Source: The Intercept
E noho ana wau ma Shanghai i ka wā i puka mai ai kahi maʻi maʻi avian hou ma laila i ka makahiki 2013. Ua hoʻomaka ka maʻi maʻi i Pepeluali, ma hope koke o ka Lunar New Year, i ka manawa i hōʻike ʻia ai kahi kanaka 87 makahiki a me kāna mau keiki kāne ʻelua i kahi haukapila kūloko me kahi kuni a me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe. . I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Malaki, ua make ke kanaka ʻelemakule, e alakaʻi ana i kahi mea hoʻohana media kaiapili Kina e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e pili ana i kona make ʻana. Hoʻopili wikiwiki holoiʻia ka pou.
Ua ʻōlelo mua nā luna o Shanghai ua make ke kanaka mai nā hoʻopiʻi maʻamau, akā i ka hopena o ka mahina, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻōlelo a ke aupuni i kahi komo pilikia: Ua haʻi aku ka ʻoihana olakino Kina i ka World Health Organization i ka puka ʻana mai o kahi maʻi avian flu hou. kapa ʻia ʻo H7N9. Ua piʻi ka nui o ka make i ʻehiku, a ua hoʻolaha nā hihia i nā panalāʻau e pili ana iā Shanghai. Ua pau ka hiamoe o ka poʻe loea olakino e hopohopo nei aia ka honua ma ke ʻano o kahi maʻi maʻi.
E lilo ana ka H7N9 i mea hoʻoweliweli liʻiliʻi e hoʻohālikelike ʻia me SARS-CoV-2, ka coronavirus e kumu ai iā Covid-19, akā ʻo ke ala e hele ai e ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe i hahai i ka nūhou i ka makahiki i hala. ʻO nā hihia mua ma Kina i ukali ʻia e ka censorship a me ka hūnā, i hāʻawi i ke ala i ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o ke aupuni a me nā ʻepekema Kina.
Hoʻomanaʻo maopopo wau i kēlā alahele no ka mea ʻo wau ke alakaʻi alakaʻi Kina no ka puke puke ʻepekema i ka wā o ka hanana H7N9. I nā manawa he nui i ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ma waena o ka nānā ʻana a me ka hoʻopunipuni pinepine ʻana i ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kumu o SARS-CoV-2, ua noʻonoʻo wau i kekahi moʻolelo aʻu i kākau ai i ka makahiki 2013.
Ua hōʻike au i kahi mea noiʻi maʻi maʻi e kōkua ana i nā luna e hoʻopaʻa i ka laha o H7N9. ʻOiai ʻo ia i lilo i mea nui no ka laha ʻana, aia ʻo ia i ke kikowaena o kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻepekema no kahi hoʻokolohua āna i hana ai ma kahi maʻi avian flu. ʻO kēlā hana e pili ana i ka tweaking pathogens i mea e aʻo ai pehea e lilo ai lākou i mea lele, kahi ʻano aʻo i hoʻopaʻa pinepine ʻia ma lalo o ka pōkole. "loaʻa o ka hana." Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka poʻe kākoʻo o ia mau hoʻokolohua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka lawe ʻia ʻana o nā maʻi mai kekahi ʻano i kekahi ʻano e hiki ke kōkua i nā loea olakino e pale aku i nā maʻi kūlohelohe. Ua hopohopo ka poʻe hoʻohewa ma kahi o ke kōkua ʻana i ke olakino honua, hiki i kāna noiʻi ke hoʻāla i kahi maʻi maʻi.
Ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Republicans i kekahi mau poʻe kālai'āina leo i ʻōlelo hewa ʻole, ua kumu maoli ʻia ka maʻi maʻi ma muli o ka leak lab, a ua manaʻo ʻo Democrats i kekahi mau ʻepekema leo i hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā lākou, he hewa nō hoʻi, he mea hiki ʻole.
ʻO ia ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hana waiwai i loko o ka ʻawaʻawa o ka politika ʻAmelika, ma mua o ka hui ʻana me nā manaʻo e pili ana i ka Pelekikena mua ʻo Donald Trump a me ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, racism a me anti-racism, a me ka manaʻoʻiʻo ʻepekema. Ma mua o ka manaʻoʻiʻo ʻana o ka poʻe Repubalika i kekahi mau mea kālai'āina leo i ʻōlelo hewa ʻole, ʻo ka maʻi maʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka leak lab, a ua manaʻo ʻo Democrats i kekahi mau ʻepekema leo i hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā lākou, hewa ʻole, ʻaʻole hiki ʻole ia mea.
No ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, noiʻi loaʻa-o-hana ia ka politika i ka makahiki 2013, akā i loko o ke kaiāulu ʻepekema wale nō. (ʻO ka lepili ākea "loaʻa o ka hana" hiki ke hoʻohana i ka noiʻi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, akā hopohopo nui ka poʻe hoʻohewa i ka noiʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā pathogens ma ke ʻano e pilikia ai ke kanaka. mai ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i nā manaʻo e pili ana i kahi lab leak i kahi manaʻo kipi i ka hoihoi, a me ka prematurely, e apo ana.
A ka mua ʻO nā lono e pili ana i kahi maʻi maʻi hou i hoʻopuka ʻia ma ka media kaiapuni Kina i ka makahiki 2013, aia wau ma ka home me kahi keiki hānau hou. Ua hoʻi koke mai au mai ka haʻalele hānau hānau e uhi i ka maʻi hou a ua lele koke wau i Harbin, ke kūlanakauhale ma ka hikina ʻākau o Kina, e nīnauele i ka loea avian flu nui o ka ʻāina, ʻo Chen Hualan. No ka liʻiliʻi o kaʻu pēpē, lawe au iā ia a me koʻu hoa.
Ma ke ʻano he poʻo o Harbin Veterinary Research Institute's National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, ua mālama ʻo Chen i nā hana hoʻāʻo holoholona no ka H7N9. E like me nā maʻi maʻi he nui ma mua, me ka Ebola, MERS, a me ka SARS mua, lele maoli ʻo H7N9 mai nā holoholona i nā kānaka. ʻO nā mea i kapa ʻia ʻo nā kahe kūlohelohe e hana pinepine ʻia ma nā wahi ākea kahi e noho ai nā kānaka kokoke i nā holoholona. (ʻO kēlā alapine ke kumu e manaʻo ai ka poʻe ʻepekema he kumu maoli me SARS-CoV-2.) Me H7N9, ka mea hewa paha he mau kuai moa. Ua makemake au e kamaʻilio me Chen e pili ana i nā lā mua o ka laha ʻana, i ka wā i ʻimi ai kāna lab i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i nā maʻi H7N9 i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai nā moa a me nā nūnū.
Akā ua makemake au e nīnau e pili ana i kāna noiʻi ʻē aʻe. Ma mua koke o kaʻu huakaʻi, ua loaʻa iā ia a me kāna mau hoa hana hoolaha he pepa ma ka ʻEpekema e hōʻike ana i kahi hoʻokolohua nui loa me nā puaʻa guinea. Ua pili ia i ka ho'ololi 'ana i nā māhele gene mai ka H5N1 me ka po'e mai ka ma'i pua'a H1N1, a laila e ho'opili ana i nā pua'a pua'a me nā ma'i ma'i hybrid. Ua ʻike kāna hui e hiki iā lākou ke lele i ka maʻi mai kekahi holoholona a i kekahi holoholona ma ka hoʻololi ʻana i hoʻokahi gene. Ua kū ka puaʻa guinea no ke kanaka.
ʻOiai ʻo Kina i waena o kahi maʻi maʻi me kahi kumu kūlohelohe maoli, hopohopo nā poʻe hoʻohewa e hiki i ka noiʻi koʻikoʻi i nā pathogens ke piʻi aʻe i kahi ʻino. Akā ʻewalu mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ma mua o ka haʻi ʻōlelo e pili ana i ia noiʻi i loaʻa nā hopena geopolitical.
I ka hōʻea ʻana i Harbin, ua nānā mākou i kahi hōkele ʻano neoclassical e nānā ana iā Stalin Park. Ua noho kaʻu hoa kāne a me kaʻu pēpē ma laila i koʻu holo ʻana i ka hale hana maʻi avian, kahi i noho ʻia i kēlā manawa i loko o kahi pā ākea i kūkulu ʻia ma mua o ka 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution.
ʻO kahi outpost ma ka ʻākau e waiho ana ma hope o nā kūlanakauhale i kūkulu ʻia ʻo Kina, ʻaʻole ʻo Harbin kahi wahi kūpono no kahi lab kahi e hana ai nā ʻepekema i nā pathogens weliweli loa, akā ma Kina, e like me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua, nā hoʻoholo e pili ana i kahi e hele ai. huli ia mau labs ʻAʻole i alakaʻi mau ʻia e nā hopohopo biosafety. I kēia hihia, ua lilo ʻo Harbin i wahi noiʻi ma o ka hui ʻana o ka manawa a me ka creep misionari. He ʻāina mahiʻai kuʻuna ʻo Kina Hikina ʻĀkau me ka nui o nā holoholona. ʻO nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻololi ka pono o ka poʻe mahiʻai iā Harbin i ke kikowaena o ka noiʻi holoholona. I ka manawa, ua hāʻawi ka ʻepekema holoholona i kahi lab i kālele ʻia i nā holoholona i helu ʻia ma ke ʻano he biosafety level P3, a i ʻole BSL-3. Ma 2018, ua neʻe ka Harbin Veterinary Research Institute i kahi pā kula hou me kahi Keʻena hoʻokolohua BSL-4, ka pae kiʻekiʻe biosafety. (ʻO ka lab BSL-4 ʻē aʻe ma Kina aia ma ka Wuhan Institute of Virology, ke keʻena ma ke kikowaena o ka SARS-CoV-2 lab-leak hypothesis.)
He ʻōlelo palupalu ʻo Chen a ʻoluʻolu. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia iaʻu a puni nā ʻāpana o ka hale ʻaʻole pono i ke kapa a me nā mea pale ʻē aʻe a nīnau mai e pili ana i kaʻu pēpē. Ua haʻi ʻo ia iaʻu i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia i kāna noiʻi i ka makahiki 1990, pilikia ka poʻe virologists ma Kina i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pilikia e hana ai. Ma hope o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēlā pilikia, ua kū lākou i nā pilikia ʻē aʻe. "I ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi, hoʻokomo lākou i loko o ka paʻukū," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia no nā ʻepekema ma Kina i ka wā kahiko. "ʻAʻole ʻike ka poʻe i ka hana noiʻi me nā maʻi virus. ʻAʻole paha lākou e hauʻoli i ka lohe ʻana iaʻu e haʻi aku nei, akā he ʻoiaʻiʻo ia.
Ua haʻalele ʻo Chen i ʻAmelika e hana i ka hana postdoctoral ma nā Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ma Atlanta, ma lalo o ka ʻepekema kaulana kaulana ʻo Kanta Subbarao. ʻEkolu mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i kahi kūlana ma Kina e alakaʻi ana i ka lab ma Harbin. Ua ʻike ʻo Chen e loli ana nā kūlana noiʻi a lilo ka ʻāina i wahi hoihoi no ka noiʻi maʻi maʻi.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻokō ʻia kona manaʻo. Ua lilo ʻo Kina i kahua o nā hoʻokolohua ʻokiʻoki a me nā kālā hāʻawi kālā nui. Ua hana pili nā mea noiʻi me nā kānaka ʻepekema ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua a paʻi i kā lākou ʻike ma nā puke pai. No ka nānā ʻana i nā maʻi maʻi maʻi, e koi ana i kahi ʻoihana pūnaewele e ʻimi nei i nā maʻi e kū mai ana, he mea koʻikoʻi kēlā hui.
Akā i ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻike honua o ka ʻepekema Kina, ua hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa i hoʻopilikia i ka ʻepekema ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua.
I ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻike honua o ka ʻepekema Kina, ua hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa i hoʻopilikia i ka ʻepekema ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua.
Ua paʻi ʻia ka pepa a Chen ma H5N1 a me nā puaʻa guinea i Mei 2013, i ka wā e laha mau ana ka H7N9 ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Kina. ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻumikūmālua mau mea noiʻi i hana i ka haʻawina, e pili ana i 250 mau puaʻa guinea, 1,000 mau ʻiole, a me 27,000 mau hua moa i maʻi ʻia. ʻO kā lākou pahuhopu ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā loli e hiki ai i ka maʻi H5N1 ke hoʻolaha maikaʻi. Ma hope o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka gene hoʻokahi, ua ʻike lākou ua hiki i kahi holoholona maʻi ke hoʻohele i ka maʻi i kahi mea olakino i loko o ka hale e pili ana ma o nā kulu hanu.
Ua hele mai kahi ʻino ahi. Ma nā ʻōlelo i paʻi ʻia ma nā ʻaoʻao o ka kela la i keia Mail, Ua kapa ʻia ka Pelekikena mua o ka Royal Society ʻo Lord Robert May i ka haʻawina "he mea weliweli ʻole."
ʻO ka hoʻohewa ʻana mai loko mai o Kina. I ka paʻi ʻia ʻana o ka pepa, "puʻihaʻi loa ka poʻe ʻepekema ma Kina," ʻo Liu Wenjun, ka hope luna hoʻomalu o ka Chinese Academy of Sciences 'Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology & Immunology, i haʻi mai iaʻu i kēlā manawa. "Hiki i kēia virus artificial ke kumu i kahi pilikia nui ma Kina. Manaʻo nui ka poʻe e pili ana i ka biosecurity. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chen, ʻo kāna noiʻi āpau ma luna o ka papa a ma hope o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana, ua hoʻouna ke Kuhina Mahiai o Kina i ʻelua mau kānaka i ka lab e hōʻoia i ka mālama pono ʻana o kāna mau maʻi. Ua kūkulu pū kāna hui i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi e kūʻē i nā maʻi avian. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia he haʻahaʻa loa ka hoʻohewa ʻana, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, a ua hoʻohui ʻo Mei, kahi ʻepekema ʻepekema, ʻaʻole maopopo i kāna hana.
ʻO ka poʻe Virologists i hana i ka noiʻi like he ʻokoʻa loa ka hana a Chen. Ua kamaʻilio wau me ʻelima o lākou. Ua hoʻopiʻi kekahi me ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka hoʻokolohua, akā ua hoʻohana nā mea ʻē aʻe i nā huaʻōlelo e like me "hoʻohālike" a "mahalo nui ʻia." Ua haʻi mai ʻo Ron Fouchier o Erasmus MC ma Rotterdam, Netherlands, ua moeʻuhane ʻo ia e hana like i ka hoʻokolohua like me Chen akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ma muli o nā pilikia like ʻole. "ʻAʻohe oʻu hāʻawi kālā hoʻokahi e hiki ai iaʻu ke hana me 13 mau kānaka no ʻelua makahiki e hāʻawi i kahi pepa, ʻoiai ʻo ka maikaʻi o kēlā pepa," i kākau ai ʻo ia ma ka leka uila. Ua ʻōlelo maikaʻi ʻo Yoshihiro Kawaoka o ke Kulanui o Wisconsin-Madison iā Chen a haʻi mai iaʻu he kūlana o ke akamai kāna lab.
Akā ʻaʻole kūʻokoʻa ʻo Fouchier lāua ʻo Kawaoka i ke kumuhana. Ua lilo lākou i lalo o ke ahi no nā hoʻokolohua like. ʻO nā haʻawina a lākou i hana ai e pili ana i kahi mana ea o H5N1 i hoʻāla i ka uē honua i ka makahiki 2011, i ka wā i lele ai ka lono o nā hoʻokolohua ma mua o ka paʻi ʻana i kā lākou hopena. I ka makahiki 2014, ʻo nā haʻawina e pili ana me Chen, Fouchier, a me Kawaoka e paipai i ka poʻe hoʻohewa e hoʻokumu i ka Pūʻulu Hana ʻo Cambridge, i kāhea ʻia e hoʻōki i ka noiʻi ʻana i nā pathogens i hiki ke hoʻoulu i kahi maʻi maʻi e kali ana i kahi loiloi piha.
ʻO ka hana a ka hui Cambridge i hoʻoikaika i ka US National Institutes of Health e hoʻokau i kahi kauʻaka ma kekahi ʻano noiʻi loaʻa-o-hana i kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi. ʻEkolu mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka NIH i ka pāpā a hoʻololi iā ia me kahi papa hana ʻoi aku ka lenient. I kēlā manawa, aia kahi manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki i nā virologists ke mākaʻi iā lākou iho, pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia kā lākou hana. Akā no nā ʻāpana o ka politika i waiho ʻia ma hope o ka maʻi maʻi, ua lilo kēlā manaʻo i heretical.
Ma mua o kēia manawa, ʻO ka manaʻo e hiki ke lele i kahi maʻi mai kahi lab ʻaʻohe pilina me kona manaʻo politika. Ua lele ka maʻi SARS mua mai nā labs i nā manawa he nui - me ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua mai ka National Institute of Virology ma Beijing. A 1977 puka mai ʻO ka H1N1 ma ka Soviet Union a me Kina ua manaʻo ʻia ua kumu ʻia e nā ʻepekema Soviet e hoʻāʻo ana me kahi maʻi ola i loko o kahi lab. Ua loaʻa i kekahi mau hale hana koʻikoʻi o ʻAmelika i nā haʻihaʻi palekana nui pū kekahi, e komo pū ana ma ka CDC.
Ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi, ua uhi mau ka nūpepa ʻepekema i kēlā mau pilikia. Ma kahi 2017 kikokikona i ka wehe ʻana o ka Wuhan Institute of Virology, ua hāpai ʻo Nature i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka biosafety. ʻO ka manaʻo o kahi leak lab kekahi lana ʻia e ka ʻepekema i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi Covid-19 i kahi ʻatikala e kūkākūkā pū ana i kahi kahe kūlohelohe.
A laila ua komo ka loea maʻi infectious a me ka zoologist Peter Daszak i ka hakakā. Ua hāʻawi ka hui ʻo Daszak ʻo EcoHealth Alliance i ke kālā hāʻawi kālā a ke aupuni US i ka Wuhan Institute of Virology, a ua hana pū ʻo ia me nā mea noiʻi ma laila. He i hoʻonohonohoʻia he pūʻulu ʻepekema e kākau a olelo, i paʻi ʻia ma The Lancet i Pepeluali 2020, e hōʻole ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā "rumors and misinformation" e pili ana i ke kumu o ka maʻi maʻi. "Ke kū pū nei mākou e hoʻohewa ikaika i nā manaʻo kipi e hōʻike ana ʻaʻohe kumu maoli o COVID-19," i kākau ai ka hui. I ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka manaʻo kūpono o kahi ulia lab me nā manaʻo ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā bioweapons, ua kōkua ka leka i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana ma ia mea.
Ua ulu ka haʻiʻōlelo ʻoi aku ka piha Ma hope o kēlā pūnāwai, i ka wā i hoʻopiʻi ai ʻo Trump i ka maʻi maʻi ma ka lab Wuhan me ka ʻole o ka haʻi ʻana i nā hōʻike.
Ua ʻike paha kekahi poʻe nūpepa i kā lākou kuleana e hōʻike ʻole i ka mea a ka poʻe noiʻi i ʻōlelo ai, me he mea lā he poʻe ʻepekema ʻole ia Trump.
Ma ka hoʻopiʻi i ukali ʻia, ʻike ʻia kekahi poʻe nūpepa i kā lākou kuleana e hōʻike ʻole i ka mea a ka poʻe noiʻi i ʻōlelo ai, me he mea lā ʻo nā ʻepekema he foil kūʻokoʻa iā Trump. Ua haʻi nui ʻo Vox iā Daszak ma kahi ho'ākāka ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ke kuhiakau lab-leak.
Ua hoʻopau ʻo Daszak i nā komite kumu o WHO a me Lancet, e ʻimi nei i nā kumu o ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus. Noho ʻo ia i ke komite ʻo The Lancet. ʻO ka hāʻule hope loa ʻo Jamie Metzl, he hoa koʻikoʻi ma ka Atlantic Council e noho ana ma ke komite ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o WHO no ka hoʻoponopono genome kanaka, ua kākau ʻo ia i ka luna hoʻoponopono o Lancet ʻo Richard Horton e hae i ka hakakā ʻana o Daszak. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia ua mahalo ʻo ia i ka hana a Daszak, e kākau ana, "ʻAʻole wau e ʻōlelo nei ua hana hewa ʻo ia, ʻo ia wale nō kekahi o nā moʻolelo kumu e pili ana iā ia."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Metzl ʻaʻole i kākau hope ka mea hoʻoponopono Lancet. "He naʻaupō wau i kēlā manawa a ʻaʻole hiki ke noʻonoʻo e hana lākou i kahi hoʻoholo maikaʻi ʻole," i ʻōlelo mai ai ʻo ia iaʻu. E like me ka Metzl i hōʻike ai, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia kahi hakakā o ka hoihoi i ka hewa. Akā ʻo nā pilina o Daszak i hoʻoulu ai i ka kānalua pūnaewele a me ka poʻe loea biosafety e manaʻolana nei i nā pane maoli.
Ma hope o ka huakaʻi a ke kōmike WHO i Kina, ua kōkua ʻo Metzl i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kahi pūʻulu ʻepekema i kākau i kahi puka wehe ke kāhea nei i kahi noiʻi nui loa i ke kumu o SARS-CoV-2. Ua hahai lākou me kekahi ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke kōmike, ma hope o kahi mākaʻikaʻi o Wuhan a me ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻikepili koho, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa kahi leak lab.
He mau ʻepekema Farani kekahi o nā mea hōʻailona o nā leka ʻelua. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Jacques van Helden, he kaukaʻi o bioinformatics ma Aix-Marseille Université, ʻo ke kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi ua liʻiliʻi loa i ka polarized ma Farani, me ka ʻike ʻana ua hoʻohaumia ʻo Trump i ka pilikia ma United States. "Ke manaʻo nei au ua alakaʻi paha kēia i kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻepekema ʻepekema ʻAmelika e pale aku i ka pane ʻana i ka nīnau," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "no ka mea e hōʻike ana i ka hopena o ka maʻi mai kahi leak lab e ʻike ʻia he kākoʻo no Trump."
kekahi puka wehe e kāhea ana i kahi hoʻokolokolo akaka a me ka manaʻo i ukali ʻia, i kēia manawa mai kahi hui o nā loea alakaʻi. Ma waena o ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ʻo Jesse Bloom ka mea olaola evolutionary o ka Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Stanford University microbiologist David Relman, a me Harvard University epidemiologist a me ka microbiologist ʻo Marc Lipsitch, nāna i hoʻokumu i ka hui ʻo Cambridge e koi ana i nā mea paʻa i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hana. noiʻi.
ʻO WHO ka Luna Hoʻokele Nui ʻo Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus i loaʻa mai la ʻO ke kuhiakau lab-leak "koi i ka hoʻokolokolo hou." Ua hoʻohui ʻo Vox i kahi leka i kāna mea wehewehe e ʻike ana "ua loli ka ʻepekema ʻepekema."
Akā ʻo ka manawa ʻO ka hoʻoponopono ʻana a mākou i kēia manawa he pōʻino ma kona ʻano ponoʻī. ʻAʻohe mau hōʻike pololei e kākoʻo i kahi leak lab, a he nui nā ʻepekema ʻaʻohe kuleana i ka hopena e ʻōlelo nei he kumu maoli paha. ʻAʻole i neʻe ʻia ka ʻae ʻepekema ʻepekema i kahi kumu lab. Akā ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa kekahi poʻe pundits me ka hui pū ʻana o ka nele o ka ʻike a me kahi papa hana i ka leak lab i kumu i ka maʻi maʻi, pani ʻia ka hihia. ʻO Bari Weiss, ka mea kākau mua o New York Times i hoʻohana i ka hapa nui o kona manawa e kūʻē i ka moʻomeheu hoʻopau, ua paʻi hou i kahi ninaninau me Mike Pompeo, nāna i haʻi iā ia ʻo ka hōʻike "kuhikuhi i ka ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi o kēia he leak lab," ʻoiai ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke waiho i ka hōʻike no ʻoe."
'Ōlelo wale ka poʻe loea ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole lākou ʻike. "ʻAʻole mākou e lawe i kahi kūlana hoʻolaha ma kahi ʻano ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kekahi," ua pua i nā, ka mea olaola evolutionary, i olelo ma a Q&A paʻi ʻia e kāna institute. "Ma ke ʻano he ʻepekema he mea nui e hōʻike maopopo i ka maopopo ʻole o ka ʻepekema - ʻoiai no ka mea he kumuhana wela kēia."
Aia ka vitriol ma nā ʻaoʻao a pau. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Alina Chan, he mea noiʻi molecular ma ka Broad Institute e ʻimi nei i ka hoʻokolokolo piha ʻana i ka hypothesis lab-leak. (ʻO Chan no Kanada a no Singaporean.) ʻO Angela Rasmussen, ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa leo leo o kahi kumu kūlohelohe, ua hoʻomāinoino ʻia ma Twitter. Ua hoʻouna aku nei ka Daily Mail i ka paparazzi i ka home o Daszak, a laila holo i nā kiʻi o ia e kāhea ana i nā mākaʻi. Ua ʻimi ʻia nā kānaka ʻepekema ma Kina. Ua wehe ka Harbin Veterinary Research Institute a me ka Wuhan Institute of Virology i kekahi mau ʻike limahana mai kā lākou pūnaewele. I kekahi mau pule i hala aku nei, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka leka inaina mai kekahi mea i huhū no kaʻu haʻi ʻana i ke kuhiakau lab-leak i loko o kahi ʻatikala e pili ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka pūnāwai i hala, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia no ka media holomua, akā ʻaʻole i hāʻawi iā Trump i ka hōʻaiʻē kūpono.
Pono mākou e ʻae i ka ʻepekema a me nā hōʻike e lanakila i ka wā e ʻike ai i ka mea a kaʻu hōʻike i manaʻo ai i ka makahiki 2013: ʻo ka ʻepekema, e like me nā aʻo ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻokumu ʻia e nā makemake hoʻokūkū. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Lipsitch, ka Harvard epidemiologist, i kēlā wahi i kahi hanana Brookings Institution me Chan ma mua o kēia mahina.
"Ua hiki iaʻu i ka manaʻo ʻaʻole pono mākou e hilinaʻi i ka poʻe ʻepekema ma mua o ka hilinaʻi ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe," wahi a Lipsitch i ka hanana. “Pono mākou e hilinaʻi i ka ʻepekema. A ke ʻōlelo ka poʻe ʻepekema i ka ʻepekema, pono mākou e hilinaʻi iā lākou, no ka mea, pono mākou e ʻike i kā lākou ʻōlelo ʻana ma ke ʻano e pili ana i nā hōʻike. Ke hōʻike ka poʻe ʻepekema i nā manaʻo politika a i ʻole nā koho politika a i ʻole nā ʻōlelo e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka honua ʻaʻole i hōʻike i nā hōʻike, ʻaʻole pono mākou e hāʻawi i kēlā mau ʻepekema i ka mahalo ʻole.
I kēlā mau manawa, hoʻomau ʻo ia, ʻaʻole ʻepekema ka poʻe ʻepekema. “He poʻe lākou. He poʻe mākou.
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