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ʻO COVID-19 ka mea nui loa ma ka puka. Ke hana nei nā mea noiʻi i ka pō a me ke ao e hōʻike i ka maʻi maʻi akā ke alo nei lākou i ʻekolu mau pilikia nui.
ʻO ka mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻole o nā pahu hoʻāʻo ua hoʻopau i ka manaʻolana āpau o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. Eia kekahi, ke pale nei ia i nā kuhi pololei o nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi e like me ka helu o ka hānau ʻana, ka nui o ka heluna maʻi a me ka helu o nā maʻi benign. ʻO ka hopena he haunaele o nā helu.
Aia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi o ka ʻikepili i ka hopena o ka maʻi i kekahi mau hui ma kekahi mau ʻāina. He mea weliweli loa. ʻO Italia, no ka laʻana, hōʻike i kahi 23 pākēneka o ka make ma waena o ka poʻe ma luna o 65; ma Beretania he 18 keneta ka helu i keia manawa. ʻO ka 'corona flu' i haʻalele ʻo Trump he pōʻino i ʻike ʻole ʻia i ka poʻe geriatric, me ka nui o ka make i nā miliona.
ʻO ka lua, e like me ka maʻi influenza makahiki, ke hoʻololi nei kēia maʻi i ka wā e hele ai ma waena o nā heluna me nā ʻano makahiki like ʻole a loaʻa nā pale. ʻO nā ʻano like ʻole a ka poʻe ʻAmelika e loaʻa ai he ʻokoʻa loa ia mai ka puka mua ʻana ma Wuhan. He mea liʻiliʻi paha ka hoʻololi hou ʻana a i ʻole hiki ke hoʻololi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kēia manawa o ka virulence e piʻi ana me ka makahiki, me nā pēpē a me nā keiki liʻiliʻi e hōʻike ana i ka pilikia liʻiliʻi o ka maʻi koʻikoʻi aʻo ka poʻe octogenarian e kū nei i ka pōʻino make mai ka maʻi pneumonia viral.
ʻO ke kolu, ʻoiai inā paʻa ka maʻi maʻi a liʻiliʻi ka hoʻololi ʻana, hiki ke ʻokoʻa ka hopena i nā cohorts ma lalo o 65 mau makahiki i nā ʻāina ʻilihune a ma waena o nā pūʻulu ʻilihune. E noʻonoʻo i ka ʻike honua o ka maʻi maʻi Spanish ma 1918-19 i manaʻo ʻia ua make 1 a 2 pākēneka o ke kanaka. ʻO ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka maʻi corona, he mea make loa ia i ka poʻe ʻōpio a ua wehewehe pinepine ʻia kēia ma muli o ko lākou ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi ma muli o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā 'cytokine storms' make i nā pūnaʻi māmā. Ua ʻike ʻia ka H1N1 kumu i kahi niche i makemake nui ʻia ma nā kahua hoʻomoana o nā pūʻali koa a me nā ʻauwaha kahua kaua kahi i hoʻokuʻu ai i nā koa ʻōpio i lalo i nā ʻumi tausani. ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻouka kaua nui o Kelemania i ka makahiki 1918, a no laila ka hopena o ke kaua, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hiki i nā Allies, ke ʻokoʻa i ko lākou ʻenemi, hiki ke hoʻopiha i ko lākou mau pūʻali maʻi me nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika i hōʻea hou mai.
ʻAʻole i mahalo nui ʻia, akā naʻe, ua loaʻa ka 60 pakeneka o ka make honua ma ke komohana o India kahi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka palaoa i Beretania a me nā hana koi koi i hui pū ʻia me kahi maloʻo nui. ʻO ka hopena o ka pōʻai ʻai i alakaʻi ai i nā miliona o ka poʻe ʻilihune i ka lihi o ka pōloli. Ua lilo lākou i mea pōʻino i kahi synergy hewa ma waena o ka pōʻino, ka mea i kāohi i kā lākou pane ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi, a me ka maʻi maʻi bacterial a me ka maʻi pneumonia viral. I kekahi hihia ʻē aʻe, noho ʻo Pelekane iā Iran, he mau makahiki o ka maloʻo, cholera, a me ka pōʻai ʻai, a ukali ʻia e kahi maʻi malaria ākea, ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka make ʻana o ka hapalima o ka heluna kanaka.
ʻO kēia moʻolelo - ʻoi aku ka hopena ʻike ʻole o ka launa pū ʻana me ka ʻai ʻole a me nā maʻi i loaʻa - pono e aʻo mai iā mākou e hele paha ʻo COVID-19 i kahi ala ʻē aʻe a ʻoi aku ka make ma nā slums o ʻApelika a me Asia Hema. ʻO ka pōʻino i ka poʻe ʻilihune o ka honua ua aneane ʻole e nānā ʻole ʻia e nā mea nūpepa a me nā aupuni Komohana. ʻO ka ʻāpana wale nō i paʻi ʻia aʻu i ʻike ai no ka mea ʻo ka poʻe kūlanakauhale o West Africa ka muli loa o ka honua, pono ka hopena maʻalahi o ka maʻi maʻi. Ma ka ʻike o ka makahiki 1918, he extrapolation naʻaupō kēia. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i ka mea e hiki mai ana i nā pule e hiki mai ana ma Lagos, Nairobi, Karachi, a i ʻole Kolkata. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo wale nō e pili ana nā ʻāina waiwai a me nā papa waiwai i ka hoʻopakele ʻana iā lākou iho i ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hui like ʻana o ka honua a me ke kōkua olakino. ʻAʻole nā paʻa kano: hiki ke loaʻa i kahi hoʻohālike ʻino no ka wā e hiki mai ana?
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I hoʻokahi makahiki mai kēia manawa hiki iā mākou ke nānā i hope me ka mahalo i ka kūleʻa o Kina i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi akā i ka weliweli i ka hāʻule ʻole o ka USA. (Ke hana nei au i ka manaʻo wiwo ʻole e ʻoi aku ka pololei o ka haʻi ʻana o Kina no ka hoʻihoʻi wikiwiki ʻana.) ʻO ka hiki ʻole o kā mākou mau hui ke pani i ka pahu Pandora, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha. Mai ka makahiki 2000 ua ʻike pinepine mākou i nā haʻihaʻi i ka mālama olakino mua.
ʻO ka manawa maʻi 2018, no ka laʻana, ua hoʻopiha ʻia nā halemai ma ka ʻāina, e hōʻike ana i ka hemahema o nā moena o ka haukapila ma hope o iwakālua mau makahiki o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā o nā mea maʻi (ka mana o ka ʻoihana o ka hoʻokele waiwai pono-i-manawa). ʻO ka pani ʻana o ka haukapila pilikino a me ke aloha a me nā hemahema o nā kahu hānai, i hoʻokō ʻia e ka loiloi mākeke, ua hoʻopau i nā lawelawe olakino ma nā kaiāulu ʻilihune a me nā wahi kuaʻāina, e hoʻoneʻe ana i ke kaumaha i nā halemai lehulehu a me nā keʻena VA. ʻAʻole hiki i nā kūlana ER i loko o ia mau keʻena ke hoʻokō i nā maʻi o ka wā, no laila pehea lākou e hoʻokō ai i ka nui o nā hihia koʻikoʻi?
Aia mākou i ka hoʻomaka mua o kahi lāʻau lapaʻau Katrina. ʻOiai ʻo nā makahiki o nā ʻōlelo luhi e pili ana i ka maʻi avian a me nā maʻi maʻi ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole lawa nā papa inoa o nā mea hana pilikia e like me nā respirators e hoʻoponopono i ke kahe o nā hihia koʻikoʻi. Ke hōʻoia nei nā hui kahu hānai koa ma Kaleponi a me nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaopopo mākou i nā pōʻino nui i hana ʻia e ka lawa ʻole o nā lako pale pono e like me nā maka maka N95. ʻOi aku ka nāwaliwali no ka mea ʻike ʻole ʻia nā haneli haneli o nā limahana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me nā limahana mālama home a me nā limahana hānai.
ʻO ka hale kahu hānai a me ka ʻoihana mālama kōkua e mālama ana i 2.5 miliona mau ʻAmelika kahiko - ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou ma Medicare - ua lōʻihi ka hana ʻino ʻāina. Wahi a ka New York Times, he 380,000 ka poʻe maʻi hānai home e make i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka haʻalele ʻole ʻana o nā hale hana i nā kaʻina hana maʻi maʻi. Nui nā hale - ʻoi aku ma nā mokuʻāina Hema - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka uku ʻana i nā uku no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻemaʻe ma mua o ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā limahana hou a hāʻawi iā lākou i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono. I kēia manawa, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o Seattle, he mau haneli, ʻoi aku paha he mau haneli mau hale kahu hānai e lilo i mau wahi wela coronavirus a ʻo kā lākou limahana uku haʻahaʻa e koho pono e pale i ko lākou mau ʻohana ponoʻī ma ka noho ʻana i ka home. Ma ia ʻano hiki ke hāʻule ka ʻōnaehana a ʻaʻole pono mākou e manaʻo i ka National Guard e hoʻokaʻawale i nā pā moe.
Ua hōʻike koke ʻia ka maʻi maʻi i ka mahele nui o ka mālama olakino: ʻo ka poʻe me nā hoʻolālā olakino maikaʻi e hiki ke hana a aʻo paha mai ka home, ʻoluʻolu ke kaʻawale inā hahai lākou i nā pale mālama. Pono nā limahana aupuni a me nā hui ʻē aʻe o nā limahana i hui pū ʻia me ka uhi kūpono e hana i nā koho paʻakikī ma waena o ka loaʻa kālā a me ka palekana. I kēia manawa, e hoʻolei ʻia nā miliona o nā limahana hana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, nā limahana mahiʻai, nā limahana hana ʻole i uhi ʻia, ka poʻe hana ʻole a me ka poʻe home ʻole i nā ʻīlio hae. ʻOiai inā hoʻoholo hope ʻo Wakinekona i ka fiasco hoʻāʻo a hāʻawi i nā helu kūpono o nā kits, e uku mau ka poʻe ʻole i nā kauka a i ʻole nā halemai no ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hoʻokolohua. E piʻi aʻe nā bila olakino ʻohana holoʻokoʻa i ka manawa like e nalowale ana nā miliona o nā limahana i kā lākou mau hana a me kā lākou ʻinikua i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mea hana. Hiki paha ke loaʻa kahi hihia ʻoi aku ka ikaika a ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki no ka Medicare for All?
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Akā ʻo ka uhi honua he hana mua wale nō. He mea hōʻeha, ʻo ka ʻōlelo liʻiliʻi loa, ʻaʻole ʻo Sanders a i ʻole Warren i hōʻike i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o Big Pharma i ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic hou a me nā antivirals. ʻO nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau nui loa he 18, ua haʻalele loa ʻo 15 i ke kahua. ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau naʻau, nā mea hoʻomaha hoʻohui a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi male kāne he mau alakaʻi waiwai, ʻaʻole nā mea pale i nā maʻi o ka haukapila, nā maʻi e kū mai ana a me nā mea pepehi maʻamau. ʻO kahi kano āpau no ka maʻi influenza - ʻo ia hoʻi, kahi kano i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa ʻole o nā protein o ka maʻi maʻi - ua hiki ke hiki i nā makahiki he mau makahiki akā ʻaʻole ia he kumu waiwai.
Ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka hoʻololi antibiotic, e puka hou mai nā maʻi kahiko me nā maʻi hou a e lilo nā halemai i hale charnel. Hiki iā Trump ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa kūʻē i nā kumukūʻai kuhi hewa ʻole, akā pono mākou i kahi ʻike wiwo ʻole e nānā ana e wāwahi i nā monopoli lāʻau a hoʻolako i ka hana lehulehu o nā lāʻau lapaʻau. (ʻO kēia ka hihia ma mua: i ka wā o ke Kaua Honuaʻelua, ua hoʻokomo ka pūʻali koa iā Jonas Salk a me nā mea noiʻi'ē aʻe e hoʻomohala i ka lāʻau lapaʻau mua.) E like me kaʻu i kākau ai iʻumikumamālima mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma kaʻu puke The Monster at Our Door - The Global Threat of Avian Flu :
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ola, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā lāʻau antibiotic, a me nā antivirals, pono ke kuleana kanaka, loaʻa ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa me ka uku ʻole. Inā ʻaʻole hiki i nā mākeke ke hāʻawi i nā mea hoʻoikaika e hana maʻalahi i kēlā mau lāʻau lapaʻau, a laila pono i nā aupuni a me nā mea waiwai ʻole ke kuleana no ka hana ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana. Pono e helu ʻia ke ola o ka poʻe ʻilihune i nā manawa āpau ma mua o ka loaʻa kālā o Big Pharma.
Hoʻonui ka maʻi maʻi maʻi i kēia manawa i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa: ʻike ʻia ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka kapitalista i kēia manawa i ka biologically unsustainable i ka nele o kahi ʻoihana olakino olakino maoli. Akā, ʻaʻole loa ia e noho a hiki i ka wā e wāwahi ai ka poʻe i ka mana o Big Pharma a me ka mālama ola olakino.
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