Zalunci
Girgizawar wutar lantarki daga kai zuwa ƙafa. Rashin gajiya. Rashin hankali na rashin kunya. Sakamakon mummunan mummunan martani ga maganin Pfizer Covid-19, waɗannan kaɗan ne daga cikin alamun da nake jurewa kowace rana. A matsayin lauya mai aiki, maimakon kare abokan cinikina a cikin ɗakin shari'a, nakan shafe yawancin kwanakina ko dai a cikin wanka mai zafi ko a gado, da fatan samun sauƙi.
Da wannan asalin, na fusata, kodayake ban yi mamaki ba, don sanin watan da ya gabata cewa gwamnatin Biden ta tsawaita wa'adin Dokar Shirye-shiryen Gaggawa na Jama'a (PREP). Kariyar abin alhaki ga masana'antun rigakafin cutar ta Covid-19, har zuwa karshen shekarar 2029 a karkashin inuwar cewa kwayar cutar ta kasance "babban hadari" ga jama'ar Amurka.
A ƙarƙashin Dokar PREP, Covid-19 da aka ji wa rauni na iya neman murmurewa kawai don raunin da suka ji ta hanyar Shirin Rauni na Ƙaddara (CICP). Mahimmanci, ba su cancanci neman taimako a cikin Shirin Raunukan Alurar rigakafi (VICP), wanda kusan dukkanin sauran alluran rigakafi ke samu ga waɗanda suka ji rauni.
Saboda kwanan watan shigarta mara gaskiya, ƙayyadaddun shaida da ba zai yuwu ba, fa'idodin fa'ida, masu cin karo da juna, da rashin bitar shari'a, a halin yanzu CICP ta ƙi amincewa da kashi 98% na iƙirarin - wanda ke biyan mutane ashirin kawai a duk faɗin ƙasar. Amma ga wani matsananci (lalacewar $ 370,376 - mai yuwuwa mutuwar myocarditis), matsakaicin albashin da ke da alaƙa da rigakafin cutar ta Covid-19 bai kai $5,000 kaɗan ba - kwatankwacin la'akari da lissafin likitan taurari, asarar albashi, da nakasu na dindindin.
Tabbas, idan da allurar rigakafin ta yi tasiri kamar yadda ake wakilta ga jama'ar Amurka, kwayar cutar da aka kirkira don kawar da ita ba za a iya la'akari da ita a matsayin hadari ba shekaru takwas bayan fitowarsu ta farko. Ainihin, rashin tasirin su ya hana duk wani hukunci da zai yiwu cewa ba su da aminci. Wata hanyar ta ce, saboda yuwuwar alhakinsu, suna da damar yin rigakafi.
Irin wannan siyasar ba ta banza ce kawai ba, abin zargi ne na ɗabi'a. Yayin da shugabannin kamfanoni ke jin daɗin fa'idodin biliyoyin, allurar rigakafin Covid-19 da aka yi wa rauni ba su da maganin kuɗi kuma suna fuskantar ƙarancin kuɗi baya ga ciwo da wahala na dindindin.
Wannan ba shi ne karon farko da Hukumar Biden ta yi wa cutar Covid-19 da ta ji rauni ba. Mai yuwuwa don yaƙar "bayanan da ba daidai ba," wanda ke haifar da shakku game da rigakafin, gwamnatin tarayya ta haɗu da kamfanonin kafofin watsa labarun da Stanford Internet Observatory's Virality Project don sa ido da tantance ƙungiyoyin tallafin rigakafin rigakafin cutar ta Covid-19. Hukumomin tarayya da yawa da masu aikin gwamnati - ciki har da a cikin Fadar White House - sun tilasta dandamalin kafofin watsa labarun don tantancewa, murkushewa, da kuma lakafta a matsayin "raguwar bayanai" duk wani jawabi da zai iya cin karo da labarin "aminci da inganci".
Babu makawa, Fadar White House tana da cikakkiyar masaniyar cewa "sau da yawa-abin ciki na gaskiya" ana tantace saboda ana iya "tsare shi azaman abin ban sha'awa, mai faɗakarwa, ko ban mamaki." Hakazalika, Aikin Virality ya ba da shawarar a dakatar da "labaran abubuwan da suka faru" saboda ana iya "amfanuwa da su don matsawa baya kan umarnin rigakafin" - ba saboda bayanin da ba daidai ba na wahala ta rayuwa.
Amsar
Duk da membobinta musamman gwamnatin Biden ta yi niyya a lokuta da yawa, React19, kungiya ce mai zaman kanta wacce ta keɓe don tallafawa waɗanda ke fama da cutar ta Covid-19, ta kasance gaba ɗaya ba ta da bangaranci a duk lokacin da take ba da shawara — ba ƙaramin abin alfahari ba ne a cikin yanayin siyasar yau da ya daidaita sosai, musamman a yanayin raunin rigakafin.
An yi sa'a ga membobinta, tsarin tsaka-tsakin siyasa na React19 ya zuwa yanzu ya biya a Capitol Hill. Duk cikin 118th Majalisa, kungiyar ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen gabatar da kudirorin doka guda hudu a madadin wadanda suka jikkata na Covid-19.
Na farko, da Dokar Zamantake Rauni na Alurar riga kafi na 2023 (HR 5142) da kuma Dokar Inganta Samun Alurar rigakafi (HR 5143), an gabatar da su ta ƙungiyar wakilai ta biyu na Wakilin Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) da Wakilin Lloyd Smucker (R-PA). Dokar ba kawai za ta canja duk shari'o'in CICP zuwa VICP ba, har ma za ta sa wannan shirin ya fi dacewa, tare da ƙarin fa'idodi ga waɗanda suka ji rauni. Wakilin Smucker, wanda ya fara ganawa da membobin React19 tun farkon lokacin bazara na 2021, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tabbatar da cewa dokar za ta ƙunshi tanadi musamman don amfanar rigakafin Covid-19 da suka ji rauni, ba kawai waɗanda suka riga sun cancanci karɓar diyya a cikin VICP ba.
Baya ga waɗannan yunƙurin, wasu 'yan majalisar sun nemi yin watsi da tanadin rigakafin cutar da rigakafin gaba ɗaya, maimakon sake fasalin shirye-shiryen biyan diyya. Misali, Wakilin Paul Gosar (R-AZ) ya gabatar da Ƙarshen Dokar Kare Alurar riga kafi (HR 9828) an yi niyya don soke duka biyun 1986 Dokar Rauni na Yara na Ƙasa da kuma tanadin rigakafi na Dokar PREP, yayin da Wakilin Chip Roy (R-TX) ya gabatar da Bari Amurkawan da suka ji rauni su zama masu ba da izini bisa doka (LIABLE) Dokar (HR 7551) ta yi niyya ta musamman don ƙetare tanadin rigakafin rigakafi na Covid-19.
Kafin gabatar da kudurori daban-daban, duka Wakilai Gosar da Roy sun nemi shawara daga jagorancin React19. Bugu da kari, ’yan majalisar sun bukaci, kuma sun samu amincewar kungiyar a hukumance.
Abin baƙin cikin shine, hanyoyin biyu mabambanta sun zo ba wai kawai bambance-bambancen dabarun ba ne, har ma da tabarbarewar siyasa, suna barin marasa lafiya da wahala tare da abubuwan tattaunawa na bangaranci, maimakon sakamako.
Gabaɗaya, 'yan Democrat sun yarda da sake fasalin shirye-shiryen biyan diyya. Suna jaddada mahimmancin rigakafi a matsayin muhimmin sashi don ƙarfafa ingantaccen bincike da haɓaka magunguna. (A bayanin kula, Dokar Rauni ta Yara ta Ƙasa ta 1986, wadda ta ƙirƙiri VICP, an sanya hannu a kan doka bayan Wyeth Pharmaceutical, yanzu mallakar Pfizer gabaɗaya, ya tunkari Hukumar Reagan yana barazanar dakatar da bincike da haɓaka rigakafin rigakafi sai dai idan an ba ta rigakafi daga abubuwan da ba za a iya yiwuwa ba.)
Bugu da kari, 'yan jam'iyyar Democrat, masu biyayya ga gwamnatin Biden da goyon bayan umarnin allurar rigakafi, gaba daya suna yin watsi da duk wata doka da za a iya kallon ta da cin karo da labarin "aminci da inganci" ta hanyar injina da hukumomin kiwon lafiya na Tarayya ke gabatarwa. Mutane da yawa suna fargabar cewa tallafa wa waɗanda suka ji rauni na rigakafin zai buɗe kansu don a yi musu lakabi da "anti-vaxxer," hukuncin kisa na zaɓe a gundumomi da yawa. Abin ban mamaki, ana amfani da wannan kalma sau da yawa don batanci ga waɗanda ke fama da munanan al'amura, ba tare da la'akari da zahirin gaskiyar cewa allurar riga-kafi ba shine abin da ake bukata don cutar da alurar riga kafi.
A gefe guda na hanyar, yayin da ra'ayin kin kafa ya zama ginshiƙi na tsarin jam'iyyar Republican, karuwa, 'yan majalisa na GOP suna da sha'awar yin la'akari da babban tasiri na harabar magunguna a kan manufofin jama'a. A gare su, kare fa'idodin rigakafi na magunguna, yayin da a lokaci guda ladabtar da kofa mai jujjuyawa tsakanin hukumomin kiwon lafiya na tarayya da ɗakunan dakunan kamfanonin harhada magunguna, matsayi ne da ba za a iya tsayawa ba.
Bugu da ari, 'yan Republican gabaɗaya suna adawa da duk wani ƙarin kashewa da/ko faɗaɗa shirye-shiryen gwamnati da ake da su. Ga waɗannan 'yan majalisar dokoki, shirin sake fasalin lissafin da aka yi hasashen farashi na dala biliyan 10 zuwa dala biliyan 20 abu ne mai ƙima fiye da la'akari sosai.
A yunƙurin tilasta ci gaba, React19 ya shiga wasu manyan masu ƙara a ciki Smith v. Albarkatun Kiwon Lafiya da Gudanar da Sabis, wani shari'ar tarayya da ke neman soke dokar PREP ta CICP na rigakafi. Don dalilai na dabaru, an jefar da React19 a matsayin mai ƙara amma sauran sun kasance. Daga baya, Smith v. Amurka ta Amurka an shigar da shi. A wannan yanayin, React19 co-shugaban Dokta Joel Wallskog ya haɗu da 'yan'uwanmu uku a cikin wani ƙalubale ga CICP. Shari'ar CICP ta biyu ta kawo da'awar iri ɗaya da ƙari kamar waɗanda aka taso a shari'ar Smith da ta gabata.
Dukkan shari'o'in biyu sun yi zargin cewa dokar ta PREP ta keta haƙƙin tsarin aiwatar da rigakafin cutar ta Covid-19 a ƙarƙashin Kwaskwarima ta biyar. Har ila yau, shari'ar ta biyu ta yi zargin cin zarafi da keta hakkin shari'ar juri a ƙarƙashin gyara na bakwai da kuma cin zarafi na Takings a ƙarƙashin gyara na biyar. A halin yanzu ana ci gaba da shari'ar a Kotunan Gundumar Amurka na gundumar Yamma ta Louisiana da gundumar Arewacin Texas, bi da bi.
Idan shari'o'in sun yi nasara, allurar rigakafin Covid-19 da aka yi wa rauni za ta iya ko dai ta cancanci kai karar kamfanonin harhada magunguna, ko kuma za a tilasta wa gwamnati ta samar da "maganin madaidaicin madaidaicin" ta hanyar ingantaccen tsarin ramuwa na rigakafin cutar.
Yin hidima cikin aikin sa kai a matsayin Darakta harkokin shari’a na React19, na sami karramawa na yin aiki tare da sauran membobin ƙungiyar al’amuran gwamnatinmu suna ganawa da kansu da ‘yan majalisa, ma’aikatansu, da sauran jami’an gwamnati, da ke ba da shawarwari a madadin ‘yan uwanmu da suka ji rauni. A ra'ayin mazan jiya, a matsayin ƙungiya, mun shiga cikin irin waɗannan tarurrukan sama da 150.
A cikin waɗannan tarurrukan, babu wani jami'i ɗaya da ya ƙi yarda da ainihin matsayinmu cewa (1) gwamnati ta gaza yin nasara a kan rigakafin cutar ta Covid-19 da (2) waɗanda suka ji rauni sun cancanci ingantaccen gyara. Dangane da kididdigar mummunan kididdigar CICP da aka gabatar a sama, duk wata gardama da akasin haka zai zama mara gaskiya a mafi kyawu. Amma duk da haka, babu ɗaya daga cikin kudurori huɗu da aka gabatar a madadin waɗanda suka ji rauni da ya wuce matakin ƙaramin kwamiti na farko. Ba abin mamaki bane, 'yan Democrat suna ci gaba da nuna yatsa ga 'yan Republican yayin da 'yan Republican ke mayar da zargin. A halin yanzu, mazabar su suna shan wahala.
The Magani
"Gaskiyar al'amarin ita ce koyaushe ku san abin da ya dace don yin abin da ya fi wahala shine yin shi."
- Norman Schwarzkopf
Gabaɗaya, da yawa a cikin al'ummar da ke fama da cutar ta Covid-19 sun gamsu da nadin Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. na zama Sakataren Lafiya da Ayyukan Jama'a na ƙasarmu na gaba (HHS) - ba abin mamaki ba idan aka kwatanta da damuwarsa game da amincin rigakafin gabaɗaya.
Tabbas, nadin Mr. Kennedy yana wakiltar canjin yanayin siyasa ta fuskar amincewa da raunin da aka samu na allurar rigakafi a Washington, DC, da damar yin aiki. Duk da haka, yana kuma nuna wani ramin da zai iya yiwuwa.
A wannan mawuyacin lokaci, yana da mahimmanci cewa al'ummar da ke fama da cutar ta Covid-19 kada su bari kyakkyawan fata na gama kai ya haifar da rashin gamsuwa. Babu wani jami'i guda daya, zaba ko nadawa, da ya taba samun gyara mai ma'ana ba tare da daidaito ba, matsin lamba daga wajen wadanda doka ta shafa da kansu.
Mahimmanci, yayin da Sakataren HHS zai iya ƙayyade manufa, shi ko ita ba ta da ikon sake fasalin doka. Ikon aiwatar da doka, kamar wanda ake buƙata don ƙetare tanadin rigakafin CICP na Dokar PREP, an keɓance shi ga Majalisa.
A taƙaice, tushen samun zakara bai wadatar ba.
Don haka, a matsayin rantsuwar 119th Majalisa ta zo kusa, wadanda mu ke fama da mummunan tasirin rigakafin Covid-19, da kuma magoya bayan mu da ba su ji rauni ba, dole ne su shirya don matsawa da karfi fiye da kowane lokaci. Ba za mu iya gamsuwa da ci gaban da muka samu a baya ba. Har ila yau, kada mu yi watsi da ainihin hujjar da ta kawo mana wannan nisa - cewa ciwo ba shi da wata ƙungiya.
Ba tare da la’akari da siyasarsu ba, tilas ne mu dora wa zababbun jami’an mu a gaban jama’a. Shiru a fuskar cin hanci da rashawa, kamar tsawaita tanadin rigakafi na Dokar PREP don biyan buƙatun kamfanoni na kamfanonin harhada magunguna, tare da kashe waɗanda samfuransu suka lalace na dindindin, ba za a amince da su ba. Godiya ga aikin React19, da sauran masu ba da shawara ga wadanda suka ji rauni, da'awar rashin sanin wannan zaluncin ba ya zama hujjar rashin aiki.
Dole ne mu ba da membobin 119th Zaɓin Majalisa - ko dai a ƙaddamar da tattaunawa mai ma'ana a madadin Covid-19 da aka ji rauni, ko kuma a fitar da shi azaman masu cin hanci da rashawa da kyau.
Zaɓin yana da sauƙi. Abinda ya dace a yi a bayyane yake. Yanzu ya zo da wuya part.
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Kafin rayuwarsa ta canza raunin alurar riga kafi, Chris da farko ya yi aikin kare aikata laifuka a cikin tsakiyar Pennsylvania. Tushen wanda ya ke amfani da shi ya fito ne daga mutanen da ke fuskantar kananan laifuffuka kamar tuki a karkashin iko zuwa wadanda ake tuhuma da manyan laifuka ciki har da kisan kai. Baya ga abokan cinikinsa masu zaman kansu, Chris ya yi aiki a matsayin lauyan da kotu ta nada wanda ke wakiltar mutanen da ake tsare da su a karkashin Dokar Taimakon Laifi na Bayan Laifin Pennsylvania. A cikin 2009, an amince da shi a matsayin Advocate of the Year saboda aikinsa a madadin waɗanda aka yi wa laifi. Yanzu shi ne Daraktan Harkokin Shari'a na React19, mai ba da riba mai tushen kimiyya wanda ke ba da tallafi na kuɗi, ta jiki, da kuma tausayawa ga waɗanda ke fama da bala'in rigakafin Covid-19 na dogon lokaci a duniya.
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