nhụjuanya nke mmadụ.

Anyị niile nwere ike ịme ihe dị mfe iji gbochie anwụnta dị nso n'ụlọ anyị site na iwepu ahịhịa. Usoro dị iche iche gụnyere ikpuchi arịa mepere emepe ma kpofuo ihe ndị na-anakọta mmiri mmiri. Putchụpụ uwe ojii ndị ahụ dị n’elu gị nwere ike ịgbanwe ihe.

Anyị kwesịrị ịgbanye ike nke sayensị, oke.

N’elu ugbo, we’ve learned how to defend our crops from pests through traditional crop-protection tools as well as the innovation of GM crop technology. N'ihi ihe ịga nke ọma a, we’re growing more food than ever before and feeding a planet of fọrọ nke nta 8 ijeri mmadụ.

Now we’re applying this know-how to the problem of mosquito control. Nwa nwa m n'ezie na-esonye na nyocha ahụ. Ọ na-amụ ụzọ anwụnta siri anwụ anwụrụ. If we’re going to eradicate some of the world’s worst infectious diseases, Anyi gha aghota ma maa anya anwuta n’uwa obula nke ndu ha. Nke a nwere ike ịgụnye mmepe nke kemịkalụ nchekwa nke mmadụ mana nke anwụnta na-emebi.

Ihe omuma ohuru nke nhazi ihe omumu nwere ike inye uzo okike. One of the most intriguing involves the release of GMO male mosquitoes that mate with females but whose offspring don’t survive. Earlierdị usoro a bidoro butere mbubata ọzọ nke kpalitere ụlọ ọrụ anụ ụlọ. Onye ikpe azu n’ile Edward F. Mkpịsị, onye m nwere nsọpụrụ nke ịmara site na ọrụ na panụ USDA, usoro amamịghe zuru oke nke belatara nsogbu nke screwworms.

N'oge ntiwapụ nke Covid-19, we’re devoting enormous efforts to defeating an airborne disease that is responsible, n'ihe odide a, no nso 800,000 onwu n’uwa dum. (Anwụnta don’t transmit coronavirus ah.) Nke a bụ ihe dabara adaba—yana onye isi obodo, I’m trying to protect myself and others by living a life in near lockdown.

Ma anwụnta na-anọchite anya ụdị ọrịa na-adịgide adịgide. Ime obodo na mgbanwe ihu igwe nwere ike ịme ha anwụ anwụ, ọ bụrụ na anyị anaghị eme ihe.

The good news is that we’ll conquer the coronavirus. Akụkọ akụkọ na-enye echiche na ọgwụ mgbochi ga-adị na nso nso.

.Ka anyị na-agafe nsogbu Covid-19, let’s remember the menace of mosquitoes—ma na -emepụta okike sayensị na akụrụngwa akụrụngwa dị mkpa ka anyị wee nwee ike ịtụ anya na ụwa nwere enweghị WMDs.

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