IVeki yeSizwe yokugonywa koMkhuhlane
Lixesha lonyaka kwakhona. Amagqabi awile, umoya upholile, kwaye njengoko ndibhala oku, ii-intshi ezintandathu zekhephu ziye zaqokelelana kwiyadi yangasemva. Kwabaninzi, utshintsho lwamaxesha onyaka lwamkelwa ngomdla emva kobushushu behlobo elide. Ekugqibeleni sinokunxiba iileya kwakhona kwaye senze isuphu kwaye sithokomele ngaphakathi ngencwadi elungileyo. Ngalo lonke ulonwabo olulula lobusika baseColorado, eli xesha lonyaka libonisa ukuqala kwexesha lomkhuhlane.
Nje ukuba ukuwa kuqengqeleka kwaye namagqabi aqale ukutshintsha ukusuka eluhlaza ukuya kumthubi ukuya kubomvu, iikhemesti kunye nee-ofisi zoogqirha ziqala ukubhengeza izitofu zomkhuhlane kwaye zisikhuthaza ukuba sifumane ugonyo lwethu lonyaka. Njengeentsuku ezimfutshane kunye nobusuku obubandayo, le yinto ebesiyilindele ngokutshintsha kwamaxesha onyaka. Kwaye ngelixa ukudubula komkhuhlane kungabi yinto esijonge phambili kuyo kakhulu malunga nekwindla okanye ubusika, ukukwazi ukukhusela nokulawula impembelelo yexesha elinikiweyo lomkhuhlane ayikho into emfutshane kwimpumelelo yezempilo yoluntu.
Ixesha lomkhuhlane aliqali kuthi. Enyanisweni, intsholongwane yomkhuhlane sele ijikeleza umhlaba kangangamakhulu eminyaka ngoku. Ewe kunjalo, uninzi lwethu luqhelene kakhulu nobhubhani womkhuhlane we-H1N1 ka-1918, ekuqikelelwa ukuba wosulele abantu abazizigidi ezingama-500 kwaye wabangela ukufa kwabantu abaninzi kunayo yonke iMfazwe Yehlabathi I.1 Ngombulelo, emva kweminyaka yophando, intsholongwane yomkhuhlane ezimeleyo ikhokelele kwisitofu sokugonya sokuqala esingasebenziyo ngo-1940.1 Kanye kunye nokuphuhliswa kwesitofu sokugonya umkhuhlane kwafika inkqubo yokuqala yokujonga umkhuhlane esetyenziselwa ukulindela utshintsho kwintsholongwane yonyaka.2
Njengoko sisazi ngoku, iintsholongwane zikholisa ukuguquguquka nto leyo ethetha ukuba izitofu zokugonya kufuneka zilungelelaniswe ukulwa iintlobo ezintsha zentsholongwane etshintshileyo. Namhlanje, kukho ii-epidemiologists zezifo ezosulelayo kwihlabathi liphela ezisebenza ngokupheleleyo ekuqondeni ukuba zeziphi iintlobo zomkhuhlane ezinokuthi zibonakale ngexesha lomkhuhlane. Ugonyo lwethu lonyaka lomkhuhlane lukhusela kwiintlobo ezintathu ukuya kwezine zentsholongwane yomkhuhlane, ngethemba lokunciphisa usulelo kangangoko kunokwenzeka.2 Ekuqaleni kwe-2000, iKomiti yeeNgcebiso kwiiNdlela zokugonywa (ACIP) yaqala ukucebisa ukuba wonke umntu kwiinyanga ze-6 nangaphezulu athole isitofu sokugonya sonyaka.3
Ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngeminyaka yophando kunye nokufunyanwa kwenzululwazi okukhokelele kwisitofu sokugonya somkhuhlane esifumaneka esidlangalaleni. Phantse kwisibini esithathwini sobomi bam, ndibe nethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo lokukwazi ukuya kwikhemesti yengingqi yam kwaye ndigonywe. Nangona kunjalo, ndikuthiyile ukuvuma ukuba malunga neminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo andizange ndihoye ukufumana umkhuhlane wam wonyaka okokuqala ngqa. Umsebenzi wawuxakekile, ndandihamba kakhulu, yaye ngaloo ndlela, inyanga nenyanga, ndandibekela ecaleni ukugonywa. Xa uMatshi waloo nyaka ujikelezayo, ndiye ndacinga ngaphakathi kum, "Hee, ndiphumelele ixesha lomkhuhlane ngaphandle kokugula." Ngenene ndaziva ndikwimeko ecacileyo…. isigqebelo. Kamva ngaloo ntwasahlobo kwabonakala ngathi wonke umntu kwiofisi yam wayesihla ephethwe ngumkhuhlane, kwaye ngenxa yokuba ndandingakhuselekanga sisitofu sokugonya umkhuhlane ngaloo nyaka, nam ndagula kakhulu. Ndiza kukusindisa kwiinkcukacha, kodwa akufuneki ukuba nditsho ukuba bendingasebenzi kangangeveki kuphela ndikwazi ukukhupha isisu senkukhu kunye nejusi. Kufuneka ube namava okugula kube kanye ungaze uphinde ufune ukuphinda ube nako.
Kulo nyaka kuqikelelwa ukuba iya kuba lixesha elinzima lomkhuhlane, lidityaniswe bubukho obuqhubekayo bezinye iintsholongwane ezinjenge-RSV kunye ne-COVID-19. OoGqirha bakhuthaza abantu ukuba bafumane ugonyo lwabo lomkhuhlane lonyaka njengoko sisiya kwiholide, kwaye leliphi ixesha elingcono lokucwangcisa ukudubula kwakho komkhuhlane kuneVeki yeSizwe yokugonywa koMkhuhlane (NgoDisemba 5 ukuya kwi-9, 2022). Sonke sifuna ukonwabela yonke into efumaneka kwixesha lasebusika, sonwabele ixesha kunye nosapho kunye nabahlobo kwaye siqokelele ukutya okumnandi kunye nabo sibathandayo. Ngethamsanqa, kukho amanyathelo esinokuwathatha sonke ukunceda ukuzikhusela thina kunye noluntu lwethu ekufumaneni umkhuhlane. Ukuqala, sinokunxiba iimaski kwaye sihlale ekhaya xa singaziva mnandi, sihlambe izandla rhoqo kwaye sibeke phambili ukuphumla okulungileyo. Kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, sinokufumana isitofu sokugonya somkhuhlane sonyaka, esifumaneka kwiikhemesti ezinkulu, iiofisi zoogqirha, kunye namasebe ezempilo asekuhlaleni. Ungabheja sele ndiyifumene eyam!
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