United States Strategic National Stockpile yazinthu zofunikira zachipatala zomwe zimasungidwa ndi U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, zikuwoneka kuti sizingayankhe pavuto lomwe lilipo la COVID-19. Pali zokambirana zambiri m'nkhani zamasiku ano za yemwe ali ndi udindo pazolakwika. Kodi a Trump adapeza mashelufu opanda kanthu kapena odzaza pomwe adatenga udindo pambuyo pa Purezidenti Obama? Kodi katunduyu akuyenera kuthandizira maboma am'deralo kuthana ndi kuchepa kwamavuto ngati amenewa, monga tsamba la DHHS lidanenera mpaka Lachisanu lapitali, kapena likuyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi boma, "wathu siziyenera kukhala zosungirako zomwe amazigwiritsa ntchito, "monga mlangizi wamkulu wa White House Jared Kushner akuumiriza, malingaliro omwe amathandizidwa ndi tsamba la DHHS lomwe langosinthidwa kumene?
United States imasunga zosungira zina zabwino, mosamala kwambiri komanso pamtengo wokulirapo. Strategic Petroleum Reserve ndi nkhokwe ya mafuta ndi mafuta ndipo mu 2009, Purezidenti Obama adalengeza za "Stockpile Stewardship Program," adalonjeza ndalama zoposa thililiyoni kuti awonetsetse "chitetezo, chitetezo, ndi kudalirika" komanso "kukulitsa moyo" wa kuchulukirachulukira kwa zida za nyukiliya. Tanthauzo lodziwika bwino la mtanthauzira mawu la liwu loti "utumiki" ndi chikhalidwe chomwe chimaphatikizapo kukonzekera bwino ndi kasamalidwe ka zinthu zamtsogolo, koma mu 2009, Purezidenti Obama samalankhula za kuyang'anira malo osalimba, kapena kugwa kwamisewu. milatho ndi ngalande, zipatala kapena masukulu, ngakhale kuyang'anira malo athu osungirako zachilengedwe ndi nkhalango, koma ukapitawo wosunga zida zanyukiliya. "Kuwonjezera moyo" komwe adafuna kuti sikunali kwa okalamba padziko lapansi omwe ali pachiwopsezo, koma zida zankhondo zowononga kwambiri zomwe zikuwopseza kuwonongedwa kwa zamoyo zonse.
Kutsimikiza kwa Purezidenti Trump kuti achotse cholowa cha omwe adamutsogolera sikugwira ntchito ku Pulogalamu ya Obama's Stockpile Stewardship Program. Ndi chithandizo chapadera cha bipartisan, kukulitsa moyo wa zida za nyukiliya kwasungidwa motetezedwa ku kuchepa kwa bajeti ya Trump komwe kunachepetsa kuthekera kwa United States poyankha mliri.
Patsiku limeneli mu 1967, chaka chimodzi asanaphedwe, Martin Luther King Jr. anakamba nkhani pa tchalitchi cha Riverside ku New York yotchedwa “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” yomwe ikukamba za mmene zida zowonongera anthu zakhala zikuchitika masiku ano. kukhala patsogolo kuposa zida zamachiritso. “Dziko limene limapitirizabe kuwononga ndalama zambiri chaka ndi chaka poteteza usilikali kusiyana ndi kuchita zinthu zolimbikitsa anthu,” anatero Dr. King, “likutsala pang’ono kufa mwauzimu.” M'mawu awa Dr. King adatcha "zoyipa zitatu zankhondo, kusankhana mitundu, ndi kukonda chuma" ndipo adadandaula kuti "maulendo ngati Vietnam adapitilira kukopa amuna ndi luso komanso ndalama ngati chubu choyamwa cha ziwanda" pomwe zosowa za anthu, makamaka za osauka, sanakumane.
Pakati pa mawu ofanana ndi mawu akuti “stockpile,” limodzi ndi “cache,” “hoard,” “storing” ndi “lay-away” pali mawu akuti “chuma.” Timasunga zinthu zamtengo wapatali kwa ife, zinthu zimene timaona kuti n’zamtengo wapatali, zimene timafuna kusunga mtsogolo. Yesu anati, “Pakuti kumene kuli chuma chako, mtima wako umakhalanso komweko.” Poyang'ana zofunikira zathu za bajeti, kusunga chiwopsezo cha chiwonongeko cha nyukiliya kuli pafupi ndi mtima wathu wonse kuposa thanzi lathu ndi miyoyo yathu ndipo tafika pa imfa yauzimu Dr. King anachenjeza zaka 52 zapitazo.
Ngakhale kuti pali moyo, chiyembekezo chilipo, ndipo tili panthaŵi yovuta kwambiri. Ngakhale mliri wa COVID-19 uli woyipa, upitilira ndipo anthu azipitilira. Zofananazo sizinganenedwe, komabe, za ziwopsezo zomwe zatsala pang'ono kuwononga zida zanyukiliya ndi kugwa kwanyengo. Sitidzakhala ndi moyo padziko lapansi pano bola ngati kuyang'anira nkhokwe zamafuta ndi zida za nyukiliya ndizofunika kwambiri kuposa zopangira mpweya ndi masks opangira opaleshoni. Malingana ngati "kukulitsa moyo" kumatanthauza kusunga zida za nyukiliya zamakono osati zaumoyo, nyumba, maphunziro, mtendere ndi thanzi la onse, sipangakhale chiyembekezo.
Dr. King ananena kuti: “Ndili wotsimikiza kuti ngati titi tipite ku mbali yoyenera ya kusintha kwa zinthu padziko lonse, ife monga mtundu tiyenera kusintha kwambiri makhalidwe athu. Zaka 52 pambuyo pake, moyo wathu weniweniwo monga zamoyo uli pachiwopsezo ndipo kusintha kwakukulu kwa makhalidwe kumene iye analalikira ndicho chiyembekezo chathu chabwino koposa.
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