A ranar Alhamis din da ta gabata, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr ya shiga, da Kwamitin Kudi na Majalisar Dattawa jin sanin abin da ya kamata. 'Yan Democrat sun shelanta yaki kafin ya zauna.
A jajibirin shaidarsa, sun ba da “katin rahoto” kasida kowane zarge-zargen kuskure a cikin kwanakinsa 203 a matsayin Sakataren Lafiya da Ayyukan Jama'a (HHS).
Daga girgizawar sa a CDC zuwa gaskiyar cewa ya taɓa sanya wando a kan tafiye-tafiye a cikin zafin rana na Arizona - wanda ake zaton ya bijirewa shawarar CDC don "sa suturar da ba ta da nauyi" a cikin matsanancin zafi - babu wani abu mai mahimmanci da za a ambata.
Kuma, idan hakan bai isa ba, fiye da dubu na yanzu da tsoffin ma'aikatan HHS suna da sanya hannu a takarda kai yana neman murabus din sa.
Kusan awanni uku kacal, Sanatoci daga jam’iyyun biyu suka yi ta ihu, suka katse su, suna ta zage-zage da kuma tada “gotcha” lokacin kwanton bauna.
Tarkon Budewa
Operation Warp Speed ya mamaye musanyen farko. Sanatoci sun matsa wa Kennedy kan ko Donald Trump ya cancanci lambar yabo ta Nobel don fitar da alluran rigakafin cikin sauri.
"Tabbas," in ji Kennedy. "Wannan nasara ce da ba a taɓa yin irin ta ba."
Bayan haka, suna fatan kama Kennedy a cikin sabani, sun kalubalanci shi kan ko allurar sun ceci "miliyoyin rayuka."
Kennedy ya ki saka lamba a kai. "Ba na tsammanin wani ya san hakan saboda bayanan," in ji shi, yana mai nuni da cewa alkalumman sun dogara ne kan yin samfuri, ba gwaji na asibiti ba.
Kwamitin ya zarge shi da gujewa aikata laifin.
Bukatun ba tare da Bayanai ba
Sanata Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) ya fito yana zazzagewa, yana mai zargin Kennedy ya karya alkawarinsa na cewa ba zai "daukar da allurar rigakafi daga kowa ba" ta hanyar takaita shawarwarin karfafawa na Covid ga kungiyoyin masu hadarin gaske.
Kennedy ya tsaya tsayin daka. "Ba a ba da shawarar ga mutane masu lafiya ba."
"Kuna hana mutane allurar yadda ya kamata," in ji Warren.
"Ba zan dauke su daga kowa ba," Kennedy ya sake harbi. "Kina so in nuna wani samfur wanda babu bayanan asibiti don shi? Shin abin da kuke so kenan?"
Warren ta rasa natsuwa. "A bayyane kuke cire alluran rigakafi, kuna jefa lafiyar jariran Amurka cikin hadari, lafiyar tsofaffin Amurka cikin hadari, lafiyar Amurkawa cikin hadari, kuma ya kamata ku yi murabus."
Musayar ta fallasa tunanin da ke cikin dakin… Sanatoci sun yi magana game da alluran rigakafi tare da wani nau'in kishi da addini wanda ba shi da tushe.
Sun fito fili suna neman a yi wa mutane allurar samfurin da ba shi da bayanan aminci, kuma suna kiransa "kimiyya."
Bugu da ari, sanya shi a matsayin batun "ƙin samun dama" ga allurar rigakafin Covid ba kawai yaudara ba ne amma yaudara. Ana ci gaba da samun allurar rigakafin ga duk wanda yake son su.
Kennedy ya ƙi yarda. Ba da shawarar samfuran ba tare da shaida ba, in ji shi, siyasa ce, ba kimiyya ba.
A duk faɗin Turai da Ostiraliya, gwamnatoci sun riga sun ja da baya, iyakance amfani na harbi a cikin 'yan kasa da shekaru 18 ba tare da jayayya ba. A cikin Amurka, abin takaici, tashin hankali yana ci gaba da kawar da dalili.
Kasashe da yawa sun riga sun hana rigakafin Covid-19 don zaɓar ƙungiyoyi DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb2506929
Zagi ya tashi
Yayin da fushi ya tashi, haka zagi. Sanata Michael Bennet (D-CO) ya zargi Kennedy da yada "karya."
Sanata Maria Cantwell (D-WA) ta yi ba'a, ta kira shi "charlatan" bayan ya soke dala miliyan 500 na kwangilar mRNA.
Sanata Raphael Warnock (D-GA) ya yi wa Kennedy lakabi da "haɗari ga lafiyar jama'ar Amirka," yana neman ya yi murabus.
Kuma Sanata Ron Wyden (D-OR) ya yi gargadin cewa Kennedy "ya mutu a kan wahalar da yara don samun rigakafin kuma yara za su mutu saboda hakan."
Sanata Bernie Sanders (I-VT) ya yi tsawa cewa ƙungiyoyin ƙwararru kamar su Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Amurka da American Academy of ilimin aikin likita na yara, duk sun yarda cewa alluran rigakafin "lafiya ne kuma masu tasiri." Yaya Kennedy yayi shakkar su.
Kennedy ya mayar da martani, "Akwai babban bambanci, Sanata, tsakanin kafaffen kimiyya da kafa kimiyya, wanda masana'antar harhada magunguna ta hade."
Ya tunatar da Sanders cewa masu ba shi shawara sun hada da Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Jay Bhattacharya da Dr Oz - masana kimiyya suna shirye su kalubalanci koyarwar addini.
Amma Sanders ya yi ba'a ga "'yan mashawarcinsa," yana mai dagewa yarjejeniya daga manyan ƙungiyoyi suna ɗaukar nauyi.
Wannan ya ba Kennedy budewarsa. “Sanata ka zauna a wannan kujera har tsawon shekaru ashirin da ashirin da biyar, yayin da cutar da ‘ya’yanmu ke fama da ita ta kai kashi 76 cikin XNUMX, ba ka ce komai ba, ba ka taba tambayar dalilin faruwar hakan ba.
Kennedy ya mayar da zargin baya ga Majalisar Dattawa da kanta…masu kula da cibiyoyi da suka kalli yadda cutar ke yaduwa ba tare da yin komai ba.
Rigimar Monarez
Yawancin wasan kwaikwayo sun sake komawa ga Susan Monarez, korarriyar daraktar CDC wacce ta yi iƙirarin a cikin wani Wall Street Journal op-ed cewa Kennedy ya matsa mata don "tabbatar da" shawarwarin sabon kwamitin shawarwarin rigakafin rigakafi (ACIP).
"A'a, ban yi ba," Kennedy ya nace.
Da aka tambaye shi kai tsaye ko Monarez na ƙarya, Kennedy ya amsa: "Ee."
Ya kara da cewa: "Wadannan sauye-sauyen sun kasance cikakkun gyare-gyaren da suka dace don mayar da hukumar zuwa matsayinta na hukumar kula da lafiyar jama'a ta duniya."
Monarez ya bijirewa korar manyan jami'an da ke adawa da sabon Sharuɗɗan Magana game da ƙungiyar ayyukan rigakafin cutar ta ACIP na Covid - ciki har da Dr Demetre Daskalakis, wanda ya fito fili. yarda a cikin takardar murabus dinsa cewa ba zai sa hannu a kansu ba.
ACIP a cikin Crosshairs
Wani abin hasashe shine watan Yuni na Kennedy yanke shawara don kori dukkan mambobi 17 na ACIP, kwamitin ba da shawara na rigakafin rigakafi na CDC.
'Yan jam'iyyar Democrat sun zarge shi da sanya kwamitin tare da "antivaxxers," "masu tunanin makirci" da "marasa ƙwararru," suna masu iƙirarin "rasa amincin kimiyya."
Da aka tambaye shi dalilin da ya sa ya nada Dr Robert Malone, wanda ya gabatar da tambayoyi a bainar jama'a game da amincin allurar mRNA, Kennedy ya amsa da cewa: "Dr Malone na daya daga cikin wadanda suka kirkiro rigakafin mRNA."
Sanatoci sun matsa wa Kennedy game da farfesa na MIT Retsef Levi, wanda ke shugabantar sabon rigakafin na Covid kungiyar aiki kuma ya bayar da hujjar cewa "shaida tana karuwa kuma babu shakka cewa allurar mRNA na haifar da mummunar illa, gami da mutuwa, musamman a tsakanin matasa."
Kennedy ya goyi bayan Levi. "Ina jin wannan gaskiya ne, eh."
Ya kara da cewa ACIP ta dade tana fama da rikice-rikice na sha'awa. "Abin da muka yi shi ne mun kawar da rikice-rikice," in ji shi. "Mun cire shi daga siyasa kuma mun sanya manyan masana kimiyya akan sa daga rukuni daban-daban."
Ya tunatar da 'yan majalisar dattijai cewa an cire masanin cututtukan Harvard Martin Kulldorff, yanzu shugaban sabuwar ACIP, yayin Covid bayan adawa da umarni da masu karfafa tambayoyi. Wannan, in ji Kennedy, shine ainihin siyasa.
The Protocols Farce
Sauraron ya shiga cikin rashin fahimta lokacin da Sanata Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) ya shiga cikin binciken Autism mai zuwa, yana daidaitawa akan "ka'idoji" (daidaitattun tsare-tsare masana kimiyya sun bayyana a bainar jama'a kafin a fara binciken).
"Za ku yi alkawari don raba ka'idojin?" Luján ya nema.
"Suna jama'a ne," in ji Kennedy.
"Shin za ku yi alkawarin ba su ga wannan kwamiti a karshen mako?" Luján ya danna.
"Ba haka yake aiki ba… Ba ku ma san abin da kuke magana akai ba," Kennedy ya harbe baya, a fili cikin takaici.
Amma Luján ya ƙi bari.
"Za ku yi alƙawarin raba waɗannan ka'idojin a ƙarshen wata?" Ya sake tambaya.
"Kowa zai iya rike wannan ka'ida," in ji Kennedy. "An buga shi tare da binciken."
Zuwa yanzu abin kallo ya koma abin kunya. Luján, wanda ya makantar da raininsa ya ci gaba da yin gaba - yana kira ga shugaban da ya ba da takardar sammaci takardun da Kennedy ya bayyana a yanzu sun kasance jama'a.
An yi sa'a, Shugaban Mike Crapo (R-ID) ya rufe Luján tare da "a'a."
Musayar ta yi muni. Misalin littafin karatu ne na Sanata mai tsananin neman lokacin “samu”, kuma yana samun nasarar kunyata kansa kawai.
Kennedy Fights Back
Lokacin da Sanata John Cornyn (R-TX) ya tambayi ko Covid an siyasantar da shi, Kennedy bai yi shakka ba.
"Eh, an siyasantar da tsarin duka," in ji shi. "An yi mana karya game da komai. An yi mana karya game da rigakafi na halitta. An gaya mana akai-akai cewa allurar rigakafin za su hana yaduwa, suna hana kamuwa da cuta [amma] ba gaskiya ba ne. Sun san shi tun daga farko."
A wani lokaci ya bayyana cewa CDC "ita ce hukumar da ta fi cin hanci a cikin HHS."
Kennedy ya kara da cewa CDC ta bar kungiyar malamai ta yi umarni da rufe makarantu, tana mai nuna cewa "na tushen kimiyya ne," yayin da Amurkawa suka sha wahala.
Tunatarwa ce mai kaifi kan yadda ginin ya samu kuskure, da kuma yadda aka yi kadan ba da lissafi ba.
Layin Yaki
A ƙarshe, ko da tare da ɗimbin 'yan Republican suna goyon bayansa, 'yan Democrat sun matsa kaimi ga Kennedy. murabus.
Amma Kennedy bai yi nasara ba. Ya kare korar da aka yi masa a matsayin muhimmin abu don kawar da cin hanci da rashawa. Ya tsaya kusa da mashawartansa kuma ya dage cewa ba zai ba da shawarar samfurori ba tare da shaida ba.
Abin da sauraron ya bayyana ba raunin Kennedy ba ne, amma rashi na masu sukarsa - Sanatocin da ke manne da cibiyoyi da aka kama, suna zagi da aika hotuna ga kyamarori.
Na kalleta cikin rashin imani, na fusata da rashin kunya da rashin gaskiya da ake nunawa. Domin duk maganar "kimiyya," abin da ya faru shine siyasa a mafi ƙazanta.
An sake bugawa daga marubucin Mayarwa
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Maryanne Demasi, 2023 Brownstone Fellow, ɗan rahoto ne na likita mai bincike tare da PhD a cikin ilimin rheumatology, wanda ya rubuta don kafofin watsa labarai na kan layi da manyan mujallu na likita. Sama da shekaru goma, ta samar da shirye-shiryen talabijin na Kamfanin Watsa Labarai na Australiya (ABC) kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin mai rubuta magana da mai ba da shawara kan harkokin siyasa na Ministan Kimiyya na Kudancin Australiya.
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