Kupambana: COVID-19 Kawiri, Vaxxed Times Three
Aliyense amene ndalankhula naye akunena kuti COVID-19 amamva ngati wodwala wina. Sitingathe kuyika chala chathu pa chifukwa…zimangomva zachilendo mwanjira yoyipa kwambiri. Nthawi yoyamba yomwe ndinapeza, ndinadzuka ndi zilonda zapakhosi ndipo ndinamva ngati ndagundidwa ndi basi. Chilichonse chinandipweteka ndikutsegula maso anga kunatenga mphamvu zofanana ndi kukwera phiri. Panthawiyi, ndinali nditalandira katemera kawiri ndipo ndinadzimva kuti ndine wotetezeka kuti ndipite pagulu, ngakhale kuti nkhani zinandichenjeza za mtundu watsopano wa delta. Halloween ndi imodzi mwatchuthi chomwe ndimakonda kwambiri ndipo ndimamva bwino kupita kocheza ndi bwenzi langa ndikukasangalala! Kupatula apo, ndimasunga njira zoyenera zopewera chitetezo: masks, zotsukira m'manja komanso malo abwino okhala ndi mapazi asanu ndi chimodzi zikadandisunga mu "kalabu yopanda kachilomboka." Pafupifupi masiku awiri pambuyo pake zinandikhudza kwambiri. Nthawi yomweyo, ndidakonza zoyezetsa COVID-19. Zizindikirozo zinayamba kukula pamene ndinali kuyembekezera zotsatira. Mnzanga anali kunja kwa tawuni, ndipo ndinadziwa kuti izi zinali zabwino kwambiri. Palibe chifukwa chotipangitsa kuti tonse tigwere pa kama komanso omvetsa chisoni. Zinkamveka ngati zoopsa kwambiri zomwe sindikanafunira aliyense. Ndinalandira meseji yowopsa kwinakwake cha m'ma 10:00 pm usiku wotsatira wonena kuti ndinali ndi COVID-19. Ndinachita mantha, mantha komanso ndekha. Ndikanachita bwanji izi ndekha? Patatha masiku awiri, chibwenzi changa chinanditumizira meseji kundiuza kuti nayenso ali ndi kachilombo. Osati kuti zinapangitsa kuti zikhale bwino kudziwa kuti nayenso akudwala, koma ndinali ndi wina woti azindisangalatsa.
Mutu, kutopa, zilonda zapakhosi, ndi kupindika zidayamba. Ndiye kunali chizungulire ndi kutaya kukoma ndi kununkhiza. Minofu ya m'miyendo yanga inali ngati kuti ana a ng'ombe atsekeredwa m'njira yolakwika. Kusowa kosiyana kwa zizindikiro za kupuma kunadziwika. Ndikukumbukira ndikulira pa foni ndi mnzanga wapamtima za momwe ndinasangalalira kulandira katemera. Zomwe ndinkamva zinali zoopsa. Ndinkadziwa kuti zikanakhala zoipa kwambiri. Kupatula apo, izi zidayambitsa mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi. Mlandu ndi mantha nazonso zinali zolemetsa mu mtima mwanga. Ndinkachita mantha kwambiri kuti ndinapatsira ena ndisanamve zizindikiro. Kuti kachilombo ka chilombo kameneka kakhoza kuvulaza munthu wina kwambiri kuposa momwe ndimamvera chifukwa ndinkafuna kukhala ndi anthu kwa nthawi yoyamba m'chaka. Mkwiyo unayambanso. Mkwiyo unayang'ana kwa aliyense amene ndamutengera kachilomboka komanso kwa ine ndekha panjira zonse zomwe ndikadapewera izi kuti zisachitike. Komabe, ndinkadzuka tsiku lililonse ndikutha kupuma ndipo ndinali woyamikira.
Ndinapirira ndekha komanso mothandizidwa ndi anzanga angapo ndi achibale omwe anali okoma mtima kuponya zinthu pakhomo panga. Zofunikira zofunika zidakwaniritsidwa ndi chakudya chambiri komanso kubweretsa golosale. Usiku wina, nditasamba ndi Vicks vaporizer steamers, ndinazindikira kuti sindingathe kulawa kapena kununkhiza kalikonse. Zinali zodabwitsa kwambiri chifukwa ndimamva ngati ubongo wanga ukugwira ntchito mowonjezereka kuyesa kundinyengerera kuti ndikumbukire momwe supu imanunkhira kapena mapepala ochapidwa kumene. Nditadya zakudya zosiyanasiyana, pofuna kuonetsetsa kuti sindingathe kulawa chilichonse, ndinayamba kulakalaka mabisiketi. Ngati sindinalawe kalikonse ndipo chakudya chimamveka chosakhutiritsa, bwanji osadya zinthu kuti zipangidwe? Bwenzi langa anandipangira mabisiketi ondipangira kunyumba n’kuwagwetsera pakhomo langa patangopita ola limodzi. Kusakaniza kwa chakudya kunali gawo lokhalo lokhutiritsa la kudya, panthawiyi. Mwanjira ina mu delirium yanga, ndinaganiza zoika sipinachi yaiwisi mu chirichonse kuphatikizapo oatmeal wanga. Chifukwa chiyani?
Masabata awiri ogona ndikuwonera makanema apa TV osasintha adakhala ngati chifunga. Ndinkayenda galu wanga nthawi zodabwitsa kuti ndipewe anthu, ndikatha. Masabata awiri onsewa adakhala ngati ndikulota malungo. Kusawoneka bwino kwa Netflix, zokhwasula-khwasula zipatso, Tylenol, ndi naps.
Nditangololedwa kutero ndi adotolo wanga, ndidapita kukatenga chothandizira changa cha COVID-19. Wamankhwala anandiuza kuti atakhala ndi COVID-19 ndikupeza chilimbikitso, "Uyenera kukhala wosawombera zipolopolo." Mawu amenewo anandikhudza kwambiri m’makutu mwanga. Zinali zosayenera kubzala mbewu kuti chilimbikitso chachitatu ichi chikhale tikiti yakukhala opanda nkhawa kuchokera ku COVID-19. Makamaka podziwa kuti mitundu yatsopano ikufalikira ngati moto wolusa.
Posachedwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi. Sindinayendepo ndipo ndinali tcheru kwambiri ndi nkhani zamitundu yopatsirana yomwe ikufalikirabe. Ndinakhala ndikuzengereza kupita kukawona agogo anga azaka 93 chifukwa sanalandire katemera. Nayenso analibe cholinga chochita zimenezo. Tinakambirana za mmene katemera anasiya. Sanali kuchotsa mlingo kwa munthu wina amene ankaufuna kwambiri, chimene chinali chifukwa chake chachikulu. Sindinasiye kukamuona ku Las Vegas chifukwa ndinali ndi mantha omveka akuti ndikanamuika pachiwopsezo ngati ndipita kukamuona. Ndinali kuyembekezera kuti tidzatha kufika kumalo kumene kukanakhala kotetezeka kuti ndipiteko. Tsoka ilo, kumayambiriro kwa mwezi wa May anamwalira mosayembekezereka, chifukwa cha matenda a maganizo ndi matenda ena. Tinkalankhula mlungu uliwonse Lamlungu madzulo pamene ndinali kuphika chakudya chamadzulo ndipo kaŵirikaŵiri iye anali kubweretsa “matenda amenewo” amene anali kupha mamiliyoni a anthu. Anadzipatula kotheratu kuyambira 2020, yomwe inali ndi mavuto akeake, monga kukhumudwa, agoraphobia komanso kulumikizana kochepa ndi dotolo wake wamkulu wachipatala kuti apewe chithandizo chamankhwala. Chifukwa chake, ngakhale zidandipha kuti ndisathenso kumuwonanso kuyambira 2018, ndikumva ngati ndapanga chisankho choyenera ngakhale ndikumva chisoni kwambiri.
Ndinapita ku Las Vegas ndi makolo anga kukathandiza kumanga nkhani za agogo anga kumapeto kwa May. Tidanyamuka kupita ku Vegas ndikutenga njira zonse zodzitetezera ndi masks komanso kucheza ndi anthu ngakhale kuti dziko lonse lapansi likuwoneka kuti lapumula pang'ono pazinthu izi. Titafika ku Vegas, zikuwoneka ngati COVID-19 kulibe. Anthu anali kuyendayenda m'misewu yodzaza anthu ambiri opanda masks, akusewera makina ojambulira osagwiritsa ntchito zotsukira m'manja, komanso osakhudzidwa ndi kufalitsa majeremusi. Makolo anga ankaona kuti n’zosadabwitsa kuti ndinakana kukwera chikepe ndi munthu wina aliyense kupatulapo iwo. Izi zinali mwachibadwa osati mwadala. Kunena zowona ndinali ndisanazindikire mpaka iwo ananenapo kanthu za izo. Popeza nyengo ya Vegas inali yotentha kwambiri, zinali zosavuta kusiya njira zina zotetezera zomwe zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito mu ubongo wathu zaka ziwiri ndi theka zapitazi.
Nditakhala ku Vegas kwa tsiku limodzi, ndinalandira foni kuchokera kwa mnzanga. Anali kudandaula ndi zilonda zapakhosi, chifuwa, komanso kutopa. Amagwira ntchito m'masitolo ndipo amakumana ndi anthu mazana ambiri patsiku, ndiye lingaliro lathu loyambirira linali loti amayenera kuyezetsa. Zowonadi, adayesa kunyumba komwe adawonetsa zotsatira zabwino. Ntchito yake inkafuna kuyezetsa PCR ndipo adabweranso ndi chiyembekezo patatha masiku angapo. Anayenera kuvutika ndi izi yekha, monga momwe ndinaliri nthawi yanga yoyamba. Ine, monga momwe adachitira, ndimadana nazo kudziwa kuti akukumana ndi izi yekha koma ndimaganiza kuti zitha kukhala zabwino kwambiri. Kuti ndifike kunyumba mwamsanga kuti ndibwerere kuntchito, ndinaganiza zokwera ndege kunyumba pamene makolo anga anabwereranso patangopita masiku angapo. Ndinadutsa pabwalo la ndege, ndinakhala pa ndege (ndi chigoba) ndikuyendetsa ndege ziwiri ndisanafike kunyumba. Nditangofika kunyumba, ndidayezetsa kunyumba kwa COVID-19, ngakhale mnzanga adapha nyumba yathu ndipo adayamba kumva bwino. Mayeso akunyumba kwake adawonetsa kuti alibe. Tidawona kuti nanenso ndili pagulu! "Osati lero COVID-19!," titha kunena nthabwala wina ndi mnzake.
Osati mwachangu… patadutsa masiku atatu nditakhala kunyumba, mmero wanga unayamba kuwawa. Mutu wanga unkandipweteka kwambiri moti ndinkalephera kukweza mutu wanga. Ndinayesanso. Zoipa. Ndimagwira ntchito m'chipatala masiku awiri pa sabata, zomwe zimafuna kuti ndifotokoze za zizindikiro za thupi ndisanaperekedwe kuntchito ndipo dipatimenti yawo ya zaumoyo imafuna kuti ndipite kukayezetsa PCR. Tsiku lotsatira, ndinapeza zotsatira zoyezetsa. Ndinakhala pansi ndikulira. Sindinakhale ndekha nthawi ino, zomwe zinali zabwino kudziwa. Ndinkakhulupirira kuti nthawi ino ikhala yophweka, ndipo zinali zambiri. Panthawiyi ndinali ndi zizindikiro za kupuma kuphatikizapo kulimba m'chifuwa changa komanso chifuwa chachikulu chomwe chimapweteka. Mutu unali kuchititsa khungu. Pakhosi pamakhala ngati ndameza kapu ya mchenga wouma. Koma sindinasiye kumva kukoma kapena kununkhiza. Ndinagwa padziko lapansi kwa masiku asanu olimba. Masiku anga anali kugona tulo, kuonera zolaula mopambanitsa ndikungoyembekezera kuti ndithana nazo zovuta. Ndikuuzidwa kuti izi ndi zofatsa koma palibe chilichonse chokhudza izi.
Nditayamba kumva bwino ndipo nthawi yoti ndikhale ndekhandekha itatha, ndinaganiza kuti ndiye kutha kwake. Ndinali wokonzeka kuwerenga chigonjetso changa ndikubwerera ku moyo. Komabe, zizindikiro zazitali zinali kuonekerabe. Ndinali wotopa kwambiri, ndipo mutu ukhoza kugwedezeka panthawi yovuta kwambiri kuti ndikhale wopanda ntchito, osachepera mpaka Tylenol atalowa mkati. Patha miyezi ingapo ndipo ndimamvabe ngati thupi langa silili chimodzimodzi. Ndikuda nkhawa ndi zotsatirapo zokhalitsa, ndipo pali nkhani zokwanira zowopsya zomwe zafotokozedwa pa nkhani za anthu omwe sachira. Tsiku lina ndinapatsidwa mawu anzeru ochokera kwa mnzanga, "Werengani zonse mpaka mukuchita mantha, ndiye pitirizani kuwerenga mpaka mutasiya."
Ngakhale kuti ndadwalapo kachilomboka kawiri ndipo katemera katatu, ndili ndi mwayi kuti ndadutsa momwe ndidachitira. Kodi ndikumva kulandira katemera katatu kwasintha? Mwamtheradi.
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