Ka NBC Kūlana Kū'ē i ka Honua ma ka Pālahalahaʻana o Lyme maʻi,ʻAʻole naʻe i hana i ka Lyme maʻi

ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau ka mea e paipai nei i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi Lyme, a i kahi hōʻike e NBC News ʻaʻa e ʻōlelo pēlā. E like paha kēia me ka hanu hou o ka noʻonoʻo pono i loko o ka pōʻaiapili media kahi e pale pinepine ai nā hōʻike ʻana i ke kumuhana o ka luku honua kanaka.

Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia ke kumuhana ʻē aʻe: ke kumuhana o ka mea nāna i hana i ka maʻi Lyme.

ʻO ka mea nāna ia i hana ʻaʻole kānalua maoli. Ua hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia nā ʻoiaʻiʻo a ʻaʻole hoʻi i hōʻole ʻia.

ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia ka pili o nā mea nāna i hana i kēia maʻi a me nā lono hou e pili ana i ka maʻi Lyme. Inā ʻoe e hōʻike i ka mea e hoʻomāmā ai i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi, pono ʻoe e hōʻike i ka mea i hoʻomaka ai, a pehea i hana ʻia ai e laha a me ke kumu.

Ua ʻike ʻo NBC News e hōʻike maʻalahi ka ʻike. I ka makahiki 2004, ua paʻi ʻo Michael Christopher Carroll i kahi puke i kapa ʻia Lab 257: Ka Moʻolelo Hoʻopilikia o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Puke o ke Aupuni. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma nā hōʻike televise e kūkākūkā i ka puke, me ka MSNBC a me ka NBC's I kēia lā Hōʻike (kahi i hana ʻia ai ka puke a I kēia lā Hōʻike Koho Club Club). Lab 257 ku i ka New York Times non-fiction bestseller list ma hope koke iho o kona paʻi ʻia ʻana.

A he aha ka ʻōlelo a kēlā puke? ʻAe, ʻo ka mea kupanaha o nā puke, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele a heluhelu. Akā e hāʻawi wau iā ʻoe i kahi hōʻuluʻulu pōkole o ka ʻāpana e pili ana i ka maʻi Lyme. No ka nui o nā maʻi ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka ʻino, pono ʻoe e heluhelu i ka puke.

Ma lalo o 2 mau mile mai ka ʻaoʻao hikina o Long Island e noho ana ʻo Plum Island, kahi i hana ai ke aupuni US i nā mea kaua olaola, me nā mea kaua i loaʻa i nā pepeke maʻi e hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai nā mokulele ma luna o kahi heluna (he haole paha). ʻO kekahi o ia mea ʻo ia ka deer tick, i hahai ʻia e nā Nazis, nā Iapana, nā Soviets, a me nā ʻAmelika.

ʻAu ka dia i ka mokupuni ʻo Plum.

ʻAʻole au i ʻike i ka ʻauʻau ʻana o ka dia, akā, he poʻe ʻauʻau kai lākou. He pūnaewele wikiwiki huli loaʻa i ka nui o hoike a kiʻi paʻi a Videos ʻauʻau dia, mau mile mai uka mai, a me Long Island hookani. A pinepine ka poʻe i kahaha (a me ka lokomaikaʻi) no laila hoʻopakele ka dia - ʻaʻole pono i kekahi manawa. ʻAu pinepine ka Deer ma waena o Long Island a me Plum Island; ʻaʻohe hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i kēlā ʻoiaʻiʻo.

Lele nā ​​manu i ka mokupuni ʻo Plum. Aia ka mokupuni ma ka waena o ke ala neʻe o ka ʻAkelanika no nā ʻano he nui. "Ticks," i kākau ai ʻo Carroll, "e ʻimi i nā moa pēpē hiki ʻole ke pale aku."

I Iulai o ka makahiki 1975, ua puka mai kekahi ma'i hou ma Old Lyme, Connecticut, ma ka akau o Plum Island. ʻAʻole ia he maʻi i ulu mālie a huli i ka manaʻo. He 12 mau maʻi maʻi i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua. ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o nā ʻepekema e ʻimi iā ia i ka wā ma mua ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā makahiki 1940 ma nā wahi a puni ka mokupuni ʻo Plum.

A he aha ka mea ma Plum Island? ʻO kahi keʻena kaua germ kahi i lawe mai ai ke aupuni US i nā mea ʻepekema kaua germ Nazi mua i ka makahiki 1940 e hana i ka hana ʻino like ʻole no kahi ʻoihana ʻē aʻe. Ua komo pū kēia me ke poʻo o ka papahana kaua germ Nazi i hana pololei no Heinrich Himmler. Aia ma Plum Island kahi keʻena kaua germ i hana pinepine i kāna mau hoʻokolohua mawaho o na puka. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, aia ma kahi mokupuni. He aha ka mea hiki ke hele hewa? Hoʻopaʻa nā palapala i nā hoʻokolohua waho me nā maʻi maʻi i nā makahiki 1950. ʻOiai i loko o ka hale, kahi e ʻae ai nā mea komo i nā hoʻokolohua me nā ticks, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa paʻa ʻia. A hoʻāʻo nā holoholona i hui pū ʻia me nā dia hihiu, hoʻāʻo i nā manu me nā manu ʻāhiu.

Ma nā 1990s, ma ka hikina hikina loa o Long Island ma kahi lōʻihi o ka nui o ka maʻi Lyme. Inā ua kauʻoe i ka pōʻai a puni ka wahi o ka honua i hoʻokau pinepineʻia e ka maʻi Lyme, aia ma ka'ākauʻo Northeast United States, ke kikowaena o kēlā a puniʻo ka Plum Island.

Ua ho'āʻoʻo Plum Island i nā hōʻailona Lone Star, nona ka noho i kēlā manawa i Texas. Akā, ua hōʻikeʻia ia ma New York a me Connecticut, e hoʻoneʻe ana i nā poʻe me ka maʻi Lyme - a pepehi iā lākou. Ua hala nā hōʻailona Lone Star i New York, Connecticut, a me New Jersey.

No laila, e hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo ExxonMobil a me nā mea wahaheʻe ʻē aʻe a pau, a me kā lākou mau kauā ma ke aupuni, no ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi Lyme, a me nā mea weliweli ʻē aʻe. Akā e mālama i kahi hewa liʻiliʻi no ka ʻoihana ʻoihana koa. Ua pepehi paha ia i ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka maʻi Lyme, a i ʻole - inā manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoe i ka hanohano o kāna misionari - a laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā mākou ʻōlelo ʻana he pōʻino koʻikoʻi lākou.