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Ugonyo lokubuyela esikolweni

Lixesha lonyaka kwakhona xa siqala ukubona izinto zesikolo ezifana neebhokisi zesidlo sasemini, iipeni, iipensile, neencwadana ezibhalwe kwiishelufa zevenkile. Oko kunokuthetha into enye kuphela; lixesha lokubuyela esikolweni. Kodwa linda, ngaba sisajongana nobhubhani we-COVID-19? Ewe, sinjalo, kodwa ngabantu abaninzi abagonywayo kwaye amanani okulaliswa esibhedlele esezantsi, inyaniso kukuba abantwana kulindeleke ukuba babuyele esikolweni ukuze baqhubeke nemfundo yabo, ubukhulu becala, ngokobuqu. Njengomanejala wenkqubo yogonyo lwangaphambili umongikazi wesebe lezempilo kwisithili esikhulu, ndinexhala malunga nempilo yabafundi bethu kunye nempilo yoluntu lwethu njengoko isikolo siqala kulo nyaka. Ibisoloko ingumngeni ukuqinisekisa ukuba abafundi bayagonywa phambi kokuba babuyele esikolweni, kwaye kulo nyaka, ngakumbi kulo nyaka kunye neziphumo ezithe ubhubhane ube nazo kuluntu lwethu ukufikelela kwiinkonzo zothintelo.

Ngaba usakhumbula umva ngoMatshi ka-2020 xa i-COVID-19 yavala umhlaba? Siye sayeka ukwenza izinto ezininzi ezisibhenca kwabanye abantu abangaphandle kwemizi yethu esondeleyo. Oku kuquka ukuya kubaboneleli bezonyango ngaphandle kokuba bekuyimfuneko ngokupheleleyo ukuba badibane buqu ukuze bafumane ukuxilongwa okanye isampuli yaselebhu. Kangangeminyaka emibini, uluntu lwethu alukhange luqhubeke nokucocwa kwamazinyo kunye neemviwo, ukuqina konyaka, kwaye uyiqikelele, izikhumbuzo eziqhubekayo kunye nolawulo logonyo olufunekayo kwiminyaka ethile, ngenxa yokoyika ukusasaza i-COVID-19. Siyibona kwiindaba kwaye siyibona kumanani ne Ukuhla okukhulu kugonyo lwabantwana kwiminyaka engama-30. Ngoku izithintelo ziyehla kwaye sichitha ixesha elininzi sikunye nabanye abantu kunye namalungu oluntu, kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba sihlala siphaphile ngokuchasene nokosulelwa ezinye izifo ezinokusasazeka ngabantu bethu, ukongeza kwi-COVID-19.

Kwixesha elidlulileyo, siye sabona amathuba amaninzi okugonywa ekuhlaleni, kodwa kulo nyaka unokuba nokwahluka kancinci. Ndikhumbula iinyanga ezikhokelela kwimisitho yokubuyela esikolweni xa umkhosi wethu wabongikazi kwisebe lezempilo wawuhlanganisana kwintlanganiso yesidlo sasemini, kwaye sasiya kuchitha iiyure ezintathu sicwangcisa, sicwangcisa, kwaye sicwangcisa, kwaye sinikezela iishifti kwiiklinikhi ezijikeleze uluntu kwimisitho yokubuyela esikolweni. Siza kunikezela ngamawakawaka ogonyo kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezikhokelela esikolweni ukuqala ngonyaka. Siye saqhuba iikliniki izikhululo zomlilo (iikliniki zeTots kunye neekliniki zabaselula), kuzo zonke ii-ofisi zesebe lezempilo (I-Adams Arapahoe kunye ne-Douglas counties, amaqabane ethu kwidolophu yaseDenver wathatha amanyathelo afanayo), iivenkile zamasebe, iindawo zonqulo, iintlanganiso zeqela le-Boy Scout kunye ne-Girl Scout, imidlalo, kunye nakwi-Aurora Mall. Abahlengikazi bethu babediniwe emva kweekliniki zokubuyela esikolweni, kuphela ukuba baqalise ukucwangcisa i-influenza yokuwa kunye neekliniki ze-pneumococcal eziza kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo.

Kulo nyaka, ababoneleli bethu bezempilo badiniwe ngakumbi emva kokusabela kubhubhane oqhubekayo ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini. Ngelixa kusekho imisitho emikhulu yoluntu kunye neekliniki ezenzekayo, inani lamathuba okugonya abafundi lisenokungaxhaphakanga njengoko belinjalo ngaphambili. Kusenokuthatha inyathelo elibukhali ngakumbi kwicala labazali ukuqinisekisa ukuba umntwana wabo ugonywe ngokupheleleyo phambi, okanye kamsinya nje emva kokubuyela esikolweni. Ngobuninzi behlabathi ephakamisa izithintelo zokuhamba kunye neziganeko ezinkulu zoluntu, kukho amathuba aphezulu okuba izifo ezifana nemasisi, uqwilikana, ipoliyo, kunye nepertussis zibuye zinamandla kwaye zisasazeke kuluntu lwethu.. Eyona ndlela yokuthintela oku kungenzeki kukungavumeli ukuba isifo sifumaneke ngogonyo. Asikuko nje ukuzikhusela thina kunye neentsapho zethu, sikhusela abo basekuhlaleni abanesizathu sonyango sokwenene abanako ukugonywa kwizifo ezinjalo, kunye nokukhusela abahlobo bethu kunye nosapho olunokuthi lube buthathaka amajoni omzimba kwi-asthma, isifo seswekile, isifo semiphunga esingapheliyo (COPD), unyango lomhlaza, okanye iintlobo zezinye iimeko.

Qwalasela olu bizo lokugqibela lokuthabatha amanyathelo phambi okanye kamsinya nje emva kokuba isikolo siqalile, ukuze siqinisekise ukuba asikuyeki ukugabadela ezinye izifo ezosulelayo ngokwenza idinga kunye nomboneleli wezonyango womfundi wakho ukuze bafumane umzimba kunye nogonyo. Ngokuzingisa okuncinci sonke sinokuqinisekisa ukuba ubhubhane olandelayo esisabela kuwo ayisiyiyo esele sinezixhobo kunye nogonyo lokuthintela.