Puna: Jacobin
Haunaele o Helu
No laila ke hele nei ka coronavirus ma ka puka mua me he monster maʻamau. ʻO ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kāna genome (like loa me kāna kaikuahine aʻo maikaʻi ʻia ʻo SARS) he ʻāpana keke, akā naʻe ke nalowale nei nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka ʻike. Ke hana nei nā mea noiʻi i ka pō a me ke ao e hōʻike i ka maʻi maʻi, ke alo nei lākou i ʻekolu mau pilikia nui. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o nā pahu hoʻāʻo, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻApelika, ua pale i nā kuhi pololei o nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi e like me ka helu hoʻohua, ka nui o ka heluna kanaka i maʻi ʻia, a me ka helu o nā maʻi benign. ʻO ka hopena he haunaele o nā helu.
ʻO ka lua, e like me ka maʻi influenza makahiki, ke hoʻololi nei kēia maʻi i ka wā e hele ai ma waena o nā heluna me nā ʻano makahiki like ʻole a me nā kūlana olakino. ʻO nā ʻano like ʻole a ka poʻe ʻAmelika e loaʻa ai he ʻokoʻa loa ia mai ka puka mua ʻana ma Wuhan. Hiki ke hoʻololi hou aʻe i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka laha ʻana o ka virulence i kēia manawa, ke piʻi nui nei ma hope o ke kanalima makahiki. ʻO ka "corona flu" ʻo Trump ma ka liʻiliʻi loa he pōʻino make i ka hapaha o nā ʻAmelika i ʻelemakule, nāwaliwali nā ʻōnaehana pale, a i ʻole nā pilikia hanu.
ʻO ke kolu, ʻoiai inā paʻa mau ka maʻi a liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, hiki ke ʻokoʻa kona hopena i nā cohorts ʻōpio i nā ʻāina ʻilihune a ma waena o nā pūʻulu ilihune. E noʻonoʻo i ka ʻike honua o ka maʻi maʻi Spanish i ka makahiki 1918-19, ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ua make 1 a 2 pakeneka o ke kanaka. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻEulopa Komohana, ʻo ka H1N1 mua ka mea make loa i ka poʻe ʻōpio. Ua wehewehe pinepine ʻia kēia ma muli o ko lākou ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi ma o ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā pūnaʻi māmā, e alakaʻi ana i ka pneumonia viral a me ka haʻalulu septic. I kēia mau lā, akā naʻe, ua manaʻo kekahi poʻe epidemiologists ua loaʻa paha i ka poʻe ʻelemakule ka "hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo" mai kahi hanana mua i ka makahiki 1890 i hāʻawi iā lākou i ka pale.
I kēlā me kēia hanana, loaʻa i ka maʻi influenza kahi niche i makemake nui ʻia ma nā kahua hoʻomoana o nā pūʻali koa a me nā ʻauwaha o ke kahua kaua kahi i hoʻokuʻu ai i nā koa ʻōpio e nā ʻumi tausani. Ua lilo kēia i mea nui i ke kaua o nā aupuni. ʻO ka hāʻuleʻana o ka German Spring Offensive nui o ka makahiki 1918, a pēlā ka hopena o ke kaua, ua manaʻoʻia no ka hikiʻana i nā Allies, keʻano likeʻole me ko lākouʻenemi, ke hoʻopiha i ko lākou mau pūʻali maʻi me nā pūʻali koaʻAmelika i hōʻea mai.
Akā ʻo ka maʻi Spanish ma nā ʻāina ʻilihune he ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole i mahalo nui ʻia ma kahi o 60 pakeneka o ka make honua (ʻo ia ma kahi o iwakālua miliona mau make) i hana ʻia ma Punjab, Bombay, a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke komohana o India, kahi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka palaoa i Beretania a me nā hana koi koi i hui pū ʻia me kahi maloʻo nui. ʻO ka hopena o ka pōʻai ʻai i alakaʻi ai i nā miliona o ka poʻe ʻilihune i ka lihi o ka pōloli. Ua lilo lākou i mea hōʻeha i kahi synergy hewa ma waena o ka malnutrition - ka mea i kāohi i kā lākou pane ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi - a me ka maʻi bacterial, a me ka viral, pneumonia. Ma kahi hihia like ma Iran i noho ʻia e Pelekania, he mau makahiki o ka maloʻo, kolera, a me ka pōʻai ʻai, i ukali ʻia e kahi maʻi malaria ākea, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka make ʻana o ka hapalima o ka heluna kanaka.
ʻO kēia moʻolelo - ʻoi aku ka hopena ʻike ʻole o ka launa pū ʻana me ka pōʻino a me nā maʻi i loaʻa - pono e aʻo iā mākou e hele paha ʻo COVID-19 i kahi ala ʻē aʻe a ʻoi aku ka make i loko o nā slums a me nā maʻi maʻi o ʻApelika a me ʻAsia Hema. Me nā hihia i kēia manawa ma Lagos, Kigali, Addis Ababa, a me Kinshasa, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike (a ʻaʻole ʻike no ka manawa lōʻihi no ka nele o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana) pehea e hui pū ai me nā kūlana olakino a me nā maʻi. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi no ka mea ʻo ka heluna kūlanakauhale o ʻApelika ka muli loa o ka honua, e loaʻa ka maʻi maʻi maʻi. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻike i ka makahiki 1918, he extrapolation naʻaupō kēia, e like me ka manaʻo o ka maʻi maʻi, e like me ka maʻi maʻi kau, e hoʻi me ka mahana mahana. (Ua loaʻa iā Tom Hanks ka maʻi maʻi ma Australia kahi i ke kauwela.)
He Kauka Katrina
Hoʻokahi makahiki mai kēia manawa e nānā mākou i hope me ka mahalo i ka kūleʻa o Kina i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi akā i ka weliweli i ka hāʻule ʻole o ʻAmelika. (Ke hana nei au i ka manaʻo wiwo ʻole e ʻoi aku ka pololei o ka haʻi ʻana o Kina no ka hoʻihoʻi wikiwiki ʻana.) ʻO ka hiki ʻole o kā mākou mau keʻena ke pani i ka pahu Pandora, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha. Mai ka makahiki 2000 ua ʻike pinepine mākou i nā haʻihaʻi o ka mālama ola kino.
ʻO nā kau maʻi 2009 a me 2018, no ka laʻana, ua hoʻopiha ʻia nā haukapila ma ka ʻāina, e hōʻike ana i ka hemahema o nā moena o ka haukapila ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā. ʻO ka pilikia e hoʻi ana i ka ʻoihana ʻoihana i lawe ai iā Reagan i ka mana a hoʻohuli i nā alakaʻi Democrats i kāna mau waha neoliberal. Wahi a ka American Hospital Association, ua emi ka nui o nā moena maʻi maʻi ma kahi o 39 pakeneka ma waena o 1981 a me 1999. ʻO ke kumu o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka "helu helu" (ka helu o nā moena i noho ʻia). Akā ʻo ka pahuhopu o ka hoʻokele ʻana he 90 ka nui o ka noho ʻana, ʻaʻole i hiki i nā haukapila ke komo hou i ka maʻi maʻi i ka wā maʻi a me nā pilikia olakino.
I ke kenekulia hou, ua hoʻomau ʻia ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa e ka "waiwai o ka mea kuleana" e hoʻonui ai i ka wā pōkole a me ka loaʻa kālā, a ma ka ʻoihana aupuni e ka austerity fiscal a me nā ʻoki ʻana i nā waihona hoʻomākaukau o ka mokuʻāina a federal. ʻO ka hopena, aia wale nō he 45,000 mau moena ICU i loaʻa e hoʻoponopono i ke kahe ʻana o nā hihia coronavirus koʻikoʻi a koʻikoʻi. (Ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā moena ma mua o ʻekolu manawa e pili ana i ka poʻe Korea Hema.) Wahi a kahi hoʻokolokolo USA I kēia lā, "ʻewalu wale nō mau mokuʻāina e loaʻa i nā moena o ka haukapila e mālama ai i ka 1 miliona ʻAmelika 60 a ʻoi aʻe i hiki ke maʻi me COVID-19."
Aia mākou i ka hoʻomaka mua o kahi lāʻau lapaʻau Katrina. ʻO ka wehe ʻana i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka lāʻau ulia pōpilikia i ka manawa like i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā manaʻo loea āpau i ka hoʻonui nui ʻana o ka hiki, nele mākou i nā lako haʻahaʻa a me nā moena pilikia.
Ua mālama ʻia nā waihona ʻāina a me ka ʻāina i nā pae ma lalo o ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e nā hiʻohiʻona maʻi maʻi. No laila ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka debacle hōʻike hōʻike me kahi hemahema koʻikoʻi o nā lako pale pono no nā limahana olakino. Ke hōʻoia nei nā kahu hānai koa, ko mākou noʻonoʻo ʻōiwi āpau e hoʻomaopopo mākou i nā pōʻino nui i hana ʻia e ka lawa ʻole o nā lako pale e like me nā maka maka N95. Hoʻomanaʻo mai lākou iā mākou ua lilo nā halemai i hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo no nā superbugs antibiotic-resistant e like me ʻO ka paʻakikī, hiki ke lilo i mau pepehi kanaka lua nui i loko o nā keʻena haukapila piha piha.
Ka Wehewehe Pilikanaka
Ua hōʻike koke ʻia ka maʻi maʻi i ka mahele o ka papa i ka mālama olakino i kau ʻia e kā mākou Revolution ma ka papahana aupuni. ʻO ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana, ʻo ka poʻe me nā hoʻolālā olakino maikaʻi e hiki ke hana a aʻo paha mai ka home, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia lākou inā e hahai lākou i nā pale palekana. Pono nā limahana aupuni a me nā hui ʻē aʻe o nā limahana i hui pū ʻia me ka uhi kūpono e hana i nā koho paʻakikī ma waena o ka loaʻa kālā a me ka palekana. I kēia manawa, hoʻolei ʻia nā miliona o nā limahana hana haʻahaʻa, nā limahana mahiʻai, ka poʻe hana ʻole, a me ka poʻe home ʻole i nā ʻīlio hae.
E like me kā mākou e ʻike ai, pono ka uhi honua i nā manaʻo koʻikoʻi i ka hāʻawi honua no nā lā maʻi i uku ʻia. He kanahākūmālima pākēneka o ka poʻe hana i kēia manawa i hōʻole ʻia i kēlā kuleana a no laila ua koi ʻia e hoʻouna i ka maʻi a i ʻole ke kau ʻana i kahi pā ʻole. Pēlā nō, ua hōʻole nā mokuʻāina Repubalika he ʻumikūmāhā i ke kau ʻana i ke kānāwai Affordable Care Act e hoʻonui ai i ka Medicaid i ka poʻe ʻilihune hana. ʻO ia ke kumu o hoʻokahi o ʻehā Texans, no ka laʻana, nele i ka uhi a loaʻa wale ka lumi pilikia ma ka haukapila kalana e ʻimi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO nā kūʻē kūʻē o ka mālama olakino pilikino i ka manawa o ke ahulau e hōʻike nui ʻia i ka ʻoihana home hānai no ka loaʻa kālā, kahi hale kūʻai 2.5 miliona ʻAmelika ʻelemakule, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou ma Medicare. He ʻoihana hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi ia i hoʻonui ʻia i ka uku haʻahaʻa, understaffing, a me ka ʻoki kumu kūʻai kānāwai. He ʻumi kaukani ka make i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka mālama ʻole ʻana o nā hale hana i nā kaʻina hana hoʻomalu i ka maʻi maʻi, a mai ka hana ʻole ʻana o nā aupuni i ka mālama ʻana no ka mea i hiki ke wehewehe ʻia he pepehi kanaka. Nui nā hale - ʻoi aku ma nā mokuʻāina Hema - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka uku ʻana i nā uku no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻemaʻe ma mua o ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā limahana hou a hāʻawi iā lākou i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono.
ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha ʻo ka epicenter mua o ka hoʻouna ʻana i ke kaiāulu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Life Care Center, kahi hale kahu hānai ma Seattle suburb o Kirkland. Ua kamaʻilio wau iā Jim Straub, he hoaaloha kahiko ʻo ia ka mea hoʻonohonoho uniona ma nā hale kahu hānai ma Seattle, a ke kākau nei au i kahi ʻatikala e pili ana iā lākou no ka Nation. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka hale hana ʻo "kekahi o nā limahana maikaʻi loa ma ka mokuʻāina" a me ka ʻōnaehana home kahu hānai holoʻokoʻa o Wakinekona "ʻo ia ka mea i haʻahaʻa ʻole ʻia ma ka ʻāina - kahi oasis absurd o ka ʻeha austere i loko o ke kai o ke kālā ʻenehana."
Eia kekahi, ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia i ka nānā ʻana o nā luna olakino o ka lehulehu i ke kumu koʻikoʻi e wehewehe ana i ka wikiwiki o ka maʻi mai Life Care Center i ʻumi mau hale kahu hānai e pili ana: "ʻO nā limahana kahu hānai ma ka mākeke hoʻolimalima kumu kūʻai ma ʻAmelika e hana i nā hana he nui. ʻO ka maʻamau ma nā hale hānai he nui. " Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole i ʻike nā luna i nā inoa a me nā wahi o kēia mau hana ʻelua a no laila ua nalowale ka mana āpau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o COVID-19. A ʻaʻohe mea i manaʻo e uku i nā limahana i ʻike ʻia no ka noho ʻana ma ka home.
Ma kahi o ka ʻāina, he mau haneli, he mau haneli paha, o nā hale kahu hānai e lilo i wahi wela coronavirus. Nui nā limahana e koho i ka waihona meaʻai ma mua o ka hana ma lalo o ia mau kūlana a noho i ka home. I kēia hihia, hiki ke hāʻule ka ʻōnaehana, a ʻaʻole pono mākou e manaʻo i ka National Guard e hoʻokaʻawale i nā pā moe.
Hui Pūʻali honua
Hoʻolaha ka maʻi maʻi i ka hihia no ka uhi honua a me ka hoʻomaha uku me kēlā me kēia hana o kona holomua make. ʻOiai ua haʻalele ʻo Biden iā Trump, pono e hui pū nā mea holomua, e like me ka manaʻo o Bernie, e lanakila i ka ʻaha kūkā no Medicare no All. Hoʻokahi kuleana o nā ʻelele Sanders a me Warren i hui ʻia i loko o ka Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum i ka waena o Iulai, akā ʻo ke koena o mākou he kuleana koʻikoʻi ma nā alanui, e hoʻomaka ana i kēia manawa me nā hakakā kūʻē i ka hoʻokuke ʻana, ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, a me nā mea hana e hōʻole i ka uku. hana hoomaha. (Makaʻu i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa? E kū i ʻeono kapuaʻi mai ka mea kūʻē e hiki mai ana, a e hana wale ia i ke kiʻi ikaika loa ma ka TV. Akā pono mākou e kiʻi hou i nā alanui.)
Akā ʻo ka uhi honua a me nā koi e pili ana he hana mua wale nō. He mea hōʻeha ʻole i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa mua, ʻaʻole ʻo Sanders a me Warren i hōʻike i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o Big Pharma i ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic hou a me nā antivirals. ʻO nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau nui loa he ʻumikumamāwalu, ua haʻalele loa i ka māla. ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau naʻau, nā mea hoʻomaha addictive, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi male kāne he mau alakaʻi waiwai, ʻaʻole nā mea pale i nā maʻi o ka haukapila, nā maʻi e kū mai ana, a me nā mea pepehi kanaka maʻamau. ʻO kahi kano āpau no ka maʻi maʻi - ʻo ia hoʻi, kahi kano e kuhikuhi ana i nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa o nā protein o ka maʻi maʻi - ua hiki ke hiki i nā makahiki he mau makahiki akā ʻaʻole loa e loaʻa ka waiwai e lilo i mea nui.
Ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka hoʻololi antibiotic, e puka hou mai nā maʻi kahiko me nā maʻi hou, a e lilo nā haukapila i hale charnel. Hiki iā Trump ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa kūʻē i nā kumukūʻai kuhi hewa ʻole, akā pono mākou i kahi ʻike wiwo ʻole e nānā ana e wāwahi i nā monopoli lāʻau a hoʻolako i ka hana lehulehu o nā lāʻau lapaʻau. (ʻO kēia ka hihia ma mua: i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka pūʻali koa iā Jonas Salk a me nā mea noiʻi ʻē aʻe e hoʻomohala i ka lāʻau lapaʻau mua.) E like me kaʻu i kākau ai he ʻumikumamālima makahiki i hala ma kaʻu puke Ka Monster ma ko makou Puka - ʻO ka weliweli honua o Avian Flu:
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ola, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā lāʻau antibiotic, a me nā antivirals, pono ke kuleana kanaka, loaʻa ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa me ka uku ʻole. Inā ʻaʻole hiki i nā mākeke ke hāʻawi i nā mea hoʻoikaika e hana maʻalahi i kēlā mau lāʻau lapaʻau, a laila pono i nā aupuni a me nā mea waiwai ʻole ke kuleana no ka hana ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana. Pono e helu ʻia ke ola o ka poʻe ʻilihune i nā manawa āpau ma mua o ka loaʻa kālā o Big Pharma.
Hoʻonui ka maʻi maʻi maʻi i kēia manawa i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa: ʻike ʻia ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka kapitalista i kēia manawa i ka biologically unsustainable i ka nele o kahi ʻoihana olakino olakino maoli. Akā, ʻaʻole loa e loaʻa kēlā ʻano hana a hiki i ka wā e wāwahi ai ka poʻe i ka mana o Big Pharma a me ka mālama ola olakino.
Pono kēia i kahi hoʻolālā socialist kūʻokoʻa no ke ola kanaka ma mua o ka Second New Deal. Mai nā lā Occupy, ua hoʻokau kūleʻa ka poʻe holomua i ka hakakā ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā a me ka like ʻole o ka waiwai ma ka ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi, kahi hoʻokō nui. Akā i kēia manawa pono ka poʻe socialists e hana i ka hana aʻe a, me ka mālama olakino a me nā ʻoihana lāʻau lapaʻau e like me nā pahuhopu koke, e kākoʻo i ka ʻona a me ka democratization o ka mana waiwai.
Akā, pono mākou e hana i ka loiloi pono i ko mākou mau nāwaliwali politika a me ka pono. E like me koʻu hauʻoli e pili ana i ka ulu hema o kahi hanauna hou a me ka hoʻi ʻana o ka huaʻōlelo "socialism" i ka haʻiʻōlelo politika, aia kekahi mea hoʻopilikia o ka solipsism aupuni i ka neʻe holomua e kūlike me ka nationalism hou. Ke kamaʻilio wale nei mākou e pili ana i ka papa hana ʻAmelika a me ka mōʻaukala koʻikoʻi o ʻAmelika (e poina ana paha ʻo Debs he internationalist i ke kumu). I kekahi manawa pili kēia i kahi mana hema o America Firstism.
I ka kamaʻilio ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi, pono e ʻimi ka poʻe socialist i kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻomanaʻo i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ka wikiwiki o ka solidarism honua. Pono mākou e hoʻonāukiuki i kā mākou mau hoaaloha holomua a me kā lākou mau kiʻi kālai'āina e koi i ka hoʻonui nui ʻana i ka hana ʻana i nā pahu hoʻāʻo, nā lako pale, a me nā lāʻau ola ola no ka hāʻawi manuahi ʻana i nā ʻāina ʻilihune. Na mākou e hōʻoia i ka lilo ʻana o Medicare for All i haole a me nā kulekele kūloko.
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