Kubudirira: COVID-19 Kaviri, Vaxxed Nguva Yetatu
Wese munhu wandakataura naye anoti COVID-19 inonzwa senge rudzi rwekurwara. Hatikwanise kunyatsoisa munwe wedu kuti sei…zvinongonzwa zvisinganzwisisike nenzira yakaipa kwazvo. Nguva yandakatanga kuiwana ndakapepuka pahuro ndichiita sendarohwa nebhazi. Zvose zvakarwadza uye kuramba ndakasvinura zvakatora simba rakafanana nekufamba mugomo. Panguva iyi, ndakanga ndabaiwa nhomba kaviri uye ndikanzwa ndakachengeteka zvikuru nezvekuenda kuruzhinji, zvisinei neyambiro yenhau pamusoro peiyo delta mutsauko mutsva. Halloween nderimwe remazororo angu andaifarira uye ndainzwa zvakanaka kubuda neshamwari yangu tichinakidzwa! Mushure mezvose, ndanga ndichichengetedza nzira dzekuchengetedza dzakakodzera: masiki, sanitizer yemaoko uye bhururu remamita matanhatu renzvimbo yangu zvechokwadi raizondichengeta mu "kirabhu isina utachiona." Anenge mazuva maviri gare gare zvakandibata zvikuru. Pakarepo, ndakaronga bvunzo dzeCOVID-19. Zviratidzo zvakatanga kufambira mberi pandakanga ndakamirira mhinduro. Mumwe wangu akanga asiri muguta, uye ndaiziva kuti izvi zvimwe zvaiva zvakanaka. Hazvina musoro kuti isu tose tirove pasofa uye nenhamo. Zvaiita sechinhu chakashata chandaisazoshuvira chero munhu. Ndakatambira meseji yaityisa pane imwe nzvimbo kuma 10:00 pm husiku hwakatevera ichiti chokwadi ndaive neCOVID-19. Ndakanzwa kutya, kutya uye ndega. Ndaizozviita sei ndega? Kwapera mazuva maviri, shamwari yangu yakanditumira meseji kuti naiyewo aiva neutachiona. Kwete kuti zvainge zvave nani kuti ndizive kuti airwarawo, asi ndakange ndiine munhu aindifarira.
Kutemwa nemusoro, kupera simba, kurwadza kwehuro, uye kutumbuka kwakatanga. Kwakabva kwaita dzungu uye kurasikirwa nekuravira nekunhuwa. Majombo emhasuru mumakumbo angu aiita kunge mhuru dzangu dzanamira pa vice grip. Kusavapo kwakasiyana kwezviratidzo zvekufema kwakacherechedzwa. Ndinoyeuka ndichichema parunhare neshamwari yangu yepamoyo ndichitenda kuti ndakawana jekiseni. Zvandainzwa zvaityisa. Ndakaziva kuti zvaigona kunge zvakanyanya kuipa. Mushure mezvose, ichi ndicho chaive chikonzero chedenda repasi rose. Mhosva nekutya zvakangoremerawo mumoyo mangu. Ndaitya zvikuru kuti ndakanga ndazvipfuudza kune vamwe ndisati ndanzwa zviratidzo. Kuti utachiona hwechikara uhu hwaigona kukuvadza mumwe munhu zvakanyanya kupfuura zvandainzwa nekuti ndaida kuva nevanhu kekutanga mukati megore. Hasha dzakabva dzapindawo. Hasha dzakanangana kune wandakabata utachiona uhu uye pachangu nenzira dzese dzandaigona kudzivirira kuti izvi zvisaitike. Kunyange zvakadaro, ndaimuka zuva rega rega uye ndaigona kufema uye ndakaonga izvozvo.
Ndakazvipedza ndoga uye nebetsero yeshamwari shomanene nemitezo yemhuri vakanga vane mutsa zvakakwana kudonhedza zvinhu pasuo rangu. Zvinodikanwa zvekutanga zvakasangana neumbozha hwekudya uye kutakura girosari zvakare. Humwe husiku, mushure mekunge ndageza neVicks vaporizer steamers, ndakaona kuti hapana chandainzwa kana kunhuwidza. Kwakanga kuri kunzwa kusinganzwisisike nekuti ndaiita senge pfungwa dzangu dzaishanda zvakapfuura nguva ichiedza kundinyengedza kuti ndirangarire kuti soup yainhuwa sei kana kuti masheets achangobva kuwachwa. Pashure pokudya zvokudya zvakasiana-siana, kuti ndive nechokwadi chokuti hapana chandaikwanisa kuravira, ndakatanga havi yemabhisikiti. Kana ini ndaisagona kuravira chero chinhu uye chikafu chainzwa chisingagutsi zvachose, wadii kudya zvinhu zvekugadzira? Shamwari yangu yakandigadzirira mabhisikiti epamba ndokuadonhedza pagonhi rangu mukati meawa. Kugadzirwa kwechikafu ndiko chete kwaigutsa pakudya, panguva iyi. Sezvinei mudelirium yangu, ndakafunga kuisa sipinachi mbishi mune zvese kusanganisira oatmeal yangu. Nemhaka yei?
Vhiki mbiri dzekurara uye kuona zvisingaite zvepaTV zviratidziro zvainzwa kunge mhute inotyisa. Ndakafamba imbwa yangu panguva dzinoshamisa kuti ndidzivise vanhu, pandaikwanisa. Vhiki mbiri dzese dzakaita sendarota hope. A hazy blur yeNetflix, chikafu chemichero, Tylenol, uye naps.
Pakarepo mushure mekunge ndatenderwa kudaro nachiremba wangu, ndakaenda kunotora COVID-19 booster yangu. Mufesi akandiudza kuti mushure mekuva neCCIDID-19 uye kuwana booster, "Iwe unofanirwa kunge uri bulletproof." Mashoko iwayo akarova nzeve dzangu nenzira isina kugadzikana. Zvainzwa zvisina basa nekudyara mbeu iyo yechitatu inosimudzira yaizove tikiti rehupenyu husina kunetsekana kubva kuCOVID-19. Kunyanya kuziva kuti misiyano mitsva yakanga ichipararira semoto wesango.
Fast mberi mwedzi mitanhatu. Handisati ndafamba uye ndanga ndichiri kuchenjerera zvakanyanya nenhau dzemamwe marudzi anotapukira achiri kupararira. Ndakanga ndave kuverengera kuenda kunoona sekuru vangu vane makore 93 okuberekwa nekuti vakanga vasina kubaiwa. Akanga asinawo chinangwa chokudaro. Takataura nezvekuti pakanga pasisina kushomeka kwemishonga. Aive asiri kutora dose kubva kune mumwe munhu aitoda zvakanyanya, ndicho chaiva chikonzero chake chikuru. Ndakaramba ndakamira kumushanyira kuLas Vegas nokuti ndaitya kuti ndaizomuisa panjodzi kana ndaizoenda kunomuona. Ndakaramba ndichitarisira kuti taizokwanisa kusvika kune imwe nzvimbo yaizonzwa yakachengeteka kuti tikwanise kushanya. Zvinosuruvarisa, pakutanga kwaMay akafa zvisingatarisirwi, nekuda kwekuora mwoyo uye mamwe mamiriro ehutano. Taitaura vhiki riri rose manheru eSvondo apo ndaibika kudya kwamanheru uye kazhinji kazhinji aiunza “chirwere ichocho” chakanga chichiuraya mamiriyoni avanhu. Akange azviparadzanisa nevamwe kubva 2020, iyo yaive neyayo seti yematambudziko, sekuora mwoyo, agoraphobia uye kushomeka kuonana nachiremba wake wekutanga kuchengetedza hutano hwekudzivirira. Saka, kunyangwe zvakandiuraya kuti ndisakwanise kumuona zvakare kubva muna 2018, ndinonzwa sekunge ndakaita sarudzo ine mutoro kunyangwe ichiuya nekudemba kukuru.
Ndakaenda kuLas Vegas nevabereki vangu kunobatsira kusunga nyaya dzasekuru vangu pakupera kwaMay. Takabuda takananga kuVasgas uye takatora matanho anodiwa ekuchengetedza nemasiki uye kufambidzana munharaunda kunyangwe nyika yese yaiita kunge yakasununguka zvishoma nezvezvinhu izvi. Patakangosvika muVegas, zvaiita sekunge COVID-19 isipo. Vanhu vaifamba-famba mumigwagwa yakazara vanhu vasina masiki, vachitamba slot machines vasingashandise sanitizer yemaoko, uye vasina hanya nekufambiswa kweutachiona. Vabereki vangu vakafunga kuti zvakanga zvisinganzwisisike kuti ndakaramba kukwira musimudzwa nomumwe munhu kunze kwavo. Izvi zvaingova zvomuzvarirwo kwete nemaune. Kutaura chokwadi ndakanga ndisina kumbozviona kusvika vataura chimwe chinhu nezvazvo. Nemamiriro ekunze eVegas achipisa zvakanyanya, zvaive nyore kurega mamwe matanho ekuchengetedza akadhindwa muhuropi hwedu mukati memakore maviri nehafu apfuura.
Ndava muVegas kwezuva, ndakafonerwa nemumwe wangu. Akanga achinyunyuta nekurwadziwa pahuro, kukosora, uye kunzwa kuneta. Anoshanda muzvitoro uye anoratidzwa kumazana evanhu pazuva, saka pfungwa yedu yekutanga yaive yekuti aifanira kuongororwa. Chokwadi, akatora bvunzo yekumba yakaratidza mhedzisiro. Basa rake raida bvunzo yePCR uye zvakare yakadzoka yakanaka mazuva akati wandei gare gare. Aizofanira kutambura kuburikidza neizvi ega, sezvandakaita nguva yangu yekutanga kutenderera. Ini, sezvaakaita, ndakavenga kuziva kuti aipfuura neizvi ega asi ndakafunga kuti zvingave zvakanaka. Kuti ndisvike kumba nokukurumidza kuti ndidzokere kubasa, ndakasarudza kukwira ndege kuenda kumba apo vabereki vangu vakatyaira vachidzoka pashure pemazuva mashomanene. Ndakapfuura nepaairport, ndakagara mundege (ine mask) uye ndakafamba nendege mbiri ndisati ndasvika kumba. Ndichingosvika kumba, ndakatora bvunzo dzeCOVID-19 kumba, kunyangwe mumwe wangu akauraya utachiona mufurati yedu uye akange ave kunzwa zviri nani. Ma tests ekumba kwake airatidza kuti aive negative. Takafunga kuti neniwo ndakanga ndave pachena! "Kwete nhasi COVID-19!," taitaura tichiseka kune mumwe nemumwe.
Kwete kukurumidza kudaro… mushure memazuva matatu ndiri pamba, pahuro pangu pakatanga kurwadza. Musoro wangu wairwadza zvekuti ndakatadza kusimudza musoro. Ndakaita imwe bvunzo. Negative. Ndinoshanda muchipatara mazuva maviri pasvondo, izvo zvinoda kuti nditaure zviratidzo zvemuviri ndisati ndaenda kubasa uye dhipatimendi ravo rehutano hwemabasa rinoda kuti ndiende kunoongororwa PCR. Chokwadi zuva rakatevera, ndakawana mhinduro yakanaka. Ndakagara pasi ndikachema. Ndakanga ndisiri kuzova ndega panguva iyi, izvo zvakanga zvakanaka kuziva. Ndakanga ndichitarisira kuti panguva ino kutenderera kwaizova nyore zvishoma, uye zvaive kune chikamu chikuru. Panguva ino ndaiva nezviratidzo zvekufema zvinosanganisira kusunga muchipfuva changu uye chikosoro chechipfuva chakadzika chairwadza. Musoro wakanga wava kupofumadza. Pahuro paiita kunge ndamedza kapu yejecha rakaoma. Asi handina kurasikirwa nokunzwa kwokuravira kana kuti kunhuwidza. Ndakadonha kubva panyika kwemazuva mashanu akasimba. Mazuva angu aisanganisira kurara, kunyanyotarisa madocumentary uye ndichingotarisira kupfuudza zvakaipisisa. Ndinoudzwa kuti izvi zviratidzo zvinyoro asi hapana nezve izvi zvakanzwa zvakanaka.
Pandakangotanga kunzwa zviri nani uye nguva yangu yekuvharirwa yakwana, ndakafunga kuti ndiko kwaive kupera kwayo. Ndakanga ndagadzirira kuverenga kukunda kwangu uye kunyura zvakare muupenyu. Zvisinei, zviratidzo zvenguva refu zvakanga zvichiri kuratidza. Ndakanga ndichiri kunyanya kuneta, uye misoro yaizonyura panguva dzakaipisisa kuti ndiite ndisingabatsiri, kusvikira Tylenol yapinda mukati. Pave nemwedzi mishomanana gare gare uye ndichiri kunzwa sokuti muviri wangu hauna kufanana. Ini ndinonetsekana nemhedzisiro inogara, uye kune nyaya dzinotyisa dzakakwana dzinoratidzwa panhau nezve vanhu vasingambo nyatso kupora. Rimwe zuva ndakapiwa mashoko akachenjera kubva kune shamwari, "Verenga zvose kusvikira watya, uye ramba uchiverenga kusvikira iwe usisiri."
Kunyangwe ndakasangana nehutachiona uhu kaviri uye ndakabaiwa katatu, ndine rombo rakanaka kuti ndakabudirira nenzira yandakaita. Ndinonzwa here kuva nemajekiseni matatu akaita mutsauko? Zvamazvirokwazvo.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Inowedzera Dziviriro, Kusiyana neImmune Suppression Claims - FactCheck.org