A cikin tsananin sanyi na watan Janairu, layukan mutanen da ke jiran gwaje-gwajen covid kyauta sun shimfiɗa kewaye da shingen a Rockville, Maryland, ɗakin karatu na jama'a. Duban wurin ya tunatar da ni na ga Jamusawa ta Gabas sun yi layi a cikin jerin gwano marasa iyaka a cikin 1980s don karɓar abincin dankalin turawa da sauerkraut. Amma kaɗan daga cikin mutanen da ke jira a Rockville sun fahimci cewa halin da suke ciki shi ne na baya-bayan nan a cikin dogon jerin fiascos na tarayya da wata hukumar tarayya ta yi mai hedikwata mai nisan mil kaɗan.
A farkon barkewar cutar a cikin Maris 2020, Shugaba Donald Trump cikin raha wa'azi cewa "Duk wanda ke son gwaji zai iya yin gwaji." Hakan ya kasance baloney a lokacin, kuma, abin takaici, duk da cikar alkawuran siyasa da aka yi a halin yanzu, har yanzu abin ya ci tura.
Gwajin Botched a karkashin Trump
Cibiyoyin Kula da Cututtuka sun lalata tsarin gwajin farko, suna aika da jabun, gwaje-gwajen gurɓatattun gwaje-gwaje don gano COVID zuwa sassan kiwon lafiya na jihohi da na gida waɗanda suka ba da karatun ƙarya. Trump ya yi alfahari cewa waɗannan gwaje-gwajen “cikakke ne.”
Da dadewa bayan an lalatar da ƙasashen waje kuma an gano shari'o'i da yawa a Amurka, FDA ta ci gaba da toshe gwaje-gwaje masu zaman kansu tare da tilasta wa manyan kamfanoni na ƙasar yin biyayya ga tsarin sa na umarni-da-sarrafa tare da gamsar da sharuɗɗan da ba su dace ba don samun amincewa. Kwamishinan FDA Stephen Hahn ya yi watsi da munanan manufofin hukumarsa a cikin 2020: "A koyaushe akwai damar koyo daga yanayi irin wannan." Kamar yadda New York Times ruwaito A karshen shekarar da ta gabata, "Rabawa [CDC] na'urorin gwajin da ba su da kyau, a daidai lokacin da ba a ba da izinin wasu gwaje-gwaje ba, ya kawo koma baya ga kokarin jami'an kiwon lafiya na ganowa da bin diddigin cutar."
Dan takarar shugaban kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat Joe Biden ya yi amfani da wadancan munanan kalamai don bayyana kansa a matsayin St. George wanda zai ceci jama'ar Amurka. A cikin Yuni 2020, Biden ya yi alkawarin kafa "Hukumar Gwajin Cutar" tare da layin Shugaban Hukumar Samar da Yaki na Franklin D. Roosevelt. Biden ya caccaki sakacin da Trump ya yi kan COVID kuma ya tattara masu jefa kuri'a ta hanyar yin alkawarin: "Zan rufe kwayar."
Wani shirin kamfen na Biden ya yi alƙawarin "zai haɓaka yaƙin neman zaɓe a duk faɗin ƙasar tare da ba da garantin kai tsaye, abin dogaro, da damar yin gwaji kyauta." Jim kadan kafin Ranar Zabe, Biden ya ayyana cewa Amurka na bukatar "sauri, gwajin gwaji mai rahusa wanda zaku iya yi a gida ko a makaranta. Duba, abin da muke da shi a yanzu bai kusa isa ba."
Biden na alkawuran wofi
A cikin makonsa na farko a ofis a cikin Janairu 2021, Biden ya kirkiro Hukumar Gwajin Cutar ta COVID-19. Bayan 'yan kwanaki bayan haka, Biden ya yi alƙawarin cewa zartar da dokar Majalisar Dokokinsa ta Tsarin Ceto ta Amurka za ta “ɗauka cikin gwaji.” A cikin jawabinsa da aka watsa ta telebijin a ranar tunawa da farko na kulle-kullen COVID a ranar 11 ga Maris, Biden ya yi alkawarin, "Muna ci gaba da aiki don samar da gwajin gida." Koyaya, a wata mai zuwa, lokacin da ƙungiyar jami'an hukumomin kiwon lafiya suka tura Fadar White House don "siyan miliyoyin gwaje-gwajen [COVID] cikin sauri," gwamnatin ta yi watsi da shawarar.
A watan Yuli, Biden ya yi alkawarin, "Za mu tura abubuwa kamar gwaji don fadada gano kwayar cutar." Kamar yadda bambance-bambancen Delta ya haifar da cutar COVID-19, Biden ya yi alkawari a watan Satumba cewa "yana daukar matakai don samar da gwaji, mafi araha" ta yadda "kowane Ba'amurke, komai kudin shiga, ya sami damar yin gwaje-gwaje kyauta da dacewa."
A wata mai zuwa, manyan masana kiwon lafiya daga Harvard da gidauniyoyi masu zaman kansu sun tura gwamnatin Biden don siyan kayan gwajin COVID 700 don rabawa ga Amurkawa a watan Disamba kafin lokacin hunturu. Biden ya musanta a watan da ya gabata cewa ya yi watsi da irin wannan shawara, amma girman kai Fair ya fallasa bayanan yadda jami'an sa suka yi watsi da shirin.
Wani jami'in gwamnatin Biden ya shaidawa hakan Washington Post "Mataimakan kiwon lafiya na Fadar White House sun yi imanin cewa da zarar an yi wa Amurkawa rigakafin, 'yan kaɗan ne za su buƙaci gwaji." Kuskuren gwamnatin sun karu saboda CDC da farko ta yi watsi da ita sannan ta yi watsi da karuwar kamuwa da cuta tsakanin Amurkawa masu cikakken rigakafin.
Teamungiyar Biden ta ci gaba da ba da tunanin fata a madadin gwaje-gwaje. A wani taron manema labarai a Fadar White House a ranar 7 ga Disamba, Biden COVID Czar Jeff Zients ya yi shelar, "Kowa a Amurka yana da damar yin gwaji kyauta ta hanya mai inganci da inganci, kuma mun samar da wuraren samun dama da yawa don gwaji kyauta." Kusan shekaru biyu a cikin barkewar cutar, Zients ya yi kama da yaudara kamar yadda Trump a farkon rikicin COVID.
Bayan hargitsi ya barke a watan Disamba tare da hauhawar kamuwa da cuta da matsanancin karancin gwaje-gwaje, Biden ya bayyana a ranar 4 ga Janairu: "Na san wannan ya ci gaba da takaici - ku yarda da ni, abin takaici ne a gare ni - amma muna ci gaba da ingantawa [a kan gwaji]… Biden ya yi alƙawarin, "ɗaya, shagunan sayar da magunguna da gidajen yanar gizo na kan layi suna dawowa. Biyu, kun sani - da kyau, a zahiri, don haka ƙarin gwaje-gwajen da ake samu, za mu ci gaba da kasancewa." Biden ya yi alfahari da buƙatar kamfanonin inshora masu zaman kansu su biya wa mutane kuɗin gwajin gida, amma hakan ba karamin ta'aziyya ba ne ga mutanen da ba za su iya samun gwaje-gwaje a ko'ina ba.
Biden ya sake yin wani cin nasara lokacin da ya ba da sanarwar cewa ma'aikatar gidan waya za ta ba da gwajin COVID 500 kyauta ga Amurkawa da suka neme su. Amma waɗancan gwaje-gwajen sun zo ne da daɗewa bayan bambance-bambancen omicron ya kafa rikodin kamuwa da cuta tare da kawo cikas ga rayuwar Amurkawa. Aikin ceton gidan waya ya fusata a wurare da yawa saboda gwaje-gwajen sun lalace idan an fallasa sama da sa'o'i kadan zuwa yanayin zafi kasa da daskarewa. Wataƙila yakamata Biden ya ba da umarnin Ma'aikatar Yanayi ta ƙasa don tabbatar da yanayin zafi don isar da gwajin COVID? Wani mashawarcin ya ce a Facebook, "Tabbas, ingantaccen tsarin ofishinmu zai ba da waɗannan gwaje-gwajen a cikin lokaci don jana'izar ku."
Rashin gwajin gwamnati
Tun farkon barkewar cutar ta COVID, gwamnatin tarayya ta dogara da tsarin umarni da sarrafawa wanda ke rage sabbin abubuwa masu zaman kansu tare da kara dogaro ga ma'aikatan tarayya. Kamar yadda ProPublica ya ruwaito, "Kamfanoni da yawa da ke da gwaje-gwajen gida sun sami ƙwarin gwiwa ta hanyar tsarin bita na FDA wanda ya sa masana suka mamaye har ma ya sa wani mai bitar hukumar ya daina cikin takaici."
David Paltiel, farfesa a Makarantar Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a ta Yale, ya ce: "Abin takaici ne cewa gwaje-gwaje masu sauri ba su da arha kuma suna da yawa a kan shagunan kantin sayar da kayayyaki" - kamar yadda suke a cikin yawancin ƙasashen Turai inda kamfanoni masu zaman kansu ba su gurgunta da umarnin hukuma ba. Irene Bosch, masanin kimiyyar MIT wanda ya haɓaka gwajin COVID cikin sauri a farkon 2020 wanda FDA ta toshe, ta yi kuka, "Za ku iya yin gwajin antigen [sauri] ceton rayuka tun farkon barkewar cutar. Wannan shine labari mai ban tausayi."
Scott Lincicome, malami a Makarantar Shari'a ta Duke, kwanan nan ya lura a cikin Barron ta cewa sabon “gyara” shine “a zahiri alkawari na shida na shugaban kasa na bayar da tallafi da kuma tsara hanyarmu ta gwaji mai yawa.” Jamus ta ba da izinin siyar da gwaje-gwajen COVID sama da 60 cikin sauri, "ciki har da da yawa waɗanda aka yi a Amurka don fitarwa kawai." Jamusawa za su iya siyan gwaje-gwaje a kan dala cikin sauƙi yayin da yawancin Amurkawa ba za su iya samowa da siyan gwaji a kowane farashi ba. Madadin ingantattun gwaje-gwaje, "gwamnatin Biden ta ɓata watanni 11 da dala masu biyan haraji marasa ƙima waɗanda ke ƙoƙarin haɓaka samar da gwajin cikin gida lokacin da abin da ake buƙata shi ne kawar da shingen ƙa'ida da barin tattalin arzikin duniya ya yi abinsa," in ji Lincicome.
Kamar yadda ProPublica ruwaitoFDA tana da:
ba su taɓa jin daɗin barin mutane su gwada kansu ba. A cikin 1980s, FDA ta haramta gwajin gida don HIV a kan dalilin cewa mutanen da suka gwada inganci na iya cutar da kansu idan ba su sami shawarwarin lokaci guda ba. A cikin 2010s, hukumar ta yi fatali da na'urorin gwajin kwayoyin halitta na gida, saboda damuwa da cewa mutane na iya yanke shawarar likita cikin gaggawa a sakamakon.
David Kessler, wanda shine babban jami'in kimiyya na Biden don amsawar COVID, ya kwatanta wannan tunanin tare da sanarwarsa a cikin 1992 lokacin da yake Kwamishinan FDA: "Idan aka ba membobin al'ummarmu ikon yanke shawarar kansu… to duk dalilin [FDA] zai daina wanzuwa." Kessler ya raina "'yancin zaɓe" a matsayin mafarki sai dai idan an gabatar da mutane da zaɓin da gwamnati ta amince da su kawai.
Kessler ya tura ta hanyar "gyare-gyare" wanda ya kara karfin FDA akan masana'antar likitanci kuma ya yi iƙirarin cewa, a sakamakon haka, FDA "wuri ne da, kuma, mutanen kirki za su iya yin nasara." Kuma ta yaya Amirkawa za su tabbata cewa jami'an tilasta wa FDA sun kasance mutanen kirki? Domin sun yi wa gwamnati aiki.
Abin takaici, Amurkawa kaɗan ne suka san yatsun FDA akan ɓarnar gwajin COVID. A cikin gundumar Montgomery, Maryland, gidan FDA, kusan kashi 95 na manya a cikin gundumar sun riga sun sami aƙalla allurar COVID vax guda ɗaya. Ga mazauna wannan yanki mai sassaucin ra'ayi, amincewa da jami'an gwamnati ita ce hanya mafi dacewa don tabbatar da cewa sun "amince da kimiyya." Mutane kalilan ne suka fusata ta hanyar tsayuwa a layi cikin tsananin sanyi na dogon lokaci tare da gungun masu fama da rashin lafiya domin a yi gwajin da ake zargin suna da koshin lafiya don yin jirgi, komawa makaranta, ko zuwa wurin likita.
Duk da haka, Babban Jami'in gundumar Montgomery Marc Elrich ya yi ikirarin nasara, yana ba da sanarwar a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu: "Ina alfahari da farin ciki da iyawarmu ta sassauƙa da daidaitawa a cikin gwamnatinmu da kuma cikin al'ummarmu. Ɗaya daga cikin irin nasarar da aka samu a cikin watan da ya gabata ita ce rabon gwaje-gwajen gaggawa na mu [miliyan 1.5]." Amma yawancin waɗannan gwaje-gwajen an rarraba su tsawon lokaci bayan da cutar ta COVID ta samu daga bambance-bambancen omicron. Alfahari da Elrich ya yi kama da wani dan wasan kwallon kafa da ya yi kururuwa game da harbin wani fili bayan 'yan sa'o'i kadan bayan kammala wasan kwallon kafa.
Gwajin pratfalls sun kasance irin na martanin da ba su dace ba game da cutar ta COVID. A cikakken ranarsa ta farko a ofis, Biden ya fitar da Dabarunsa na Kasa don Amsar COVID-19 da Shirye-shiryen Cutar. "Manufa 1" ita ce "sake gina amanar jama'ar Amurka" ta hanyar yin alƙawarin bayyana gaskiya a cikin lafiyar tarayya da manufofin kimiyya. An yi watsi da waccan alkawarin da sauri kamar alkawarin yakin neman zabe da aka manta.
Duk da cewa wata sanarwa ta Biden ta yi alƙawarin kawo ƙarshen "kutsawar siyasa mara kyau a cikin aikin masana kimiyyar tarayya," manyan ƙwararrun masana rigakafin rigakafin abinci da magunguna sun yi murabus don nuna rashin amincewarsu da matsin lamba na Fadar White House don ɗaukar tambarin COVID-75 ga duk manya. FDA tana neman jinkirta cikakken bayyana aikace-aikacen Pfizer don amincewar rigakafin COVID na shekaru XNUMX.
CDC ta rufe yawancin cututtukan da ake kira "nasara" a tsakanin mutanen da ke da cikakkiyar rigakafin, wanda hakan ya ba Biden damar yin ikirarin karya a watan Yulin da ya gabata cewa mutanen da suka kamu da cutar ba za su sami COVID ba. A ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, da New York Times ya ba da rahoton cewa CDC ta yanke shawarar kada ta bayyana bayananta kan allurar COVID da cututtukan da ke faruwa, da dai sauransu saboda tana tsoron "ana iya fassara bayanan kamar yadda allurar ba ta da tasiri." Menene kuma CDC ke ɓoyewa?
Cutar sankarau ta COVID-19 ta shafe tatsuniyar cewa 'yan siyasa suna kashe sama da dala biliyan ɗari a kowace shekara don kimiyya da lafiyar jama'a zai kiyaye Amurkawa cikin aminci. Abin takaici, babu wani ingantaccen magani ga makauniyar imani a cikin gwamnati. Hukumomin lafiya na tarayya sun sami ƙarin kura-kurai fiye da a zahiri duk wanda ake tsammani yayin wannan cutar. Mafi ƙarancin abin da Uncle Sam zai iya yi shi ne fita daga hanyar ƙoƙarin sirri don taimaka wa Amurkawa su gane haɗarin da ke cikin rayuwarsu.
Rubuta daga Foundation for the Future of Freedom
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James Bovard, 2023 Brownstone Fellow, marubuci ne kuma malami wanda sharhinsa ya yi niyya ga misalan sharar gida, gazawa, cin hanci da rashawa, cin hanci da rashawa da cin zarafi a cikin gwamnati. Shi mawallafin USA Today ne kuma mai yawan ba da gudummawa ne ga The Hill. Shi ne marubucin littattafai goma, gami da Haƙƙin Ƙarshe: Mutuwar 'Yancin Amurka.
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