Gwero: New York Times
Chifukwa chake, nayi kuyankha kwa gulu la a Trump ndi ogwirizana nawo ku coronavirus, osachepera mpaka pano: Ndikwabwino ku America. Komanso, ndi chinyengo chochitidwa ndi atolankhani ndi ma Democrats. Kupatula apo, palibe vuto lalikulu, ndipo anthu ayenera kugula masheya. Mulimonsemo, tidzaziyika zonse pansi pa utsogoleri wa munthu yemwe sakhulupirira sayansi.
Kuyambira tsiku lomwe a Donald Trump adasankhidwa, ena aife tinali ndi nkhawa momwe utsogoleri wake ungathane ndi zovuta zomwe sizinapange zokha. Chodabwitsa, takhala zaka zitatu osazindikira: Mpaka pano, vuto lililonse lalikulu lomwe olamulira a Trump akukumana nalo, kuyambira nkhondo zamalonda mpaka kukangana ndi Iran, adadzipangira okha. Koma coronavirus ikuwoneka ngati ikhoza kukhala mayeso omwe takhala tikuwopa.
Ndipo zotsatira zake sizikuwoneka bwino.
Nkhani yakuyankha kwa mliri wa Trump idayamba zaka zingapo zapitazo. Pafupifupi atangotenga udindo, a Trump adayamba kudula ndalama ku Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, zomwe zidapangitsa 80 peresenti kudula muzinthu zomwe bungweli limapereka pakufalikira kwa matenda padziko lonse lapansi. A Trump adatsekanso gawo lonse lachitetezo chapadziko lonse la National Security Council.
Akatswiri adachenjeza kuti kusamuka uku kukuyika America pachiwopsezo chachikulu. โTidzasiya malo otseguka ku tizilombo toyambitsa matenda,โ anatero Tom mtendere, yemwe anali mtsogoleri wakale wa CDC, yemwe anali wotchuka kwambiri, zaka zoposa ziwiri zapitazo. Koma oyang'anira a Trump ali ndi lingaliro lodziwikiratu za komwe ziwopsezo zachitetezo cha dziko zimachokera - makamaka, anthu owopsa a bulauni - ndipo amadana ndi sayansi yonse. Kotero ife tinalowa muvuto lamakono mu chikhalidwe chofooka kale.
Ndipo tizilombo tinabwera.
Zomwe a Trumpers adachita koyamba zinali kuwona coronavirus ngati vuto laku China - ndikuwona chilichonse chomwe chili choyipa ku China kukhala chabwino kwa ife. Wilbur Ross, mlembi wazamalonda, kusangalala nazo monga chitukuko chomwe "chingafulumizitse kubwerera kwa ntchito ku North America."
Nkhaniyi idasintha zitadziwika kuti kachilomboka kamafalikira kupitilira China. Panthawiyo zinakhala zabodza zochitidwa ndi atolankhani. Rush Limbaugh adalemetsa: "Zikuwoneka kuti coronavirus ikukhala ndi zida ngati chinthu chinanso chogwetsa a Donald Trump. Tsopano, ndikufuna ndikuuzeni zoona za coronavirus. ... Coronavirus ndiye chimfine wamba, anthu. โ
Limbaugh anali, simungadabwe kumva, akuwonetsa. Kubwerera mu 2014 andale akumanja ndi atolankhani adayesadi kugwiritsa ntchito zida zandale za mliri, kachilombo ka Ebola, ndi Trump mwiniwake adayankha ma tweets opitilira 100 odzudzula zomwe olamulira a Obama adayankha (omwe anali oyenerera komanso ogwira mtima).
Ndipo ngati mukudabwa, ayi, coronavirus siili ngati chimfine. Pamenepo, zizindikiro zoyamba zakuti kachilomboka kangakhale koopsa ngati Spanish Flu ya 1918, yomwe idapha anthu opitilira 50 miliyoni.
Misika yazachuma mwachiwonekere sivomereza kuti kachilomboka ndi chinyengo; Pofika Lachinayi masana Dow idachokapo kuposa ma 3,000 kuyambira sabata yatha. Misika yakugwa ikuwoneka kuti ikudetsa utsogoleri kuposa chiyembekezo cha, mukudziwa, anthu akufa. Chifukwa chake a Larry Kudlow, katswiri wazachuma paboma, adanenanso kuti kachilomboka "kalibe" - kutsutsana ndi CDC - ndipo adati anthu aku America agule masheya. Msika unapitilirabe kutsika.
Panthawiyo, oyang'anira akuwoneka kuti adazindikira kuti angafunike kuchita zina kupitilira kunena kuti zinthu zinali zabwino. Koma malinga ndi Greg Sargent ndi Paul Waldman wa The Washington Post, izo poyamba anafuna kulipira yankho la kachilomboka podula thandizo kwa osauka - makamaka, zothandizira zotenthetsera zotsika mtengo. Nkhanza muzinthu zonse.
Lachitatu a Trump adachita msonkhano wa atolankhani wokhudza kachilomboka, zambiri zomwe zidaperekedwa jabs zosasinthika ku Democrats ndi media. Adalengeza, komabe, mtsogoleri waboma ayankha zomwe zawopsezazo. M'malo moika katswiri wa zachipatala kuti aziyang'anira, komabe, adapereka ntchitoyi kwa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Mike Pence, yemwe ali ndi ubale wosangalatsa ndi ndondomeko ya thanzi komanso sayansi.
Kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yake yandale, Pence adawonetsa udindo wapadera pazaumoyo wa anthu, kulengeza kuti kusuta. sichipha anthu. Wanenanso mobwerezabwereza kuti chisinthiko ndi nthanthi chabe. Monga bwanamkubwa waku Indiana, adaletsa pulogalamu yosinthira singano yomwe ikanalepheretsa a chiopsezo chachikulu cha HIV, mโmalomwake apemphere.
Ndipo tsopano, malinga ndi The Times, asayansi aboma adzafunika kupeza chilolezo cha Pence asananene za coronavirus.
Chifukwa chake kuyankha kwa Trumpian pamavuto ndikungodziganizira okha, kumangoyang'ana kwambiri kuti Trump aziwoneka bwino m'malo moteteza America. Ngati zenizeni sizimapangitsa Trump kuwoneka bwino, iye ndi ogwirizana nawo akuukira amithenga, akudzudzula atolankhani ndi a Democrats - poyesa kuletsa asayansi kuti atidziwitse. Ndipo posankha anthu kuti athane ndi vuto lenileni, a Trump amalandila kukhulupirika m'malo mochita bwino.
Mwina Trump - ndi America - adzakhala ndi mwayi, ndipo izi sizikhala zoipa monga momwe zingakhalire. Koma aliyense amene akudzidalira pakali pano sakulabadira.
Paul Krugman adalumikizana ndi New York Times mu 1999 ngati wolemba nkhani wa Op-Ed. Iye ndi pulofesa wodziwika mu Graduate Center Economics Ph.D. pulogalamu ndi katswiri wodziwika ku Luxembourg Income Study Center ku City University of New York. Kuphatikiza apo, ndi pulofesa wotuluka ku Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School.
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