ຂ່າວ​ບໍ່​ມີ​ຈຸດ​ຫມາຍ, ທີ່​ໃຊ້​ເວ​ລາ​ຈາກ​ທໍາ​ມະ​ຊາດ​ນີ້

Fresh ໄປ desk ຂອງ​ຂ່າວ​ທໍາ​ມະ​ຊາດ​ແມ່ນ​ຄຸນ​ສົມ​ບັດ​ການ​ໄຕ່​ຕອງ​ໂລກ​ໂດຍ​ບໍ່​ມີ​ຍຸງ​ເປັນ (ຫຼື -toes). ວິ​ທີ​ການ​ເປັນ​ຂ່າວ​ນີ້? ບາງ​ທີ​ອາດ​ມີ​ການ​ຄວບ​ຄຸມ vector ບາງ​ໃຫມ່​ທີ່​ພວກ​ເຮົາ​ທຸກ​ຄົນ​ຕ້ອງ​ການ​ທີ່​ຈະ​ໄດ້​ຍິນ​ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ​ການ​ເປັນ! ດີ, ກວດ​ສອບ​ການ​ອອກ​ບົດ​ຄວາມ​ຈາກ​ສະ​ບັບ​ຫລ້າ​ສຸດ​ຂອງ​ທໍາ​ມະ​ຊາດ​ຫົວ​ຂໍ້ “ໂລກ​ໂດຍ​ບໍ່​ມີ​ການ Mosquitoes A“. ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ​ໄດ້​ມາ​ໃນ​ເບື້ອງ​ຕົ້ນ​ໃນ​ທົ່ວ​ນີ້​ ບລັອກ PZ Myers ແລະເລີ່ມຂຽນຄຳເຫັນ… ເຊິ່ງເລີ່ມເຕີບໃຫຍ່ຂຶ້ນເລື້ອຍໆ ສະນັ້ນຂ້ອຍຈຶ່ງຕັດສິນໃຈຂຽນບລັອກກ່ຽວກັບມັນແທນ.

ບົດ​ຄວາມ​ທັງ​ໝົດ​ນີ້​ຂາດ​ຄວາມ​ຄິດ​ທີ່​ໝັ້ນ​ຄົງ ແລະ​ການ​ຕິດ​ຕາມ. ບົດແນະນໍາກ່າວວ່າ Janet Fang ໄດ້ສະຫຼຸບວ່າພວກເຮົາຈະບໍ່ພາດໂລກທີ່ບໍ່ມີຍຸງ. ມັນເປັນເລື່ອງ romantic; ນັ່ງຢູ່ເທິງລະບຽງຫລັງຂອງເຈົ້າໃນຄືນລະດູຮ້ອນ, ດື່ມໃນ Chateauneuf-du-Pape '61, ສູບຢາ Cuban ຂອງທ່ານແລະກິນ caviar ລັດເຊຍບາງ (ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນອາດຈະຝັນໃຫຍ່). ບໍ່ໄດ້ຍິນສຽງ C ສູງອັນດຽວຢູ່ໃນຫູຂອງເຈົ້າ, ບໍ່ມີອາການຄັນທີ່ຫນ້າເບື່ອຫນ່າຍທົ່ວຜິວຫນັງຂອງເຈົ້າແລະແນ່ນອນທີ່ຮ້າຍແຮງທີ່ສຸດ, ບໍ່ມີແມງໄມ້ທີ່ເປັນພະຍາດພືດທີ່ທ່ານຫົກຕີນພາຍໃຕ້ການ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນດ້ວຍແນວຄິດທີ່ຝັນນັ້ນເຈົ້າອາດຈະຄາດຫວັງວ່າ Janet ຈະສະຫນັບສະຫນູນຄວາມຄິດຂອງນາງ (ຄວາມຄິດແລະ aneurism) with some supporting evidence or at least a poetic rambling reflecting on her premise. As you may have guessed by now, this was not the case.

If there was a benefit to having them around, we would have found a way to exploit them. We haven’t wanted anything from mosquitoes except for them to go away.

Thank you 6th grader Janet Fang… oh wait, she is an intern and I assume was just paid for that gem.

Janet did her homework and e-mailed dozens of scientists working on mosquitos. Not a single one of them unambiguously stated that we would be not only better off without mosquitos, but that we should actually consider trying it. The general consensus can be paraphrased with the thought “well yes, mosquitos cause us incredible harm… but their impact on the environment is large and not understood well enough to say we can eliminate them safely”. Janet dances around this caution by ignorantly assuming that nature would fill the niche and any ecosystem service lost from mosquitos would be quickly replaced by similar insects that are somehow now harmless. Now we can all dance merrily through the savanna and nap under an acacia with a lion.

The boat she misses is a large one: the niche would be filled. One more time Janet, the niche would be filled… ດັ່ງ​ນັ້ນ​,, if we lost mosquitos today, tomorrow we would have biting-midges or… hell – biting moths – that take their place. Parasites and pathogens are opportunists, as soon as the door creeps open a flood of novel vector/pathogen combinations would surface. The entire essay concludes with a thought from Joe Conlon from the American Mosquito Control that intimates this caveat.

If we eradicated them tomorrow, the ecosystems where they are active will hiccup and then get on with life. Something better or worse would take over.

Why this was chosen to be the most compelling quote of the essay perplexes me. Joe has a great point, life will continue with or without mosquitos, and we have no idea just what would take their place. Should we even attempt such a daring move? Somehow Janet lacks the ecological or biological background to interpret what is being said here and skips right pass this without a thought.

If I were writing this article I may have mused for a moment on the joys of life without pestilence. Sadly life is not so. But the wonders of modern science, technology and medicine have given us powerful tools to fight back the diseases mosquitos carry. Take for instance malaria. For thousands of years this disease was a heavy burden on the American peoples, it probably even played a factor in the pattern of settlement of this country. Not until the late 1940’s did science take charge and effectively eradicate malaria from the USA. ອະນຸຍາດ, the primary ingredient to containment was likely habitat destruction… but there can be no doubt of the role the CDC played. Today there are nearly weekly advances in the fight against malaria and a cost-effective treatment is on the horizon for the millions of lives across the globe who continually suffer from this disease. Does Janet propose that we focus instead on mosquito extinction instead of control? ບໍ່… actually Janet barely regurgitates a though of her own, but in premise she dreams of eradicating all mosquitos. How this could possibly be accomplished is beyond me. Making this happen is almost painful to think about, but without completely paving over all habitat – millions of tons of pesticide would have to be used. ຕົກ​ລົງ, it’s not even worth the effort to postulate a realistic mechanism by which we can accomplish this goal.

I should re-write article using nearly the same words and re-title it as “ໂລກ​ໂດຍ​ບໍ່​ມີ​ການ Mosquitoes A, a curse we all must fight”. Then I should be given my job at Nature and paid the big bucks… after-all, I have some expensive wine and caviar to purchase.

ໃນຖານະເປັນຄວາມຄິດທີ່ປິດລົງ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະລັກເອົາຄໍາເວົ້າຂອງ Aldo Leopold ນີ້ຈາກນັກສະແດງຄວາມຄິດເຫັນ Zachary Burington ໃນການຕອບສະຫນອງຕໍ່ບົດຄວາມນີ້ຢູ່ໃນເວັບໄຊທ໌ທໍາມະຊາດ..

ຄໍາສຸດທ້າຍໃນຄວາມບໍ່ຮູ້ແມ່ນຜູ້ຊາຍທີ່ເວົ້າກ່ຽວກັບສັດຫຼືພືດ, “ແມ່ນຫຍັງດີ?” ຖ້າກົນໄກທີ່ດິນໂດຍລວມແມ່ນດີ, ຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນ, ທຸກໆພາກສ່ວນແມ່ນດີ, ບໍ່ວ່າພວກເຮົາເຂົ້າໃຈມັນຫຼືບໍ່. ຖ້າ biota, ໃນ​ໄລ​ຍະ​ຂອງ aeons​, ໄດ້ສ້າງສິ່ງທີ່ພວກເຮົາມັກແຕ່ບໍ່ເຂົ້າໃຈ, ແລ້ວຜູ້ໃດແຕ່ຄົນໂງ່ຈະຖິ້ມສ່ວນທີ່ເບິ່ງຄືວ່າບໍ່ມີປະໂຫຍດ? ເພື່ອຮັກສາທຸກ cog ແລະລໍ້ແມ່ນລະມັດລະວັງທໍາອິດຂອງ tinkering ອັດສະລິຍະ.