06/12/2024
‼️ ⚠️ ‼️UH Hilo RLW Jarvi lab update!!
Yesterday, I spoke with the Dean of DKICOP regarding the closure of the Jarvi lab in the firing of everyone that worked in the lab who keep it running.
Good news: the lab will not be closing however it will be shut down and all research has been halted and will be to the unsealable future. The community services that are offered such as slug identification and veterinary checks will no longer be available. If your child swallows, a slug, there is no place to take it to be tested. If someone gets sick, there’s no one to answer the phones to help guide new victims on treatment protocols. This is a 🤬 disaster.
Governor Josh Green says there’s nothing that he can do regarding this situation. It is in the hands of UHH Hilo pharmacy department and Dr. Jarvi.
I’m going to be reaching out to the news media in an attempt to get the story covered and for a solution to present itself.
I will call an emergency survivors meeting as soon as I can so look for the email and I’ll post it on Facebook as well.
There are other things that I can’t talk about, but they will reveal themselves eventually. Until there is some sort of resolution in plan for 2025 to reopen the lab and it services, I’m going to request that all survivors be on alert for new victims and please help guide them to treatment and care plans. There are rat lungworm disease protocols put in place and available on the Internet to be printed out and taken to the emergency room or a primary care physician.
The community needs to step up and help keep each other safe.
There were six reported cases of RLWD last year five of them were in Pāhoa and one on Oʻahu confirmed by the HDOH. Overall there were 24 to 26 investigations into potential victims. This disease is not going away and more folks are getting it. I’m going to keep fighting and I hope you all will help to keep the only research facility in the United States open and hopefully when it reopens and the researchers are rehired, the lab will be better than ever.
Thank you for your support and please help support Kay Howe who has been the number one leader in RLWD education and prevention. She will be sending out a GoFundMe as she was fired right before the holidays with no explanation.
Stay safe and whatever you do, DO NOT get RLWD!
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I wil NEVER stop advocating for all victims and survivors as well as myself. I WILL find a way to publish my first co-authored research paper on RLWD survivors. I will only give up when I’m dead 😵
See you survivors soon!
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