A cikin mako na biyu na Maris 2020, gwamnatin Trump ta ba da sanarwar "kwanaki 15 don daidaita tsarin" bisa ga kuskuren ra'ayi cewa rufe tattalin arzikin na dan lokaci zai rage shigar da asibiti kuma don haka rage yawan mutuwar Covid a kan matsakaici da dogon lokaci. Kamar yadda kuka sani, a wasu wuraren kulle-kulle na makarantu da kasuwanci ya kai tsawon watanni 18 tare da lalata tattalin arzikin Amurka da dubban daruruwan kananan ‘yan kasuwa a cikin wannan tsari.
A lokacin, ina fama da SB163 a Colorado - lissafin da ya buƙaci a bibiyar iyaye a cikin bayanan gwamnati kuma su bi tsarin sake karatun kan layi idan suna son 'ya'yansu su halarci makarantar gwamnati amma sun ƙi. wani rigakafin yara. Amma majalisar ta rufe ba zato ba tsammani ba tare da ganin ranar da za a sake budewa ba.
Don haka na himmatu wajen yin aiki kan Covid da Covid lockdowns. Na tuna cewa akwai ɗimbin wallafe-wallafe game da "masu tabbatar da lafiyar jama'a" da "mutuwar yanke ƙauna" da ke komawa cikin 1970s. Tunanin yana da sauƙi - idan yawan rashin aikin yi ya karu, abubuwa da yawa sun faru da suka haɗa da karuwar kisan kai, tashin hankalin gida, cin zarafin yara, ɗaurin kurkuku, rashin lafiyar kwakwalwa, kashe kansa, da kuma mutuwar kwayoyi da guba.
Don haka na yi zurfin zurfi cikin batun kuma na gano tushen daftarin aiki. Harvey Brenner (sannan a Jami'ar Johns Hopkins) a madadin Kwamitin Tattalin Arziki na Majalisar Dokokin Amurka a tsakiyar 1970s. samu cewa:
An danganta karuwar kashi 1% cikin rashin aikin yi da aka samu tsawon shekaru shida (a cikin shekaru talatin da suka gabata) tare da karuwar adadin 36,887 jimlar mutuwar, gami da mutuwar 20,240 na cututtukan zuciya, kisan kai 920, kisan kai 648, mutuwar 495 daga cirrhosis na hanta, asibitoci 4,227 da shigar da marasa lafiya.
Cikin ban mamaki na kaddara. Mutuwar Rashi da Makomar Jari-Hujja An buga ta Anne Case da Sir Angus Deaton a ranar 17 ga Maris, 2020 kuma an inganta shi sosai a duk faɗin kafofin watsa labarai na yau da kullun. Yana sabunta aikin Brenner kuma ya sanya batun cewa rikicin tattalin arziki ya haifar da mummunan sakamako na kiwon lafiya ciki har da nakasa da mutuwa.
Ya buge ni cewa kulle-kulle na Covid suna haifar da rikicin tattalin arziki wanda zai haifar da mummunan sakamako na kiwon lafiya, mai yiwuwa ya fi Covid da kanta. Don haka na tashi don yin kwaikwayon tasirin lafiyar kulle-kullen a karon farko.
Yawan jama'a a Amurka sun yi ƙanƙanta a cikin 1970s (lokacin da Brenner ya gudanar da bincikensa) don haka na sabunta alkalummansa don dacewa da yawan jama'ar Amurka na yanzu kuma na ƙiyasta adadin mace-mace da hauhawar rashin aikin yi ke haifarwa sakamakon kulle-kullen Covid.
Ƙididdigar ƙasa ta ƙasa shine ƙarin rayuka 294,170 da aka rasa daga mutuwar yanke ƙauna kuma ƙimar da nake da ita ita ce ƙarin rayuka 1,853,271 da aka rasa daga mutuwar yanke ƙauna idan rashin aikin yi ya ci gaba har tsawon shekaru shida.
Tsaron Lafiyar Yara ya buga labarina a ranar 23 ga Maris, 2020 tare da taken, “Shin 'Mutuwar Bacin rai' za ta zarce Mutuwar Coronavirus?"
Yayi sauri ya tattara ra'ayoyi 40,000. Daga baya a wannan rana Shugaba Trump ya ɗauki wannan hujja lokacin da yake annabta "Mummunan mutuwa" da "dubban mutane sun kashe kansu" idan ba a bude kasar don kasuwanci ba a cikin 'yan makonni.
Daban-daban tankunan tunani a fili suma sun lura da labarina kuma sun gina nasu samfuran nawa mutane za su mutu daga kulle-kulle. A ranar 8 ga Mayu, 2020 An buga Amintacciyar Lafiya Hasashen Mutuwar Despair daga Covid-19. Nazarin su ya samu ton latsa kuma kididdigar su sun kasance daidai da ƙananan ƙididdiga daga samfurin na (samfurin su ya kiyasta ƙananan karuwar rashin aikin yi kuma kawai ya dubi tasirin rashin aikin yi na shekara guda).
A kan Mayu 21, 2020 Cibiyar Brookings ta buga "Kare tattalin arzikin mu da lafiyar mu a cikin annoba” wanda ya shafi yankin da na tsara watanni biyu da suka shige.
Hakanan a kan Mayu 21, 2020 labarin da Sakataren Lafiya da Ayyukan Jama'a Alex Azar ya yi mai taken "Dole ne mu sake buɗewa - don lafiyarmu” an buga shi a cikin qthe Washington Postt. Ya bayar da hujjar cewa "rikicin tattalin arzikin da kwayar cutar ta haifar shine kisa mai shiru" wanda "zai iya haifar da dubun dubatar asarar rayuka" daga kisan kai da kuma yawan abin da ya faru na opioid. (Na gode WaPo don tunatar da ni wannan labarin.)
Duk da cewa duk waɗannan ɓangarorin sun ɗan bambanta da samfurin da na buga na Covid-lockdown-death-of-despair, babu ɗayansu da ya yaba aikina na asali saboda a bayyane yake ga duk wanda ke tambayar allurar rigakafi kamar untermensch (don haka ina tsammanin suna ganin ba daidai ba ne a saci ra'ayoyinmu) kuma Tsaron Kiwon Lafiyar Yara ƙungiyar sa-kai ce da ba za a faɗi sunanta ba. Ko watakila duk muna da ra'ayi iri ɗaya game da lokaci guda, wa ya sani?
Wannan binciken da aka yi na kulle-kullen ya yi yawa ga manyan al'umma ba za su iya ɗauka ba - ta yaya wani zai iya ba da shawarar cewa kulle-kullen zai jawo asarar rayuka, muna da annoba da za mu gudu! Don haka a ranar 1 ga Yuni, 2020, Anne Case da Angus Deaton sun zubar da nasu aikin a bainar jama'a a cikin labarin mai taken, "Babu kadan zuwa babu shaida cewa 'mutuwar yanke kauna' tana bin adadin rashin aikin yi” da aka buga a cikin Washington Post. Daga baya WaPo canza take a cikin online edition don zargi shi a kan Trump (kuma an koma asalin taken zuwa taken magana):
Case da Deaton babban abu ne mai girma. Case ta lashe lambar yabo ta Kenneth Arrow a fannin tattalin arzikin kiwon lafiya a cikin 2003 kuma ta kasance tauraruwar dutsen ilimi a Princeton a duk tsawon aikinta na ban mamaki. Deaton ya lashe kyautar Nobel a fannin tattalin arziki a 2015 kuma ya kasance jarumi Ta sarauniya Elizabeth II a cikin 2016. Amma sun kasance wani ɓangare na mashahurin kulle-da (duk da ainihin shaidar su a kan labarin yanke hukunci.
Don haka a cikin op-ed sun yi watsi da ka'idar da suka buga a cikin littafinsu ta hanyar jayayya cewa 'eh, mutuwar yanke ƙauna tana faruwa a cikin al'ummomin fararen fata masu talauci amma a'a ba za su faru ba sakamakon kulle-kullen Covid saboda, da kyau, um, wannan ya bambanta.'
Suka rubuta:
A takaice, za mu iya sallama a amince m tsinkaya koma bayan tattalin arziki mai zuwa zai haifar da mutuwar mutane 75,000 ko fiye da…
[A] guguwar mutuwar yanke ƙauna abu ne mai yuwuwa. koma bayan tattalin arziki na da matukar tsada domin yana kawo cikas ga rayuwar mutane, da hana su aiki da kudaden shiga, da kuma hana yawancin ayyukan da ke sa rayuwa ta dace. Muna buƙatar nemo amintattun hanyoyin komawa bakin aiki. Amma bai kamata mu tsoratar da kanmu da mafarki mai ban tsoro game da dubun-dubatar ƙarin kisan kai ko yawan shan ƙwayoyi ba.
Kara karantawa yanzu ya cika ni da bacin rai.
Shekara hudu kenan. Yanzu bayanan suna ciki kuma na yi daidai kuma manyan masana tattalin arziki na kiwon lafiya biyu a Amurka sun yi kuskure cikin bala'i.
Labari a wannan makon a The Economist ya nuna cewa mutuwar yanke kauna daga yawan shan miyagun kwayoyi, da gubar barasa, da kunar bakin wake sun yi tashin gwauron zabi a cikin shekaru hudu da suka gabata.
The Economist labarin ya nuna cewa mutuwar yanke ƙauna yanzu yana tasiri kusan kowane rukunin alƙaluman jama'a (ba kawai fararen fata da Case da Deaton suka yi nazari ba). Amma bai taɓa ambaton Covid ko kullewar Covid ba The Economist zakara a 2020. Kamar yadda na lura a baya, jadawali "lalata lankwasa" wanda ya kai ga kulle-kulle ya fito daga The Economist a ranar 29 ga Fabrairu, 2020. Maimakon amincewa da babban kuskuren su, The Economist kawai sun ba da shawarar cewa Case da Deaton sun sabunta samfurin su don haɗa mutane masu launi.
Babban masanin Ethical Skeptic yana bin diddigin yawan mace-mace sakamakon gazawa daban-daban na amsawar Covid tsawon shekaru hudu. Nasa bincike ya nuna cewa kuskuren da aka samu a cikin martanin Covid (ciki har da mutuwar yanke ƙauna) ba wai kawai ya kashe Amurkawa fiye da Covid ba, sun kuma kashe fiye da Amurkawa fiye da duk yaƙe-yaƙe na ƙasashen waje.
Mutane masu hankali na iya yin sabani game da adadin mutuwar yanke ƙauna daga kulle-kullen Covid. Mun san lambar ta haura sifili don haka tambayar ta zama nawa ne? Wasu abubuwan da ya kamata a yi tunani akai sun haɗa da:
- Fa'idodin rashin aikin yi mai karimci yayin Covid da ingantaccen tattalin arziƙin bayan an ɗaga kulle-kulle mai yiwuwa ya rage adadin waɗanda suka mutu (samfurin Brenner da na yi amfani da shi a cikin hasashen na ya dogara ne akan karuwar rashin aikin yi na al'umma na tsawon shekaru shida - don haka gajeriyar koma bayan tattalin arziki na Covid yakamata ya sami ƙarancin mutuwa sakamakon).
- Amma tsananin keɓantawar Covid sabo ne, opioids sun sami ƙarfi yayin Covid (tare da wadatar fentanyl), kuma samun kuɗin shiga daga fa'idodin rashin aikin yi na iya ƙara yawan barasa da siyan magunguna na nishaɗi wanda wataƙila ya faɗaɗa adadin masu mutuwa. Ka tuna cewa ana ɗaukar shagunan sayar da barasa "mahimman kasuwanci" waɗanda aka buɗe a buɗe yayin kulle-kullen yayin da majami'u waɗanda galibi ke gudanar da tarukan Alcoholics Anonymous an rufe su.
- Hakanan, ka'idojin asibiti na kisan kai, toshe hanyoyin samun amintattun magunguna masu inganci waɗanda suka haɗa da hydroxychloroquine da ivermectin, rashin bincike da alƙawuran jiyya na cututtuka kamar kansa, da gabatar da mafi munin rigakafi a tarihi ya ƙara adadin masu mutuwa (waɗanda ba a rarraba su kai tsaye a matsayin mutuwar yanke ƙauna amma sun ƙaru babu gaira babu dalili).
Wannan ita ce tattaunawar da mutane masu hankali za su iya yi. Amma wannan ba shine abin da ya faru ba a cikin bazara na 2020 (kuma ba tattaunawar ba ce babban abin da ke da ikon samun ko da a yanzu). Maimakon masu mulki suna da tsari da labari kuma sun yi amfani da abubuwan da suka faru a fannin tattalin arziki na kiwon lafiya, Anne Case da Angus Deaton, don cewa 'babu abin da za a gani a nan, kada ku yi tambaya, za mu iya rufe tattalin arzikin ba tare da asarar rayuka ba.'
Hujjar tasu a fili ce ta rashin hankali. Duk da haka, Case da Deaton sun sami hanyarsu. Makullin ya ɗauki tsawon shekara guda da rabi, ba kwanakin da aka yi alkawarin farko ba na kwanaki 15. Kuma daruruwan dubban Amurkawa sun mutu daga Covid-lockdown-mutuwar-bacin rai a sakamakon haka.
Ya zuwa yanzu Case da Deaton ba su biya farashi ba don mummunan lissafinsu don kare kulle-kullen kimiyyar takarce. A cikin 2021 Harka Ƙungiyar Tattalin Arziƙi ta Amirka (AEA) ta ba da lambar yabo ta NIH saboda gudunmawar da ta bayar ga ilimin halayyar mutum da zamantakewa. Mulkin yana ba da kansa. Idan da ɗayansu ya faɗi gaskiya game da kisan kare dangi da an kore su har abada daga cikin al'umma masu ladabi.
To me za mu iya koya daga wannan mugun al’amari?
- Kulle-kulle yana kashe mutane da yawa.
- Yawancin jiga-jigan ilimi ba su damu da gaskiya ba. Lokacin da turawa ta zo yin tsiya, koyaushe za su yi aiki daidai da matsayin ajinsu koda kuwa hakan ya saba wa aikinsu gaba ɗaya.
- Covid ya wakilci wani nau'i na musamman na hypnosis/psychosis wanda bourgeoisie ya rasa damar yin amfani da dabaru da dalili yayin da suke gaggawar kashe mutane da yawa gwargwadon yiwuwa da sunan lafiyar jama'a (kamar matsananciyar hamsters suna cin 'ya'yansu).
- Kasancewa daidai da wuri ba ya ɗaukar lada (aƙalla cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci) kuma yawanci yana haifar da lahani na mutum.
Na gaji da yin uzuri ga mutanen da suka sami komai a lokacin Covid. Ba kuskure ba ne, sun kasance masu son shiga cikin shirin. Anne Case da Angus Deaton abin kunya ne. Ban damu da irin kyakkyawan aikin da suka yi a baya a cikin sana’arsu ba, a lokacin da makomar al’umma ke kan layi sai suka zama matsorata. A taƙaice, suna bin ni da dukan al'umma babban uzuri. A cikin duniya mai adalci, bashin da za su biya ga al'umma zai fi girma.
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Toby Rogers yana da Ph.D. a cikin tattalin arzikin siyasa daga Jami'ar Sydney a Ostiraliya da kuma Jagoran Digiri na Siyasa na Jama'a daga Jami'ar California, Berkeley. Binciken nasa ya mayar da hankali kan kame ka'idoji da cin hanci da rashawa a masana'antar harhada magunguna. Dokta Rogers yana gudanar da tsarin siyasa na asali tare da ƙungiyoyin 'yanci na likita a duk faɗin ƙasar da ke aiki don dakatar da annobar cutar rashin lafiya a cikin yara. Ya yi rubutu game da tattalin arzikin siyasa na lafiyar jama'a akan Substack.
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