In Depth with Dan Haggerty mailbag
ROOM.
>> HEY, ALL RIGHT. THE IN-DEPTH
MAILBAG IS BACK ON THIS MONDAY
EVENING. WE GOT SO MANY
MESSAGES OVER THE PAST FEW
WEEKS TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING
FROM GARBAGE TO LATE NIGHT TV.
SOME OF YOU SEEM TO THINK THOSE
THINGS ARE ONE IN THE SAME.
LONNIE SEEMS TO THINK THAT I
AM GARBAGE. LONNIE WROTE YOUR
SARCASTIC WAY OF DELIVERING
THE NEWS STAKES. LISTEN,
LONNIE. I GET IT. ALL RIGHT.
THE WAY WE DO THINGS HERE AT
7 O'CLOCK, IT'S NOT FOR
EVERYBODY. AND I CAN RESPECT
THAT SAID IT DOES SOUND LIKE A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BECOMING
FANS. ROB SAID THANK YOU FOR
DOING MORE THAN JUST READING
A TELEPROMPTER. AND NICK SAID
I'VE BEEN AGREEING WITH YOU
SINCE FOREVER. NOW, LOOK, NICK,
IT'S NICE THAT YOU AND I AGREE
ON A BUNCH OF STUFF. BUT BUT
THE SEGMENT ISN'T REALLY ABOUT
AGREEING OR DISAGREEING OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S ABOUT
CHALLENGING OUR VIEWS, RIGHT,
ALLOWING CURIOSITY AND SOME NEW
INFORMATION TO HELP YOU SEE THE
WORLD THROUGH. MAYBE A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. AND WITH
THAT SAID, LET'S GO TO A
QUESTION FROM A VIEWER NAMED
BILLY BOB. HE SAID WHY ARE
KISSING BUGS? COMING UP, ALL OF
A SUDDEN SHE REALLY DEADLY AND
SCARY. SO MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD
ABOUT THESE THINGS, SEE THEM ON
SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUR FEEDS.
THIS THIS IS A KISSING BUG OR
BY ITS FULL NAME. THE EASTERN
BLOODSUCKING CONE NOSE. IT'S
ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PENNY.
A LITTLE BIGGER AND IT'S TRUE.
THESE THESE GUYS CAN BE DEADLY
AND THEREFORE SCARY. THEY CAN
TRANSMIT THE DISEASE WITH
SYMPTOMS THAT RANGE FROM FEVER
TO AN ENLARGED HEART TO DEATH.
SO, YEAH, SCARY NOW, IF YOU
MIGHT THANK, YOU KNOW WHERE I'M
GOING WITH THIS, THAT IT'S A
KISSING BUG TRANSMITTED
DISEASE. OBVIOUSLY THE BUGS DO
THIS BY BITING YOU, BUT YOU
WOULD BE RAUL. YES, KISSING
BUGS. DO BITE. THAT'S HOW THEY
EAT. THEY THEY DRINK BLOOD,
BUT THEIR BITE DOESN'T TRANSMIT
THE DISEASE. THERE. THEIR
POOPED US. YES, TALK SICK,
POTENTIALLY DEADLY BUG. POPE
THE DISEASE IN THE DOOKY IS
CALLED CHAGAS DISEASE. IT'S A
HUGE PROBLEM IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTH AMERICA. AN ESTIMATED
10,000 PEOPLE DIE FROM CHAGAS
DISEASE EVERY YEAR. AND EARLIER
THIS MONTH, THE CDC DECLARED
THE DISEASE AND AND DEMICK IN
THE UNITED STATES, WHICH
BASICALLY MEANS THAT IT OCCURS
REGULARLY.
NOW THE THING IS ONLY A HANDFUL
OF STATES HAVE EVER EVEN
CONFIRMED A SINGLE CASE IN
PEOPLE HERE. HERE'S THE MAP.
29 CASES BETWEEN 2020 18 AND
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT NOT ONE OF
THEM TOOK PLACE IN NORTH
CAROLINA. NOW, THERE ARE A LOT
OF CHAGAS CASES NOT IN PEOPLE,
BUT IN ANIMALS. WHY IS THAT?
WELL, BACK TO THE BUG TO YOU
SEE KISSING BUGS, ONLY COME OUT
AT NIGHT AND THEN THEY HANG
OUT IN THE WOODS. TYPICALLY
NEAR REC ROOM RAT OR POSSUM
HABITAT. THEY FEED ON THOSE
ANIMALS AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER
THEY DO THAT NATURE TAKES ITS
COURSE AND SINCE THE BUGS LIVE
WITH THE ANIMALS LIVE,
SOMETIMES THAT POPE GETS ONTO
THE ANIMALS IN THOSE ANIMALS
AND CAST CHAGAS DISEASE.
I KNOW I'M SAYING COOP A LOT.
ALL RIGHT. JUST BEAR WITH ME.
THAT EXPLAINS WHY THE DISEASE
KIND OF RARELY POPS UP IN
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
MOST PEOPLE AREN'T HANGING OUT
NEAR AT HABITAT, BUT WHY ARE
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH
AMERICA THEN DYING FROM THIS
DISEASE? IT GOES BACK AGAIN TO
THE BUG HOOP THE TYPE OF
KISSING BUGS THAT LIVE IN THAT
PART OF THE WORLD. THEY GO TO
THE BATHROOM WHILE THEY EAT?
YES, THESE BOOKS ARE DEADLY,
SCARY AND SUPER GROSS WHEN THE
BUG BITES PEOPLE, PEOPLE THEN
SCRATCH THAT BITE. THE FECES
GETS ON THEIR FINGERS AND THEN
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
WE TOUCH STUFF AND WE RISE AND
ALL THAT SORT OF THING. NOW I
HEARD FROM AN ENTOMOLOGIST AT
NC STATE. HE SAYS THIS IS WHY
IF YOU EVER DO SEE A KISSING
BUG NOT TO SMASH IT.
>> CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO
SMASH ONE BECAUSE THEN YOU THEN
YOU'RE POTENTIALLY SPREADING
PATHOGEN AROUND THE MORE
INTACT. YOU CAN KEEP IT LESS
HANDLING IT. THE BUT YOU CAN
DO BETTER. I'VE BEEN A
PROFESSIONAL ALL OF THIS FOR A
NORTH CAROLINA FOR 29 YEARS.
AND I'VE SEEN 3 OF THEM.
AND ALL OF THEM WERE IN INSECT
TRAPS.
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S KIND
OF REASSURING TO ANYTHING NOT
TELL TALE SIGN IF YOU'RE STILL
WORRIED ABOUT THIS OF THIS
CHAGAS DISEASE IS SWELLING IN
THE EYE, FOLLOWED BY FEVER AND
VOMITING. BUT IF PEOPLE IN THE
UNITED STATES ARE GETTING THIS
DISEASE, IF IT'S SO RARE, THEN
WHY DID THE CDC DECLARED THIS
PANDEMIC HERE IN OUR COUNTRY?
WILL THE REPORT FROM EARLIER
THIS MONTH SAYS, QUOTE, THIS IS
TO HELP REFORM CURRICULUM AND
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS TO ENABLE
THE NEXT GENERATION OF
PRACTITIONERS TO BE COMPETENT
IN RECOGNIZING THE LOW. BUT
PRESENT RISK. SO BASICALLY IT'S
TO SPREAD AWARENESS, RIGHT TO
PUT TO PREPARE JUST IN CASE THE
RISK EVER DOES INCREASE TO
SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE
MORE WORRIED ABOUT. BUT FOR
NOW, WE'RE TOLD YOU'VE GOT
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. DON'T
GET STRESSED. THAT'S GONNA DO
IT FOR TONIGHT'S IN-DEPTH
MAILBAG. DID YOU LEARN
SOMETHING OR YOU GROSSED OUT?
MAYBE LONNIE WAS. I WAS ON TO
SOMETHING. MAYBE THE SEGMENT
DOES STINK. GOT ANYTHING ELSE
YOU WANT TO LOOK INTO WILL DO
IT. SEMI MAILED AND WRAL COM.
WHAT STORIES DO YOU WANT TO SEE
US COVER HERE ON THE NEWS?
CLEARLY NOT MUCH IS OFF THE