Ke kū nei nā kamaʻāina o Hawaii i ka maʻi coronavirus (Covid-19) maʻi ahulau, pono ia i kēlā me kēia mea e pale i ko lākou olakino a hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kēia maʻi maʻi nui me nā hana olakino lehulehu e like me ka holoi lima ʻana, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā ʻili a me ka mamao aku o ka nohona. Hoʻohui ʻia, ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻAmelika ma Hawaii Hoʻomaopopo iā mākou i kahi hana nui e hoʻomaikaʻi koke ai i ke olakino a pale paha i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi loa o kēia maʻi e haʻalele i ka puhihihi a me ka vaping.

Aia ka makaʻu i nā kānaka āpau no nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai COVID-19, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe i ʻoi aku ka palupalu, e like me ka poʻe ʻelemakule a i ʻole nā mea me ka maʻi maʻi maʻi mau a i ʻole immunocompromised. I kēia mau lā, ua ʻike pū ʻia nā Centers for Disease Control i nā mea puhipaka ma ke ʻano he hui o ka poʻe i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia no nā maʻi ʻeha inā ʻaʻa lākou i ka maʻi.

"He mea nui e pale aku i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka COVID-19 ma ka mua, akā he mea nui nō hoʻi e hana i nā mea āpau e mālama ai i ko mākou māmā e hōʻalo i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka maʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻo Pedro Haro, ka Luna Hoʻokele no ka ʻAhahui Lung ʻAmelika. ma Hawaii. “Pōʻino ka puhipaka a me ka vaping i nā māmā, waiho i nā aʻa o ke akemāmā, palupalu a maʻalahi i ka maʻi. A ua hōʻoia ʻia ka hoʻohana paka ʻana i mea e hōʻeha ai i kā mākou ʻōnaehana paleʻea a me nā keena lining airway i piha i ka cilia ma ko lākou ʻili, ʻo ia ka mea pale aku i nā mea ʻino e like me ka coronavirus. Inā ʻaʻole lākou e hana pono, hiki i nā māmā ke waiho a pale ʻole ʻia i ka maʻi maʻi a maʻalahi i nā pilikia ʻoi loa o ka maʻi. "

ʻOiai e pono ana ka noiʻi hou ʻana e pili ana i ka COVID-19, ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi hou i paʻi ʻia e ka New England Journal of Medicine i ka poʻe puhipaka he 2.4 mau manawa a ʻoi paha ka nui o nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi mai COVID-19 ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka poʻe puhipaka ʻole.

"Ua ʻike lōʻihi mākou ʻo ka haʻalele ʻana i ka puhipaka ka mea maikaʻi loa hoʻokahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hana no kou olakino. A he mea nui ia i kēia manawa ʻo ka haʻalele ʻana i ka puhipaka a me ka vaping i hiki ke hoʻolako pono i kou kino e kaua aku i kēia maʻi, "i ʻōlelo ʻia e Kauka Albert Rizzo, ka Luna Lapaʻau Nui no ka ʻAhahui Lung ʻAmelika. "Ma ke ʻano he kauka, ʻike wau i ka paʻakikī o ka nui o ka poʻe e haʻalele i ka puhipaka. A he nui paha ka manawa o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kūleʻa ai. I kēia manawa, ʻo ka nui o ka poʻe e noho ana ma ka home a i ʻole i ka quarantine, ʻo ia paha ka manawa kūpono kūpono loa e hoʻāʻo ai. ”

Hoʻokaʻawale paha ʻoe a i ʻole ka mamao aku kaiaulu, akā ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e haʻalele hoʻokahi. No ka poʻe i mākaukau e hoʻāʻo i kahi hoʻāʻo, ua paipai ʻo Kauka Rizzo i nā hana pākī maikaʻi i hōʻoia ʻia a hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo aʻe:

E ʻike i ka puhi ʻana a i ʻole nā mea hōʻeuʻeu vaping. Hiki i ka noho kaiāulu a me ka hana ʻana mai ka home ke hāʻawi i ka manawa kūpono kūpono e ʻike ai i nā mea hoʻoulu a hoʻololi hou i nā pane, e mālama nei i kekahi e hoʻāʻo nei e haʻalele i ka paka ʻole. Inā hana mai ka home a i ʻole ka noho kaʻawale ʻana o ka nohona, hoʻoponopono hou i kahi nohona - a me ka neʻe ʻana o nā lako hale i ka home - hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana i nā hana kuʻuna e hōʻalo i kēlā mea e hoʻomaka ai.
E hōʻoia i ke kākoʻo. E hana i ka hapa nui o kahi hoʻāʻo e hoʻāʻo me ka hōʻoia maikaʻi e haʻalele i ka puhihika a i ʻole nā waiwai vaping. E hui me ke kūʻokoʻa mai ka puhipaka e haʻalele i ka polokalamu puhipaka a kāhea paha i ka Lung HelpLine (1-800-LUNGUSA), a e hāʻawi nā kākāʻōlelo ʻoihana pākeke i ke kākoʻo aʻoaʻo pilikino e hele wāwae i ka poʻe e nānā ana e haʻalele i ke kaʻina hana o ka paka i ka paka. Hāʻawi pū ʻia nā lawelawe ma o ka Hawaii Tembako Quitline ma ke kāhea ʻana iā 1800-QUIT-ANU.
Hoʻohui pili. ʻOiai ke noho kaʻawale nei nā kaiāulu, ke hiki mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kākoʻo no ka haʻalele ʻana i ka puhipaka ʻaʻohe mea hoʻokahi. E hui pū me ko mākou kaiāulu kākoʻo pūnaewele no ke kākoʻo e haʻalele no ka maikaʻi.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“It's important to prevent getting COVID-19 in the first place, but it's also essential that we do all we can to keep our lungs healthy to avoid the worst effects of the disease,” said Pedro Haro, Executive Director for the American Lung Association in Hawaii.
Additionally, the American Lung Association in Hawaii reminds us that an important step to immediately improve health and possibly avoid the most serious symptoms of this disease is to quit smoking and vaping.
Join Freedom From Smoking quit smoking program or call the Lung HelpLine (1-800-LUNGUSA), and tobacco cessation counselors will offer personalized counseling support to walk those looking to quit through the step-by-step process of effective tobacco cessation methods.