ʻO ka puke wānana nāna i aʻoaʻo mua aku e kūʻē pilikia kūpilikiʻi. Ua kākau ʻia kēia puke e kekahi o nā loea o ke ao holoʻokoʻa i ka epidemiology, i kakali ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o ka maʻi ahulau e kuʻi nei i ka honua. Aia i loko o kēia paʻi hou kahi prologue e kālailai pono i ka pilikia o ka coronavirus: he aha ka covid-19, he aha nā luna e hana ai, a pehea e hana ai i ka pilikia hou.
ʻAʻole like me nā pōpilikia kūlohelohe, nona ka hopena i kaupalena ʻia i kahi kikoʻī kikoʻī a me ka manawa o ka manawa, hiki i nā pandemics ke hoʻololi i ke ola o nā kānaka a mau loa a ma kahi pae honua: ka hana, ka halihali, ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ke ola pū kekahi.
E like me Ebola, Zica, Yellow Fever a i ʻole i kēia manawa ua hōʻike ʻia ka coronavirus, ʻaʻole mākaukau mākou e hoʻokele i kahi ulia pōpilikia. He aha ka mea e hiki ai iā mākou ke pale aku iā mākou iho i ko mākou ʻenemi make loa?
Ke kiʻi nei i nā ʻike ʻepekema hou loa, ʻike ʻo Osterholm i nā kumu a me nā hopena o ka maʻi ahulau a me nā ala e hoʻoponopono ai ia ma ka pae honua a me kēlā me kēia.
Hoʻopili ka mea kākau i nā pilikia e kau mai nei ma luna o mākou ma muli o ka makaʻu o ka laha ʻana o kahi maʻi me ka hoʻōla ʻole a me ka paʻakikī a ka ʻimi ʻana i kēlā lapaʻau. Kākau ʻia me he mea lā he mea haʻalulu olakino, e kōkua ka puke iā mākou e hoʻomaopopo i nā pilikia o ke kūlana o kēia manawa a me ke kumumanaʻo o ka hana e pono ai mākou e ukali.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia manawa i ka puke "The Deadliest Threat", na Michael T. Osterholm, ma aneʻi:
