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Nge-Agasti yiNyanga yoKwazisa ngoGonyo kuZwelonke (i-NIAM) kwaye lixesha elihle lokujonga ukuqinisekisa ukuba sonke sihlaziyiwe ngogonyo lwethu. Uninzi lwabantu lucinga ngokugonywa njengento yabantwana abancinci okanye abakwishumi elivisayo, kodwa inyani kukuba abantu abadala bafuna ugonyo ngokunjalo. Ugonyo zezona ndlela zingcono zokuzikhusela kwizifo ezidodobalisa nezibulalayo ezikhoyo nakule mihla yethu. Kulula kakhulu ukufikelela kuzo kwaye kukho iindlela ezininzi zokufumana ugonyo kwindawo ephantsi, okanye ngaphandle kweendleko kubaboneleli abaliqela ekuhlaleni. Ugonyo luvavanywa ngokungqongqo kwaye lubekwe iliso, lubenza bakhuseleke ngokugqithileyo ngeziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezincinci ezihlala iiyure ezimbalwa ukuya kwiintsuku ezimbalwa. Kukho imithombo yolwazi eyaziwayo nephononongiweyo ngokwenzululwazi yokufunda okungakumbi malunga nogonyo kunye nendima ebalulekileyo abayidlalayo ekugcineni wena, usapho lwakho, abamelwane bakho kunye noluntu lwakho nikhuselekile kwaye nisempilweni. Njengoko ndithetha ngezifo ezithile apha ngezantsi, ndiza kunxibelelanisa ngalinye lamaZiko oLawulo noKuthintela izifo IiNkcazo ngeNtsholongwane.

Ukufumana ugonyo lwakho isenokungabi yinto yokuqala ocinga ngayo xa ulungiselela ukubuyela esikolweni. Kodwa ukuqinisekisa ukuba ukhuselekile kwizifo eziqhelekileyo ezisasazeka kwisihlwele esikhulu kufuneka kubaluleke kakhulu njengokufumana ubhaka omtsha, incwadana, ithebhulethi, okanye i-sanitizer yesandla. Amaxesha amaninzi ndibava abantu bethetha ngokungafuneki kugonyo lwesifo esingasasasazekanga okanye esiqhelekileyo kwindawo abahlala kuyo okanye abafunda kuyo. Nangona kunjalo, ezi zifo zisekho kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi kwaye zinokuhanjiswa ngokulula ngumntu ongagonywanga ohamba ehlotyeni kwenye yeendawo.

Kwakukho uqhambuko olukhulu lwemasisi endincedileyo ekuphandeni njengomphengululi ongumongikazi kunye nezifo kwiCandelo lezeMpilo lase-Tri-County ngo-2015. Ukuqhambuka kwaqala ngohambo losapho kwiDisneyland yaseCalifornia. Kungenxa yokuba iDisneyland yindawo yeholide yabantu abaninzi eMelika (US), kwiintsapho ezininzi ezinayo abantwana abangagonywanga kunye nabantu abadala ubuyile esi sifo, sinegalelo kokuqhambuka kwemasisi kakhulu kwimbali yakutshanje yase-US. Imasisi sisifo esosulelayo esihamba emoyeni esihlala emoyeni kangangeeyure ezininzi kwaye unokuthintelwa yimigonyo emibini yemasisi, uqwilikana, kunye nerubella (MMR) eqhubeka ubomi bakho bonke. Zikhona nezinye iindlela zokugonya abantu abatsha ekufuneka bezifumene ukuze bazikhusele kunye nabanye ekufumaneni ezi zifo. I-CDC inetafile ekulula ukuyilandela apho kucetyiswa ukugonywa kunye nokuba ubudala buphi.

Ugonyo alwenzelwanga abantwana kuphela. Ewe, abantwana bahlala befumana ugonyo kuvavanyo lwabo lonyaka kunye nabanikezeli babo bezempilo kwaye njengoko usiya ukhula, ufumana ugonyo olungephi, kodwa awuze ufike kwiminyaka apho ugqityiwe ngokupheleleyo ukugonywa. Abantu abadala kusafuneka befumene I-tetanus kunye ne-diphtheria (Td or I-Tdap, ekhusela i-pertussis, ugonyo lwento inye) qho kwiminyaka eli-10 ubuncinci, bafumana ugonyo emva kweminyaka engama-50, kunye a pneumococcal (cinga inyumoniya, isifo sesono kunye neendlebe, kunye ne-meningitisukugonywa xa uneminyaka engama-65, okanye ubuncinci ukuba banesifo esinganyangekiyo esifana nesifo sentliziyo, umhlaza, isifo seswekile, okanye intsholongwane kaGawulayo. Abantu abadala, njengabantwana, kufuneka bafumane unyaka nonyaka ugonyo lomkhuhlane Ukuthintela ukosuleleka ngumkhuhlane kunye nokuphosa iveki yesikolo okanye umsebenzi, kwaye mhlawumbi unokuba nobungozi obunokusongela ubomi kwesi sifo.

Ukhetho lokungagonyi lukhetho lokufumana isifo kwaye ususa ukukhetha ukufumana isifo kumntu ongenakho ukukhetha. Kuninzi ekufuneka uchaze kule ngxelo. Into endiyithethayo yile kukuba sonke siyaqonda ukuba kukho abanye abantu abangakwaziyo ukugonyelwa ugonyo oluthile ngenxa yokuba bebancinci kakhulu ukuba bangafumana ugonyo, bayaliwa kukugonywa, okanye banempilo ibathintela ekufumaneni ugonyo. Aba bantu abanalo ukhetho. Akunakuba kugonyiwe.

Oku kwahluke kakhulu kunomntu onokuGonywa kodwa akhethe ukungazenzi ngenxa yezizathu zobuqu okanye zefilosofi. Aba ngabantu abaphilileyo abangenayo i-allergies okanye imeko yezempilo ebathintelayo ekubeni bagonywe. Siyazi ukuba zombini iiseti zabantu banokubanjwa sisifo esingagonywanga, kwaye inani eliphezulu labantu abangagonywanga eluntwini okanye kubemi, kokukhona lingcono ithuba lesifo lokumisela nokusasaza phakathi kwabantu ezingagonywanga.

Oku kusibuyisela kubantu abasempilweni ABANOKUGONYWA, kodwa bakhethe ukungakwenzi oko, besenza isigqibo sokungazibeki emngciphekweni wesifo, kodwa nokwenza isigqibo sokubeka abanye abantu abangenalo ukhetho lokugonywa umngcipheko wesifo. Umzekelo, umntu ongafuniyo ukugonyelwa umkhuhlane minyaka le ngokwasemzimbeni nangokuthetha ngonyango unokugonywa, kodwa bakhetha ukungakwenzi oko kuba “abafuni kudutyulwa minyaka le” okanye “abacingi ukufumana umkhuhlane kubi ngolo hlobo. ” Ngoku masithi kamva enyakeni xa usasazeka umkhuhlane, lo mntu ukhethe ukungagonywa ubamba umkhuhlane kodwa akawuqondi ukuba ngumkhuhlane kwaye ebewusasaza kwabanye abantu ekuhlaleni. Kwenzeka ntoni ukuba lo mntu unomkhuhlane ngumboneleli wokugcina abantwana neentsana? Ngoku bazikhethele ukuzibambela intsholongwane yomkhuhlane, kwaye benza ukhetho lokuyibamba kwaye bayisasaza kubantwana abancinci abangakwaziyo ukugonywa ngogonyo lomkhuhlane kuba bebancinci kakhulu. Oku kusikhokelela kumxholo obizwa ngokuba ngumhlambi.

Ukhuseleko lomhlambi (okanye ngokuchanekileyo, ukukhuselwa ekuhlaleni) kuthetha ukuba isixa esikhulu sabantu (okanye umhlambi, ukuba uyafuna) ugonyelwe isifo esithile, ukuze esi sifo singabinamathuba amahle okubamba umntu ongagcinwanga nokusasazeka phakathi kwabantu. Ngenxa yokuba isifo ngasinye sahlukile kwaye sinobuchule obahlukeneyo bokuhambisa kunye nokusinda kwindalo esingqongileyo, kukho amazinga ohlukeneyo okukhusela umhlambi kugonyo ngalunye lwezifo ezinokuthintelwa. Umzekelo, imasisi inesifo esosulelayo, kwaye kuba ingaphila ixesha elingangeeyure ezimbini emoyeni, kwaye kuphela sisixa esincinci sentsholongwane esifunekayo ukubangela ukosuleleka, umhlambi wokuzikhusela kwimasisi kufuneka ubengama-95%. Oku kuthetha ukuba ama-95% oluntu kufuneka agonyelwe imasisi ukukhusela enye i-5% engenakugonywa. Ngesifo esifana nepoliyo, ekunzima ukusasaza, inqanaba lokuzikhusela lomhlambi li malunga neepesenti ezingama-80, okanye abantu abafuna ukugonywa ukuze abanye abangama-20% abangakwaziyo ukufumana unyango lwepoliyo bakhuselwe.

Ukuba sinenani elikhulu labantu abanokugonywa kodwa bakhethe ukungabikho, oku kudala inani elikhulu labantu abangagonywanga kubemi, kunciphisa ukhuseleko lomhlambi, ukuvumela izifo ezinjengemasisi, umkhuhlane okanye ipoliyo ukuba ibambe kwaye isasazeke ebantwini ababengenakugonywa kwezonyango, okanye babebancinci kakhulu ukuba bangagonywa. La maqela asemngciphekweni omkhulu wokuvela kubunzima okanye ukusweleka ngenxa yokuba enezinye iimeko zempilo okanye abancinci kakhulu ukuba bangazilwela ngokwabo intsholongwane, abafuna ukulaliswa esibhedlele. Abanye baba bantu basesibhedlele abaze basinde kusulelo. Konke oku kunokuthintelwa. Aba bantu batsha, okanye abantu abanengxaki yokuya kugonywa abanokukuthintela ukungeniswa esibhedlele, okanye kwezinye iimeko ukusweleka, ukuba abo bantu bahlala kwindawo efanayo abanokhetho lokugonywa benza ukhetho lokugonywa. Okwangoku sibona imikhwa efanayo I-COVID-19 kunye nabantu abakhetha ukungagonyi ngokuchasene nayo. Phantse iipesenti ezingama-99 zokufa kwe-COVID-19 zangoku zingabantu abangafumananga.

Ndifuna ukugqiba ngokuthetha ngofikelelo kugonyo nokhuseleko lwezitofu zokugonya. Kulula kakhulu ukufikelela kwizitofu e-US. Sinethamsanqa: ukuba siyazifuna, uninzi lwethu zingazifumana. Ukuba unayo i-inshurensi yezempilo, umboneleli wakho uya kubaphatha kwaye angabalawula, okanye uya kukuthumela kuyo nayiphi na ikhemesti ukuze uyifumane. Ukuba unabantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka eli-18, kwaye abanayo i-inshurensi yezempilo, unokwenza idinga kwisebe lezempilo lasekuhlaleni okanye kwiklinikhi yoluntu ukuze ugonywe, rhoqo ngalo naliphi na ixabiso lomnikelo onokulihlawula. Injalo loo nto, ukuba unabantwana abathathu ngaphandle kweinshurensi yezempilo kwaye nganye ifuna izitofu ezintlanu, kwaye une- $ 2.00 kuphela onokuthi unikele ngayo, la masebe ezempilo kunye nababoneleli baya kwamkela i- $ 2.00 kwaye bayirhoxe yonke indleko. Kungenxa yenkqubo yesizwe ebizwa Iigonyo zaBantwana.

Kutheni le nto sinokufikelela okulula kwizitofu zokugonya? Kuba izitofu ziyasebenza! Bayakuthintela ukugula, iintsuku zokugula, iingxaki zezifo, ukulaliswa esibhedlele nokufa. Amayeza okugonya yenye yezona zivavanywa kakhulu kwaye ibekwe esweni amayeza kwimarike namhlanje. Cinga ngayo, yeyiphi inkampani efuna ukwenza imveliso eya kwenzakalisa okanye ibulale inani elithile labantu abathatha amayeza? Ayisilo cebo elifanelekileyo lokuthengisa. Sinika amayeza okugonya iintsana, abantwana, abafikisayo, kunye nabantu abadala bayo yonke iminyaka, kwaye zimbalwa kakhulu iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezimbi ezifunyanwa ngabantu. Uninzi lwabantu lunokuba nengalo ebuhlungu, indawo ebomvu ebomvu, okanye umkhuhlane iiyure ezimbalwa.

Izitofu zokugonya azifani neyeza lokubulala iintsholongwane umboneleli wakho anokumisela usulelo. Zombini izitofu zokugonya kunye namayeza okubulala iintsholongwane zinokubangela ukusabela okungafunekiyo, kwaye ngenxa yokuba ungazange ube nawo ngaphambili, ngekhe wazi de uthathe amayeza. Kodwa bangaphi kuthi ababuze, baxoxe, okanye baphike i-antibiotiki ebonelelwa ngumboneleli wethu, kakhulu ngathi kwenzeka ntoni ngezitofu zokugonya? Enye into ebalulekileyo malunga nezitofu zokugonya zezona zininzi yidosi okanye ezimbini kwaye zinokuhlala ubomi bonke. Okanye kwimeko ye-tetanus kunye ne-diphtheria, udinga enye rhoqo kwiminyaka eli-10. Ngaba ungatsho ukuba ufuna i-antibiotiki kanye kuphela kwiminyaka eli-10 yosulelo? Ngokuqinisekileyo ngekhe. Uninzi lwethu luneenqwaba zamayeza okubulala iintsholongwane ngaphakathi kwiinyanga ezili-12 ezidlulileyo, kodwa asikuthandabuzi ukhuseleko lwee-antibiotics, nangona ezinye i-antibiotics zinokubangela iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga kunye nokufa okufana nokuchasana nokubulala iintsholongwane, ukubanjwa kwentliziyo ngesiquphe, ukuqhekeka kwethoni, okanye ukulahlekelwa kwindlebe ngokusisigxina. Ubungayazi lonto? Funda isicatshulwa sephakheji salo naliphi na iyeza olithathayo ngoku, kwaye unokumangaliswa ziziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezinokubangela. Ke masiqale unyaka wesikolo ngokufanelekileyo, sihlale silumkile, sihlala sisempilweni, sigonyiwe.