A cikin Oktoba na 2021, na tura tashar McMurdo, Antarctica a karo na biyu. Kowace lokacin bazara, tashar McMurdo ta zama gida ga kusan 1,000 eclectic da mutane masu ban mamaki waɗanda ke aiki a bayan Shirin Antarctic Foundation na Amurka (NSF), wanda ke sauƙaƙe bincike tare da ƙwarewar dabaru daidai da na sojojin Amurka.
Duk da nisantar McMurdo da rashin abubuwan more rayuwa na Amurka da aka saba, yawanci ana samun wadataccen rayuwar al'umma a wannan tsibiri mai ban mamaki. Al'umma suna shirya azuzuwan yoga, cafes, wuraren zane-zane, bukukuwan kiɗa, baje-kolin fasaha, bukukuwan hutu, da ƙari. Wannan yanayin zamantakewa ya burge ni yayin ziyarara ta farko a cikin 2017, amma a cikin 2021 rayuwar al'umma a McMurdo ta kasance ba a san shi ba saboda manufofin NSF's Covid na Antarctic.
Yayin da tashoshin bincike na USAP wasu ne kawai a cikin al'ummai a duniya tare da sifili Covid, mazaunan waɗannan tashoshin suna rayuwa ƙarƙashin tsauraran matakan kariya na Covid fiye da yawancin biranen Yammacin Turai yayin balaguron kamuwa da cuta.
A tsakanin turawa na Antarctic guda biyu, na sami digiri na biyu na Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a daga Makarantar Mailman ta Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a ta Jami'ar Columbia. A can, na koyi mahimmancin abubuwan da ke tattare da bayanan kiwon lafiyar jama'a, na yin nazari a hankali game da haɗarin lafiya, na yin niyya game da shisshigi dangane da waɗannan haɗarin, da kuma yin la'akari da mummunan sakamakon da ba a yi niyya ba.
Don haka, a duk lokacin bala'in, na yi mamakin ganin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun kiwon lafiyar jama'a da cibiyoyin kimiyya suna ba da shawarar ɗaukar matakan da ba a taɓa gani ba ba tare da goyan bayan shaida ba. Manufofin Covid na NSF a kimiyance marasa daidaituwa ga Antarctica sune fitattun misalan wannan rugujewar da na fuskanta a yanzu.
NSF ta kirkiro wadannan 'yan sanda a farkon barkewar cutar. Ganin yanayin nesa da iyakacin albarkatu na Antarctica, NSF ta gane cewa barkewar Covid a cikin tashoshi na kusa zai bazu cikin sauri kuma yana iya mamaye ikon asibiti cikin sauƙi. Kuma tare da fitar da likita ta iska ba abin dogaro ba, NSF cikin wayo ta tsara manufofi don hana Covid isa Antarctica da rage tasirin sa idan ya yi.
Manufofin sun fara da gwajin likita don haɗarin lafiya, waɗanda suka haɗa da sanannun abubuwan haɗarin Covid. Masu jigilar kaya zuwa McMurdo suna tafiya a matsayin ƙungiyoyin da ke keɓe a cikin dakunan otal na tsawon kwanaki uku, sun tabbatar da mummunan sakamakon gwajin PCR, sannan su tashi a kan keɓaɓɓen jirgin sama kai tsaye zuwa Christchurch, New Zealand.
Lokacin da ƙungiyoyin farko na lokacin bazara suka isa a watan Satumba, ba a sami shari'o'in Covid ba a duk tsibirin Kudu kusan shekara guda. Gwaje-gwajen PCR da gwaje-gwajen alamun alamun sun faru ne a lokacin isowa, kwanaki uku, bakwai, da 12 a cikin kwanaki 14 na tsananin keɓewa a cikin wuraren tabbatar da keɓewa da keɓewa na Christchurch da inganci (MIQ). Jiragen saman Amurka da Royal New Zealand Air Force sun bi matakan keɓancewa iri ɗaya kamar yadda ƙungiyoyin AmurkaP suka yi jigilar su zuwa "kankara". Yayin da ake kashe kuɗi mai yawa, waɗannan sauti, hanyoyin tushen shaida sun sami nasarar hana Covid daga duk tashoshin USAP.
Bayan isa Antarctica ne waɗannan manufofin suka tabarbare. Biyo bayan isowar jirgin fasinja na ƙungiyoyin marasa lafiya na Covid, duk masu karɓar tashar dole ne su sanya abin rufe fuska, nesantar jama'a, kuma su bi ba da izini ba kuma ba da izini ba a cikin jama'a da wuraren nishaɗi na mako guda.
A watan Oktoba wani sabon jirgin fasinja ya zo kusan kowane kwanaki biyar, yana tsawaita hani ga duk wata. An mayar da mu zuwa kullun rufe fuska inda muke zaune da aiki da asarar duk wani ayyukan zamantakewa ko nishaɗi wanda yawanci ke gudanarwa a tashar McMurdo - duk in babu Covid. Hatta ƙwararrun masu goyon bayan abin rufe fuska sun zama "masu hana rufe fuska".
Bayan ƙarancin ɗabi'a, manufofin suna ba da gudummawa ga babban koma baya na aiki da aminci. Yawan jama'ar tashar wannan kakar ba su da yawa - kusan 500 - kuma sannu a hankali yana raguwa saboda tsauraran manufofi da umarnin rigakafin da ya fara aiki mako guda bayan ƙungiyara (tare da adadin rigakafin kashi 85%) ya isa. Tabbatattun rubuce-rubuce da yawa cewa waɗanda ba a yi musu allurar ba ba za a hana su aikin likita ba, an koma baya. Ma'aikata da yawa a cikin sassan da ke da mahimmanci sun ƙi allurar kuma an tura su gida, wasu da yawa sun yi murabus saboda wasu tsauraran manufofin. Kusan dukkan sassan yanzu ba su da ma'aikata.
Tashar wutar lantarki kusan rabin ma'aikata ce kawai. Rashin wutar lantarki a cikin yanayin Antarctic yana nufin tushen ruwa zai iya daskare kuma ba za a adana abinci ba. Hukumar kashe gobara ba ta da ma'aikata sosai, ba za su iya ba da cikakken goyon baya ga filin jirgin ba inda jirage masu yawa za su iya sauka a cikin yanayi mara kyau a kan titin jirgin sama.
Wannan haɗari a bisa doka ya haramtawa Rundunar Tsaron Jirgin Sama ta New York - wanda ke tashi da LC-130s na musamman a kan manyan jiragen dakon kaya - daga isowa kan jadawalin, yana kawo cikas ga dabaru da sarƙoƙi. Tun daga lokacin da suka isa tare da yin watsi da su amma ba su iya tashi ayyukan intracontinental na yau da kullun na ƙarin makonni uku har sai ƙarin masu kashe gobara daga New Zealand sun isa.
Wadannan abubuwan da za a iya kaucewa, koma bayan manufofin da aka samu sun ba da gudummawa ga uku daga cikin ayyukan bincike shida a Yammacin Antarctica sokewa kafin farawa, rage jimillar ayyukan bincike da za a iya tallafawa daga matsakaicin yanayi na 60 zuwa 11, kuma ya sa duk watan rayuwa ta al'ada a watan Disamba ya zama fashi ta hanyar rufe fuska da soke abubuwan biki.
Waɗannan tsare-tsare na hukumar NSF mai ban mamaki ta Covid Control Board. Kamar yadda mutanen da abin ya shafa suka yi ƙoƙarin fayyace tambayoyi ko tuntuɓar wannan Hukumar Kulawa, babu wanda, a matakan gudanarwa da yawa, da ya fito fili da ainihin ko cancantar lafiyar jama'a na membobinsu. Ma'aikatan USAP da ke da ayyukan gudanarwa marasa alaƙa sun ɓoye lokaci da kuzari don haɓaka hanyoyin Covid don yawan jama'ar da babu Covid. Manufar su ba ta kare kowa daga komai ba.
Lokacin da aka yi tsokaci game da manufofin rashin ma'ana da rashin daidaituwa, manajojin na USAP suna ƙoƙarin kare su ba tare da ba da kowace irin shaida ga tushe ba. Babu nassoshi ga kowane bincike na Covid ko jagororin CDC. Tambayoyin da aka kai wa shugabannin NSF da ke magance waɗannan batutuwa sun kasance ba a amsa ba. Ainihin mutanen da ke ƙarƙashin waɗannan manufofin wuce gona da iri suna da muryoyi masu ƙarfi waɗanda kawai ana watsi da su.
Babu wani bege ga rayuwa a McMurdo wanda ba shi da kariya ta Covid duk da tsauraran tsarin keɓewa da ke kan hanya, duk da yawan alurar riga kafi 100% a yanzu, kuma duk da gwajin cutar. Kwanan nan Barkewar cutar covid a wani tushe na bincike na Beljiyam mai irin wannan alƙaluma kuma babu rahoton kiwon lafiya da ya wuce alamun alamun da ke nuna ƙarancin haɗarin Covid da kanta yayin da mummunan tasirin manufofin ya kasance a bayyane.
Duk da haka, ana barazanar ma'aikata da za a daina aiki idan suka saba wa ƙa'idodin da ba su dace ba. Abubuwan da ke jawo mutane zuwa tashar McMurdo an yi asara ba tare da wata bukata ba. Binciken Antarctic - wanda ke ba da mafi girman fahimtarmu don fahimtar matsala mai wuyar sauyin yanayi - an tauye shi, rayuwar membobin al'umma sun yi hasarar ƙima, kuma duk waɗannan matsalolin ba su haifar da hujjojin kimiyya ba, amma ta hanyar siyasa da hangen nesa.
Ana ƙalubalantar ma'aikatan USAP na musamman a cikin ɗayan mafi girman matsananci, keɓantacce, da keɓantattun wurare na Covid a duniya. Idan kamfani mafi yawan ƙirƙira da tallafin NSF ba zai iya amfani da tunanin kimiyya ba kuma ya karɓi al'ada inda babu Covid, ta yaya za mu amince da cibiyoyin kimiyyar mu don nema a sauran duniya, inda Covid yake nan ya zauna?
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Willy Forsyth, MPH EMT-P, ya yi aiki a matsayin ƙwararren Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a tare da hukumomin agaji a faɗin Afirka da Asiya. Shi ma Pararescueman ne na Alaska Air National Guard Pararescueman tare da gogewa game da rage haɗarin hadaddun ayyuka a cikin saitunan duniya. Kwanan nan ya yi aiki a matsayin Mai Gudanar da Tsaron Filin da Jagoran Bincike da Ceto tare da Shirin Antarctic na Amurka a Tashar McMurdo.
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