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Ingqikithi yamacala aqinisekisiwe e-Covid-19 ngokwezwe (okugqanyiswe iChina), avela e-Oxford University's Umhlaba Wethu kuDatha.
Izindaba ze-Bloomberg (4/1/20) kubike ukuthi izikhulu zaseMelika ezingaziwa zithi umbiko oyimfihlo wezobunhloli baseMelika uthi izibalo zaseChina mayelana nokuqubuka kwe-coronavirus "zingezona":
I-China ifihle izinga lokuqubuka kokuqubuka kwe-coronavirus ezweni layo, ibika kancane amacala kanye nokufa kwabantu abahlaselwe yilesi sifo, umphakathi wezobunhloli waseMelika uphethe embikweni oyimfihlo oya eWhite House, ngokusho kwezikhulu ezintathu zaseMelika.
Lezi zikhulu zicele ukuthi zingadalulwa ngoba umbiko uyimfihlo, zenqabile ukudalula imininingwane yawo. Kepha inhloso, bathi, ukuthi ukubika komphakathi waseChina ngamacala nokufa kwabantu akuphelele ngamabomu. Ezimbili zalezi zikhulu zithe umbiko uphetha ngokuthi izinombolo zaseChina zingamanga.
Uhulumeni wase-China noma izinhlangano zezobunhloli zase-US ayimithombo ethembeke kakhulu. Ngakho-ke uma bengavumelani mayelana nokuthi izibalo zaseChina ekuqubukeni kwayo kwe-Covid-19 zinembile, njenge Bloomberg kubika, ingabe ikhona indlela yokutshela ukuthi ubani okhuluma iqiniso?
Hhayi-ke, ungabheka umbiko weWorld Health Organisation (2/28/20), ethumele ithimba lezingqapheli zamazwe ngamazwe eChina kusukela ngoFebhuwari 16-24 njengoba ukuqubuka kwakusaqhubeka, ikhuluma namakhulu odokotela baseChina nabanye abasebenzi bezempilo abahamba phambili ezibhedlela, emitholampilo nasezilabhorethri. Njengoba uDkt. Bruce Aylward, udokotela waseCanada futhi owayengumsizi womqondisi jikelele we-WHO owayehola iqembu, esho esithangamini nabezindaba (2/24/20) ethula okutholwe yiqembu:
Ngiyazi ukuthi kube nezinselelo ngezibalo eziphuma eChina kwesinye isikhathi nezibalo ezishintshayo. Futhi [okufanele] sikwenze ukubheka ngokucophelela imithombo ehlukene yolwazi ukuze sisho ngokuqiniseka ukuthi lokhu kuncipha ngempela. Futhi uma uphuma enkundleni, kunedatha eminingi ephoqelelayo kanye nokubona ukusekela lokhu kwehla….
Ngiyazi abantu babuka izinombolo bese bebuza ukuthi kwenzakalani ngempela. Futhi senza kanjalo. Ngisebenzela i-WHO. Yebo. Kodwa nginabantu abangu-12 enginabo abasebenzela izikhungo ezihamba phambili, ucwaningo kanye nezikhungo zezempilo zomphakathi emhlabeni jikelele. Bafuna ukuqiniseka. Futhi ngokushesha okukhulu, imithombo eminingi yedatha yakhomba into efanayo: Lokhu kuyawa futhi kuyawa ngenxa yezenzo ezithathwayo.
Noma ungabheka ku- Journal of the American Medical Association, esishicilele imibiko eminingi ngokuqubuka kwe-Covid-19 yaseShayina, okuhlanganisa "Izici Nezifundo Ezibalulekile Ezivela Ku-Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Ukuqubuka kwe-China" (2/24/20), eyaphawula ukuthi "uhulumeni waseShayina uthuthukise amandla akhe okuphendula ubhubhane" selokhu kwaqubuka i-SARS yango-2002-03, lapho kudlula izinsuku ezingama-88 ecaleni lokuqala le-SARS eya eChina yazisa i-WHO ngalo bhubhane, lapho kwase kunamacala angama-300. nokufa kwabahlanu. Nge-Covid-19, ngokuphambene nalokho, bekunezinsuku ezingama-23 kuphela phakathi kokuqala kwezimpawu esimweni sokuqala kanye nesixwayiso saseChina esiya ku-WHO ngoDisemba 31, 2019, lapho bekunamacala angama-27 kuphela futhi kungashonanga muntu.
Noma ungabheka imibiko efanayo kwamanye amajenali ezokwelapha ahamba phambili, njengokuthi “Amandla Okudluliselwa Kwangaphambi Kokuqala eWuhan, eChina, eNovel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia” (I-New England Journal of Medicine, 3/26/20) noma “Izilinganiso Zobunzima Besifo SeCoronavirus 2019: Ukuhlaziywa Okusekelwe Kumodeli” (I-Lancet, 3/30/20). Uma noma yimuphi ezinkulungwaneni zabacwaningi abebehlola izibalo zama-coronavirus aseShayina befuna amaphethini angasiza ukunqoba ubhubhane kwenye indawo bathole izimpawu zezinombolo “ezingelona iqiniso,” Bloomberg kubonakala sengathi akazi ngakho.
Iqiniso liwukuthi kunzima kakhulu ukufihla ubhubhane. Ukumisa igciwane kudinga ukuhlonza nokuhlukanisa amacala okutheleleka, futhi uma ushaya sengathi wenze kanjalo ube ungakakwenzi, amacala angafundiwe azokhula kakhulu. Ukugcina isethi efihliwe yezibalo zangempela nenye isethi yombukiso kungadinga inhlanganisela eyimfihlo yodokotela baseChina abayizigidi ezimbili nabahlengikazi abayizigidi ezi-2—uhlobo lokubambisana olungenakwenzeka olunikeza imibono yozungu igama elibi.
I-China ihamba kancane futhi ngokucophelela ibuyela esimweni esijwayelekile (Isayensi, 3/29/20). Uma i-China imane yenza sengathi ilawulwa yi-coronavirus, i-pathogen izokhula ngokushesha njengoba abantu beqala ukuxhumana nemiphakathi yabo. Uma uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe selubuyiselwe, kuzoba sobala ukuthi amazwe enzani futhi awanakho ukuphatha okusebenzayo kwe-Covid-19.
Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, izitolo zezindaba zingakwazi ukusiza umphakathi ngokucaphuna ochwepheshe bezempilo ngokwethembeka kwezibalo zezempilo, kunosopolitiki. Esiqeshini esilandelayo, Bloomberg (4/2/20) kucashunwe umkhulumeli woMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseShayina u-Hua Chunying ("Ezinye izikhulu zase-US zifuna ukususa icala," esho, ngokusobala ngokwanele) kanye noDonald Trump, iPhini likaMongameli uMike Pence, uNobhala Wezwe laseMelika uMichael Pompeo kanye noSenenja waseRiphabhlikhi uBen Sasse. Uchwepheshe okuwukuphela kwakhe ocashunwe kwakunguDeborah Birx, "udokotela wezifo zokuzivikela eMnyangweni Wezwe laseMelika oweluleka i-White House ngempendulo yayo kulokhu kuqubuka," uthe, "Umphakathi wezokwelapha ... ”
Akuyona indlela idatha yamaShayina ehunyushwe ngayo yimishini ye-WHO. Njengoba u-Aylward esho esithangamini sabezindaba:
Akungabazeki ukuthi indlela yaseShayina enesibindi yokusabalala ngokushesha kwaleli gciwane elisha lokuphefumula liye lashintsha inkambo yalokho okwakukhula ngokushesha futhi kuqhubeka nokuba ubhubhane olubulalayo…. yilokho okwenzekayo uma unesenzo esinolaka esishintsha isimo ongayilindela ekuqubukeni kwesifo esithathelwanayo. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu e-China, kodwa kubaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni wonke, lapho leli gciwane olibonile ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule lisizakala ngokuqhuma.
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