THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, LOCAL BUSINESSES SAY THEY ARE FEELING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT FROM IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

ONE GROUP IS LOOKING TO BUILD A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THESE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

ONE MEAL AT A TIME AFTER LEGISLATION IS PASSED, THAT WOULD PAVE THE WAY FOR A PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.

SOME ARE NOT TOO EXCITED ABOUT THE TOLL THE NEW SCHEDULE COULD HAVE ON THEIR SLEEP SCHEDULE.

AND THE SUMMER MONTHS MEAN YOUR ARMS AND LEGS ARE THE PERFECT SNACK FOR SAND FLIES.

BUT THESE PESKY BLOODSUCKERS CAN BRING MORE THAN JUST A PAINFUL BITE AND SCRATCHY SKIN.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

SOME BUSINESS OWNERS SAY THE FALLOUT FROM IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOM ENFORCEMENT RAIDS IS HURTING BUSINESSES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.

A RECENT STUDY PUBLISHED BY UCLA SAYS THE RISE IN IMMIGRATION ARRESTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY HAVE LED TO LABOR SHORTAGES, REDUCED CUSTOMER SPENDING AND FINANCIAL STRUGGLES FOR BUSINESSES.

THE SAME SITUATION IS HAPPENING IN BONITA SPRINGS TO BUILD SUPPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

HELP HAS COME FROM THE BLUE GATOR INITIATIVE.

THEY'RE AN ORGANIZATION LISTED AS AN ALLIED GROUP FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF LEE COUNTY.

IT HAS ESTABLISHED A GROWING NETWORK TO HELP BUSINESSES STRUGGLING AFTER THEIR WORKFORCE AND CUSTOMER BASE HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.

WGCUS YOUN JOO PARK ATTENDED A RECENT GATHERING TO LEARN MORE.

YEAH, WE'RE IN DOWNTOWN BONITA SPRINGS.

CROWDS WERE PACKED INTO A DINING.

>> ON A SUMMER, WE CLEAN IT UP AND NOT ONE PARKING SPACE COULD BE FOUND AT HE COULDN'T DO RESTAURANT PATRONS SAY THE PURPOSE OF THE GATHERING WAS A FORM OF PROTEST THROUGH MEALS, MAKING A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO EAT AT HISPANIC RESTAURANT IS THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO I STATEMENTS ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE GATORS INITIATIVE, THIS MATT, WE'RE PARENTS, WE ARE GRANDPARENTS WE ARE COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE.

THE STORIES OF THE COOKS THAT USED TO WORK HERE AND ARE GONE OR YOU THE STORIES OF THE CUSTOMERS THEY USED TO HAVE THAT ARE NO MORE.

WE JUST RELATE TO THAT FAMILY LOVE.

AND SO WE JUST ARE HERE.

NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR >> ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FROM THE LATINO POLICY AND POLITICS INSTITUTE, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES SINCE LAST YEAR HAVE RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CUSTOMERS FOR HISPANIC BUSINESSES.

THE DING TO THEIR FINANCIAL DECLINES TO COUNTER THESE EFFECTS.

MATT SAYS THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE MORAL SUPPORT IN FINANCIAL HELP TO HISPANIC BUSINESSES BY MAKING VISITS TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA RESTAURANTS.

>> THESE RESTAURANTS HERE IN BONITA SPRINGS DIDN'T NEED WHY CUSTOMERS UNTIL 18 MONTHS AGO.

THEY SERVED THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.

IT'S THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT WENT AWAY.

NOT US.

WE WERE NOT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FILL IN THAT GAP FOR THEM.

SO ABOUT SO ABOUT TRYING TO HELP THEM STAY ALIVE AS BUSINESSES.

>> THE RESTAURANT'S OWNER, VANESSA, I ALA SAYS HER BUSINESS IS NOT USED TO THIS MANY CUSTOMERS.

SO SHE JUMPED IN TO WORK HELPING THE 2 SERVERS PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO BUSINESSES IS ONE WAY THAT RESIDENTS OFFERING COURAGE MEANT TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

HOWEVER, ANOTHER WAY OF HELPING AS COLLECTING DONATION ITEMS FOR FAMILIES, THE SOLANGE ARRIVED WITH HER ARMS FULL OF PROVISIONS.

I HAVE DIAPERS AND I'M GOING TO BE DROPPING OFF A FOR FAMILIES WHO >> HAVE HAD THE RED WINNERS IN THEIR HOUSE.

>> I TAPE IT ARE MISMATCHED GIVES AN IDEA OF WHAT WAS DROPPED OFF.

THERE ARE 2 CARS FALL TODAY.

OF DIAPERS, FOOD.

>> SHE SAYS THESE ESSENTIALS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO THE FAMILIES BY A SISTER GROUP CALLED THE VOICES OF BONITA.

AFTER THE GROUP LEFT IN THE PARKING LOT WAS ALMOST EMPTY.

I ALSO POSTED A VIDEO TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO CONVEY HER GRATITUDE.

>> HEY, GUYS, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE.

THEY CAME OUT.

>> WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

EVERYONE ENJOY THE FOOD.

>> A MOMENT TOO MANY PEOPLE KNOW ANY TIME.

WE'RE HERE FOR YOU, MATT.

>> THAT SENTIMENT WAS RETURNED BY PEOPLE LIKE MOIRA DANNA, A MEMBER OF THE BLUE GATOR INITIATIVE TO HELP.

BUT ALSO.

WITH OUR HEARTS.

>> FOR WGCU NEWS.

IM YOUN JOO PARK.

>> FOR MORE ON THE IMPACT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS HAVING ON BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES.

I AM JOINED BY SUITE ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE, WHICH IS A NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT LAW FIRM BASED IN MIAMI.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, SOME OWNERS OF MIGRANT BUSINESSES OFTEN REPORT THE PRESENCE OF ICE AGENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND HOW THAT HAS GREATLY HURT THEIR CUSTOMER BASES.

WHAT HAS YOUR ORGANIZATION SEEN IN TERMS OF MIGRANT LEAD COMMUNITIES BEING IMPACTED BY EFFORTS BY ICE?

>> THANK YOU.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE AND FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE THAT FLORIDA IS DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF THE NATION.

WE HAVE THE MOST 2.87 G AGREEMENTS AND WHAT IS 2.87 G THOSE?

OUR COOPERATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ICE.

SO ALL 67 COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE AGREED TO ESSENTIALLY SERVE AS I SAW OFFICERS.

SO WHEN WE SEE THE REPORTS ON THE NEWS ON NATIONAL NEWS, WE SEE A LOT PERTAINING TO MINNEAPOLIS BC CHICAGO.

WE SEE DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING ACROSS THE NATION.

NOT SO MUCH FOCUS ON FLORIDA YET WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN TERMS OF THEIR ARRESTS.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE CALL SILENT RATES HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE OF THIS ENTANGLEMENT BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IMMIGRATION.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ISSUES WITH FAMILIES BEING SEPARATED.

ARE THERE ANY LEGAL EFFORTS THAT FAMILIES CAN TAKE IF SOMEONE A LOVED ONE IS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY DURING AN ICE RAID?

SO IT'S VERY >> COMPLICATED.

EVERY CASE IS INDIVIDUAL AND I WANT TO STATE THAT WE HAVE SEEN A 2,450% INCREASE AND NON CRIMINAL ARRESTS.

SO WHAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WAS TOLD WAS THAT ICE ENFORCEMENT IS FOR THE WORST OF THE WORST, THE VIOLENT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DANGERS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.

IT'S A 2,450% INCREASE AND NON CRIMINAL ARRESTS.

AND WE'RE TALKING IN EXCESS OF 150,000 U.S.

CITIZEN CHILDREN BEING IMPACTED MORE THAN 300% INCREASE OF MOTHERS BEING SEPARATED FROM THE U.S.

CITIZEN CHILDREN AND NATIONWIDE.

IT'S SOMETHING LIKE BETWEEN 70 AND 80% OF IMMIGRANTS NOT HAVING COUNCIL TO HELP NAVIGATE THE COMPLICATED LEGAL SYSTEM.

>> NOW, ACCORDING TO TRAC THEY SAID NEARLY 70% OF THOSE BEING HELD IN ICE DETENTION FACILITIES HAVE NO CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS.

YOU MENTIONED THIS EARLIER.

WHAT GROUNDS ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES USING TO HOLD PEOPLE IN CUSTODY WHEN THERE IS NOT A CRIMINAL ALLEGATION OR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND.

IMMIGRATION.

>> A VIOLATION IS A CIVIL OFFENSE.

NOT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

AND SO IN ORDER FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO ACCESS SOME SORT OF PROTECTION CAN US THEY MAY HAVE HAD AN IMMIGRATION, A CIVIL VIOLATION.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT THEREAFTER ELIGIBLE TO PURSUE THOSE FINAL MECHANISMS AND, YES, THOSE STATISTICS ON AND THOSE WHO ARE IN CUSTODY, SOMETHING LIKE 70% DO NOT HAVE CRIMINAL HISTORIES.

BUT I WANT TO RESTATE LESS THAN 2% OF THE NEWLY FILED CASES ARE BASED ON SOME SORT OF CRIMINAL ALLOCATION, A CRIMINAL BASIS FOR DEPORTATION.

SO THESE ARE OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE BUSINESS OWNERS AND HAVE BEEN HERE MANY, MANY YEARS WHO ARE NOW BEING SUBJECTED TO THIS ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

AND THIS INCLUDES MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR FLORIDA ECONOMY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ECONOMICS AS WELL.

JUST THE ECONOMICS OF HAITIAN TPS HOLDERS ALONE IN MIAMI IS 1.5 BILLION, ORLANDO, 329 MILLION, TAMPA, 125 MILLION.

IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GREAT IMPACT THAT OUR STATE'S KIND OF SUFFER.

JUST LOOKING AT TPS.

AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MANY OTHER RICHAUN DIVERS COMMUNITIES THAT FLORIDA REPRESENT.

SO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS TRULY TREMENDOUS.

AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT REALLY, REALLY CAREFULLY HOW ARE GOING TO PROCEED.

NOT JUST WITH TPS HOLDERS, BUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT THOSE IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE NOT THREATS CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

PARENTS AND ALSO CAREGIVERS TO ELDERLY.

AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO RESOLVE AND AND PROTECT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING SO RICHLY TO FLORIDA?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

MISS CHUNG.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE BY VISITING THE WEBSITE AI JUSTICE DOT ORG OR BY CALLING 3, 0, 5, 5, 7, 3, 1, 106.

COMING UP IS A BATTLE OF THE BUGS AND HAPPENING RIGHT IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE FROM THE HIDDEN PRESENCE OF KNOW, SAM'S.

IN 2018, THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE PASSED THE SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT, WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO KEEP FLORIDA ON A YEAR-ROUND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SCHEDULE FOR 8 YEARS.

THE LAW HAS BEEN ON HOLD WAITING TO BE ENACTED AS SOON AS THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS CHANGES FEDERAL LAW TO PERMIT IT RECENTLY THE U.S.

HOUSE PASSED ITS OWN VERSION OF THE BILL OPPONENTS OF THE MEASURE ARGUE IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON SLEEP SCHEDULES.

AND DESPITE BENEFITS FOR FLORIDIANS, IT COULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON NORTHERN STATES BUT AUTHOR AND SPONSOR OF THE ACT.

CONGRESS, VERN BUCHANAN SHEDS LIGHT ON WHAT HE BELIEVES ARE THE POTENTIAL POSITIVES THAT THE CHANGE WOULD HAVE ON THE SUNSHINE STATE.

IN A STATEMENT TO WGCU, CONGRESSMAN BUCHANAN SAID, QUOTE, PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, PROMOTE HEALTHIER AND MORE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES AND THAT WILL GIVE FAMILIES MORE DAYLIGHT TO ENJOY AFTER WORK AND SCHOOL.

>> FOR MORE ON THE POTENTIAL SWITCH TO A PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

>> I AM NOW JOINED BY DOCTOR CARYN JOHNSON.

SHE'S THE CHAIR OF THE COALITION OF PERMANENT STANDARD TIME DR.

JOHNSON, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

NOW, THERE ARE SOME POSITIVES FOR BUSINESSES IN FLORIDA WHEN IT COMES TO A PERMANENT FIX TIME.

BUT WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO SLEEP PATTERNS IN A MOVE TO PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IF IMPLEMENTED.

>> SO YES, A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT IF WE CAN END THE TIME CHANGE THAT THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

IT IS CERTAINLY IT'S VERY UNFAVORABLE.

SWITCHING THE CLOCKS TWICE A YEAR AND WE LOSE SLEEP DURING THAT TRANSITION.

BUT WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THAT IF WE'VE GOT A PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WELL, ACTUALLY HURT OUR SLEEP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER WHEN SUNRISE AS WILL BE AFTER 08:00AM.

AND SO THAT'S WHY A PHYSICIAN SCIENTISTS ARE POWS, PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME AND INSTEAD SUPPORT PERMANENT STANDARD TIME.

>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THIS IMPACTS WHAT IS CALLED?

THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM?

CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT IS AND HOW THIS POTENTIALLY IMPACTS IT?

>> ALL OF OUR OURSELVES IN OUR BODY ARE CONTROLLED BY CLOCKS.

AND THESE CLOCKS, THE LIGHT EVERY DAY TO SO TO SINK THEM TO THE 24 HOUR, READ THEM.

IF WE DON'T GET THE APPROPRIATE SIGNAL SUCH AS WHEN THE CLOCKS ARE SET LATER AND SUNRISES ARE AFTER 08:00AM IN THE WINTER.

WE ARE SCHEDULES GET LATER ON.

WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE THE DAY WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TROUBLE GETTING UP ON TIME.

WE HAVE TROUBLE FALLING ASLEEP ON TIME.

OUR METABOLISM ISN'T WORKING IN SYNC.

SO WE'RE MORE RISK FOR THINGS LIKE OBESITY ARE CELLS THAT REPAIR OUR BODIES DON'T WORK AS WELL AS CERTAIN HIGHER RISK FOR CANCER AND HEART DISEASE.

>> WHAT ARE ANY PROS THAT YOU WOULD SEE WITH MAKING THE SWITCH?

>> AGAIN, IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO END THE CHANGES.

AND SO THAT'S WHY ARE VERY IN FAVOR OF GOING TO PERMANENT STANDARD TIME.

IF WE CAN GO TO PERMANENT STANDARD TIME AND NOT PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE SLEEP, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE LATER SUNRISES AND SUNSETS SO WE COULD IMPROVE HOW WELL THEY DO IN SCHOOL.

AGAIN, REDUCE RATES OF OBESITY IMPROVE THEIR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, REDUCE CAR ACCIDENTS.

BUT NONE OF THIS WILL HAPPEN IF WEGO TO PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE DARK IN THE MORNING?

AND THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS RATHER THAN IF THE SWITCH OCCURS.

THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE BRIGHTER SUNLIGHT IN THE MORNING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

FLORIDA ACTUALLY LED THE OPPOSITION TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.

THE LAST TIME WE TRIED IT IN 1974, THEY WERE ONE THE FIRST STATES TO SAY WE NEED TO END THIS DARKNESS.

OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN, WE'RE GETTING KILLED BACK IN 1974.

IN ONE MONTH, THERE WERE OVER 8 KIDS BEING KILLED AT THEIR BUS STOPS AND WE DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THAT HISTORY.

BUT INSTEAD, IF WE COULD BRING MORE LIGHT TO THE MORNINGS AND THE WINTER AND AND THEN WE CAN HELP PROTECT AND KEEP OUR DRIVERS SAY FROM THE ROAD, KEEP OUR KIDS SAFER.

AT BUS STOPS.

>> AND DO YOU PROPOSED THIS AS A STANDARD TIME ACROSS THE COUNTRY?

>> YEAH, I MEAN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE DEFINITELY AFFECTED BY DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME TO STANDARD TIME DIFFERENTLY.

PLACES IN THE SOUTH LIKE FLORIDA HAVE THE LONGEST PERIODS OF SUN RISES AFTER 08:00AM.

WE'LL PLACES IN THE NORTH HAVE SOME OF THE LATEST SUNSETS PLACES ON THE WEST COAST OF THE TIME ZONE.

ALSO HAVE WOULD HAVE SOME OF THE LATEST SUNRISES AND SUNSETS AND SO ARE AFFECTED MORE BUT CERTAINLY BECAUSE WE ARE A GLOBAL ECONOMY AND THERE'S A LOT OF INTERSTATE BUSINESS.

THERE IS IMPORTANCE OF OF KEEPING PEOPLE LINE.

SO STATES COULD CHOOSE TO END ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

BUT PERMANENT STANDARD TIME IS THE BEST ALIGN FOR HEALTHY SLEEP, HEALTHY STREETS IN THE BEST ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO THAT WOULD CERTAINLY STILL BE THE BEST RECOMMENDATION ACROSS ALL OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> AND YOU HAVE ANY OPINION OR PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THAT IMPACT COULD MEAN FOR BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY IN FLORIDA.

YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO HAVING A LATERS CONSISTENT LATER, SUNSET AND TOURISM DOLLARS.

>> SO A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARGUE THAT THERE WOULD BE A BOON TO THE ECONOMY IF WE WENT TO PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT SLEEP IS FOR BUSINESSES.

IN MOST BUSINESSES OPEN THEIR DOORS EARLY.

THEY WANT THEIR WORKERS SHOWING UP.

THEY WANT THEIR WORKERS TO BE HEALTHY.

THEY WANT THEIR WORKERS TO BE TAPPED ON TIME.

SO THERE'S ACTUALLY DATA THAT SHOWS WHEN THE SUNRISES AND SUNSETS OR LATER WE LOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PRODUCTIVITY FROM THE GENERAL WORKER WHO HAS TO GET UP.

WHO HAS TO DO GET THEIR KIDS OUT THE DOOR WE SEE WERE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, WHICH AGAIN AFFECTS FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF JOBS.

SO, YES, THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT GET SOME BOOST OF FROM EXTRA LIGHT AT THE END BUT SPECIALLY WITH VERY HOT WEATHER.

A LOT OF PLACES ME AWAY TO A COOL-DOWN.

SO I THINK THE DATA SAYING HOW MUCH ECONOMIC BOON REALLY NEEDS TO BE WEIGHED BY.

HOW MUCH IS LOST WHEN WE AFFECT OUR SLEEP AND WHEN WERE MISALIGNED WITH THE SUN?

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE TODAY.

DR JOHNSON, THANK YOU.

>> AS WE FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, YOU CAN LEARN MORE BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE WGCU DOT ORG.

RESEARCHERS AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SAY A NEW VACCINE OFFERS HOPE AGAINST A TROPICAL DISEASE SPREAD BY SAND FLIES OR NO SAMS.

FLORIDA'S WARM CLIMATE CREATES IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR THE LITTLE BUGS TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE AND ALSO OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE SPREAD OF A DISEASE CALLED LASSMAN.

SAYS THE PARASITIC DISEASES SPREAD BY THE BITE OF AN INFECTED SAND FLY.

NOW THIS CAN PUT HUMANS AND EVEN PETS AT RISK.

OHIO STATE RESEARCHERS SAY 12 MILLION CASES EXIST GLOBALLY, BUT THE CDC SAYS FEWER THAN 100 CASES ARE IN THE UNITED STATES.

HOWEVER, IT IS SEEN AS AN EMERGING THREAT.

>> FOR MORE, I AM JOINED BY PAY STATUS CAR, A PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY.

>> AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.

DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO.

>> THANK YOU.

THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO?

>> NOW IN THE FLORIDA WE ALL DEAL WITH NO SEE UM'S.

I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE HARMLESS.

BUT THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

APPARENTLY.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT INFECTION IS SPREAD FROM SAND FLIES OR NO SEAMS.

>> YES, SO THIS IS AN INFECTION CALLED LEISHMAN ISIS.

THIS IS A SMALLER PARASITE MICROSCOPIC PARASITE WHICH IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE BITE OFF THESE SAND FLIES.

NEARLY 10% OF THE WORK POPULATION LIVES IN THE NTSB.

10 DEMICK FAR THIS DISEASE.

AND NOW THERE'S THIS IS ALL SO ENDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES AS OF 2020.

AND I THINK THE FARM, WHICH IS ENDEMIC IN A MEDIC I SCORED TODAY IN THE U.S.

THAT'S MY SAYS WHICH WILL MANIFEST AS A SIR, ON YOUR SKIN OR SMALLER BOY, WHICH MAY HEAL ON ITS OWN MANY TIMES.

IT'S BEEN LESS OF PEOPLE.

THE MEN ARE.

THE MUCH ATTENTION.

BUT IF IT IS NOT FEELING IT CAN CAUSE MORE.

THE GIRL SOS AND SCARRING AND DISFIGUREMENT.

SO THAT'S THE FARM WORK.

THE HAVE UNITED STATES AND IN MORE SEVERE WHICH IS FORTUNATE IN NEWARK.

THE UNITED STATES AS OF YET WHERE TO PASS SITES CAN SPREAD YOUR ORGANS LIKE NEW OR BONE MARROW.

AND THAT IS A FATAL DISEASE THAT OUT.

>> NO, YOU LED A RESEARCH TEAM AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER THAT DEVELOPED THE WORLD'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL VACCINE FOR THIS.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE CLINICAL TRIALS THAT WHEN DO THEY START AND WHERE THEY WILL BE?

>> YES, SO THAT GOOD ART RISE, WHICH ARE RECORD FEES, ONE CROWDS JUST TO LOOK AT THE SAFETY OF THIS VACCINE IN JUST TO STEP BACK.

THE VACCINE HAS SHOWN ALMOST NEAR 100% EFFICACY IN PRECLINICAL TESTING AND FULL THAT BECAUSE OF THE SAME AND THE PANIC ACROSS BEEN STOCKED IN KENYA AND PRESTON, BECAUSE THESE OTHER COUNTRIES BEAR THE DISEASE IS HIGHLY ENDEMIC.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE COUNTRIES WHERE YOU SEE THE BE SO OF THE SEAS, THAT'S THE ONE WHICH IS FATAL TO DO THIS.

PONZI BOTH ARE UP $200 IN DEBTS.

WE'RE LIKE PARENTING AND BASICALLY THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO PREVENT FULL.

SO THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

RISE.

AND IF THE VACCINE IS FOUND TO BE SAFE, THAT'S READY TO BE DEPLOYED.

FOR THE FIRST.

AND THEN THEY TURN ON ABC.

ALL THAT.

>> WILL THERE EVER BE CLINICAL TRIALS IN FLORIDA?

>> THERE WILL BE SOME TRANSPLANT IN UNITED STATES SO FAR.

HE'S WON IN ALL.

I THINK THE OTHER END OF THAT PROCESS AND BASICALLY ONCE WE GET SOME DATA FROM THE NEWARK RISE IN A PRESIDENT.

WE'VE BEEN PLAN, SOME SAFETY TRIES IN UNITED STATES AND EVENTUALLY GOING FORWARD, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION IN US IN TERMS OF HOW MANY CASES OF BEER OUT OF THE SEAS PREVAILING TO BECOMES.

ARE YOU STATING THE OBVIOUS NEED THEN WE WOULD CONSIDER YET ON THE WANT US TO CONSIDER DEPLOYING THE VACCINE.

BUT THAT'S ONLY AFTER BIN TO BE COMING FROM OR SAFETY SAFETY SAFETY.

BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S BEEN IN PARKER FOR ANY PRODUCT, ANY VACCINE AND BE ENSURED THAT THAT IS THAT.

>> WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO REALLY PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR ANIMALS FROM FROM GETTING SICK FROM THIS?

>> YES, OBVIOUSLY.

>> NO VACCINE IS THE BEST AND ALL AS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTS TO BE ON OR NOT.

>> THAT YOU NEED A VACCINE OR PREVENTION.

ARE YOU WANT TO ELIMINATION OR A DEDICATION OF ANY INFECTION?

THIS IS WHAT WE DO KNOW, AXIOM.

YOU CANNOT DO THAT.

SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL VACCINE AND THAT WILL THE PROSPECT.

RIGHT NOW THAT I'M NOT AND A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO.

SO SAD.

FLIES A MANIAC.

YOU DOING DUSK AND DAWN.

SO YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL GOING OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU DO HAPPEN TO BLOCK, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO PROBABLY COVER YOURSELF AND MARKETS, YOU KNOW, YOUR FITBIT GOLDING ARE YOU WANT TO TRY TO USE YOUR INSECT REPELLENTS WORK WE USE OR SUMMER JUST TO PREVENT BEING BITTEN.

BUT BUT THE BUT THE SAND FLIES.

IF APP AND TO VISIT COUNTRIES WHICH ARE ENDEMIC COUNTRIES SOUTH OFF THE BARTER.

AGAIN, THE SAME PRECAUTIONS YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE.

AND ALSO IF NEEDED NEXT CAN BE USED IN THOSE THOSE COUNTRIES TO PREVENT THE BITES OFF BEFORE GOING TO THE INFECTED SAND FLIES.

SHOULD YOU THAT LOCAL LEGION LIKE OR WHAT I JUST SAID AND YOU SUSPECT THAT THIS IS NOT GOING AWAY OR SOMETHING, JUST GET A CHECK.

IT'S BEEN THE COULD DO AND THAT ARTISTS, WHICH OF RELIABLE, WHICH WILL TELL YOU WHERE THE YOU ARE.

IN FACT, ACT AND THE YOU MAY NOT NEW YORK MAN FACING CATANIA'S.

I GUESS I THINK FRIZZELL AND EVEN A COMPETENT PEOPLE.

AND IF YOU'RE SO RESULTS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LIFELONG VACCINATION BECAUSE ONCE YOUR RESULT INFECTION, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU'LL BE CAMILLE DISINFECTION AS LONG AS YOU HAVE NORMAL YOU THE SYSTEM.

>> DOCTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING US ABOUT THIS.

THAT'S FASCINATING.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HERE'S AN INTERESTING FACT ABOUT SAND FLIES FROM THE WGCU NEWS ROOM ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY IN NEW ZEALAND, ONLY FEMALE SAND FLIES BITE AND DRINK BLOOD.

YOU NEED THE PROTEIN FROM THE BLOOD TO MAKE ACHES.

MALE SAND FLIES ARE HARMLESS.

VEGETARIANS.

THAT APPARENTLY JUST EAT PLANT NECTAR.

YOU CAN FIND MORE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES BY CHECKING OUT OUR WEBSITE WGCU DOT ORG.

COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

IF YOU'RE FEELING THUS LOG OF SUMMER, SLOWING YOU DOWN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GIVE FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR CONTENT TO FUNCTION IS GOOD FOR EVERYONE.

STAYING SOCIAL GETTING GOOD SLEEP AND REGULAR EXERCISE IS A GREAT START.

AND HIS WGCUS TEDDY BYRNE LEARNED A GOOD WAY TO GET THE MOST OUT OF FOR YOUR BRAIN MIGHT BEGIN TO BUY WHAT YOU DECIDE TO PUT IN YOUR STOMACH.

>> IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR BRAIN HEALTH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR DIET.

BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IS BEST?

>> THE MIND DIET IS ONE THAT I FOCUS ON BECAUSE IT SPECIFICALLY LORS OR HAS BEEN SHOWN IN RESEARCH STUDIES TO LOWER THE RISK OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

>> DR SANDRA DARLING SPECIALIZES IN PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE AT CLEVELAND CLINIC.

SHE SAYS THE MIND DIET EMPHASIZES PLANT-BASED FOODS LIKE BERRIES, LEAFY GREENS, WHOLE GRAINS, BEANS AND NUTS.

THE DYE ALSO FAVORS FISH AND POULTRY OVER RED MEAT.

SHE SAID THESE FOODS PROVIDE KEY NUTRIENTS THAT CAN HELP REDUCE INFLAMMATION AND PROTECT BRAIN CELLS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE MIND DIET FOCUSES ON LIMITING FOODS HIGH IN SATURATED FAT AND ADDED SUGAR.

TO MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES.

EASIER DR.

DARLIN RECOMMENDS COOKING OVER GOING OUT.

WHENEVER YOU CAN.

>> PREPARE MORE FOODS AT HOME USING THOSE HOLE IN MANY MINIMALLY PROCESSED FOODS THAT WAY WHEN WE'RE EATING LESS OF THE ULTRA PROCESSED FOODS AND CONVENIENCE FOODS, FAST FOOD PREPARED FOODS, WE'RE REDUCING THOSE HARMFUL COMPONENTS FROM THE DIET, LIKE EXCESS SODIUM AND SATURATED FAT AND UNHEALTHY OILS AND SUGAR AND GETTING ALL THOSE IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORT OUR BRAIN HEALTH.

>> ALONG WITH HEALTHY EATING.

>> DR DARLING SAYS REGULAR EXERCISE, GOOD SLEEP AND MANAGING STRESS CAN SUPPORT BRAIN HEALTH AS WELL.

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