Me yasa mutane masu wayo da yawa suka kasance masu hidima da rashin haƙuri yayin murkushewar Covid-19? Rikicin bala'i na tarayya ya kasance sakamakon dabi'a na swagger na Amurka wanda ya ayyana kansa mafi kyau da haske.
Tun daga farko, an ɗauki juriya ga hukunce-hukuncen Covid a matsayin hujjar jahilci ko ɓarna. Lokacin da masu zanga-zangar hana kulle-kulle suka yi zanga-zanga a cikin bazara na 2020, kafofin watsa labarai sun yi musu ba'a. Wani dan takarar jam'iyyar Democrat ya ba da sanarwar fatansa cewa Covid zai "kashe mutane da yawa ba daidai ba" na masu zanga-zangar - ra'ayi da mutane da yawa suka yi ta a shafukan sada zumunta.
Tsoron illolin daga maganin rigakafin Covid da aka amince da shi cikin sauri shine babban dalilin "jinkirin rigakafin." Wani bincike na 2021 ya gano cewa mafi ƙarancin “jinkirin” don samun rigakafin Covid yana cikin mutane. tare da digiri na Masters – kashi 8.3 ne kawai suka gamu da allurar. Ofishin Kidayar Jama'a ya ba da rahoton cewa mutanen da suka "karbi aƙalla kashi ɗaya [Covid] sun kasance sau biyu kamar yadda wataƙila a matsayin wanda ba a yi masa allurar ba don samun digiri na kwaleji ko mafi girma." Dangane da "masu kwarjini," mutane sun kasance wawaye kada su amince da hatimin tarayya na amincewa da sabbin rigakafin.
Ina zaune a gundumar Montgomery, Maryland, mafi yawan masu sassaucin ra'ayi na jihar mai sassaucin ra'ayi. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan barkewar cutar, “Na yi imani da Kimiyya” alamun lawn sun tashi kamar namomin kaza, ba da daɗewa ba tare da allunan “Na gode, Dr. Fauci”.
Komai sau nawa 'yan siyasa ko ma'aikata suka canza manufofin Covid (babu abin rufe fuska, abin rufe fuska, abin rufe fuska biyu sun fi daya), yawancin 'yan Washington sun ci gaba da yin imani da hikimar shugabanninsu. Da yawa daga cikin masu fafutuka iri ɗaya waɗanda suka yi watsi da tunanin "microaggressions" sun yi murna ga Feds don tilasta wa kowa da kowa da allurar Covid.
Yawancin zamantakewa na a cikin shekarun farko na cutar ta faru ne akan tafiye-tafiyen da na jagoranta ko shiga cikin Beltway. Alamar nagarta akan waɗancan jaunts galibi suna da kauri fiye da hayaƙi sama da cunkoson sa'ar sa'a ta Beltway. Wasu masu halartar taron sun yi alfahari da samun sabon abin ƙarfafawa kamar sun yi kasada da rayukansu don ceto ƴan ƴan tsana da ke nutsewa a cikin wani kogi mai fama da tashin hankali.
Na yi mamakin yadda yawancin ƴan Washington suka kama keken motarsu zuwa shelar hukuma. A cikin Mayu 2021, bayan yawancin manya sun sami allurar rigakafi, murna ta barke lokacin da Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka ta sanar da ƙarshen abin rufe fuska. Wata ƙungiyar Meetup ta yi bikin ta hanyar gudanar da taron kona abin rufe fuska. Amma an bukaci mutane su kawo katunan rigakafin su don halartar (wata babbar liyafa da na rasa.)
Ƙungiyar Saliyo ta dakatar da duk wani tafiye-tafiye a yankin Washington na tsawon watanni. Wani ƙaramin kulob ya ci gaba da buga abubuwan da suka faru amma ya ba da umarnin cewa duk masu tafiya dole ne a yi musu ɓarna, haɓakawa, da sanya abin rufe fuska a kowane lokaci. Masks ba kayan ado ne da ya dace ba yayin da ake shakar tsaunuka masu tsayi.
Wata ƙungiya ta ba da izinin waɗanda ba a buɗe ba su halarta amma idan sun tsaya aƙalla ƙafa 15 daga vaxxed. Me ya sa ba za a buƙaci masu halarta ba su sa yagaggen tufafi kuma a koyaushe suna ihu "Ba mai-tsarki! Littafi Mai Tsarki ya wajabta ga kutare? Hunch na shine cewa ƙungiyar zata dage akan sama da ƙafa 15 idan wasu hooligan sun nuna sanye da "Vax-Free Sperm Here!" t-shirt.
Ƙungiya ta tafiye-tafiye da nake jagoranta tana da manufar "Kada ku yi tambaya, kar ku faɗa" kan matsayin Covid vax. Jama'a sun kasance a waje kuma duk wani fallasa ga ƙwayoyin cuta zai iya zama kaɗan. Yawo ne - ba wasan motsa jiki ba - kuma babu buƙatar bayanin likita. "Haɗarin da aka ɗauka" koyaushe ya kasance kyakkyawan ma'auni don kiyaye 'yanci da ƙarfafa alhakin kowane mutum.
Ko da yake na yi shiru game da matsayina na vax, na nuna rashin jin daɗi ga ƙa'idodi marasa ma'ana tun lokacin da na yi alƙawarin biyayya sau da yawa a matsayina na Boy Scout. Yayin da muke tafiya tare da C & O Canal Towpath a safiyar kaka mai daraja, wata lauya mai shekaru 60 mai ritaya daga California ta ba da sanarwar ba zato ba tsammani cewa ta yi zargin ban sami Covid vax na ba.
Na yi mata mafi kyawun murmushina na Cheshire Cat, wanda gilashin tabarau na suka tsara shi da hular salon "Bootlegger" na Aussie Outback.
Sai ta yi shelar cewa, “Dalilin da ya sa ba a yi maka allurar ba, don kana son kai ne!”
Na fashe da dariya. Heck, ba laifi na bane cewa ingancin vax ya yi ƙasa da ƙimar amincewar Biden.
Ta girgiza kai: "Wane irin aiki kake yi?"
"Ni marubuci ne," na ce.
Ta kalleta da wulakanci akan bifocals dinta: "Amma kin taba samun aiki na gaske?"
"Na kasance Santa Claus a wani kantin sayar da Sashen Filene a Boston,” na amsa.
Ta yi nisa kuma ta ba ni labarin yadda mutane masu nagarta ke buƙatar yin biyayya ga hukuma yayin gaggawa. Ta kasance mai tunani mai zaman kanta don haka ta yarda da kowace ka'ida na Hikimar Al'ada. Tana da digiri na biyu na Masters da kuma JD don haka ta “ci nasara” kai tsaye, aƙalla ta katin ƙira. A maimakon in inganta ta, na dakata don ɗaukar hotunan yanayi yayin da ta ci gaba da tafiya.
Ban taba kai hari ga mutane ba saboda ra'ayinsu amma na nemi in jawo su don su fahimci imaninsu a hukumance. Yawancin Muminai na Gaskiya ba su da ƙarancin sani ko sha'awar game da hauhawar jayayya game da manufofin Covid. Yawancin masu tafiya a cikin al'ada sun yi na'am da Biden's prattle game da "cutar marasa lafiya." Lokacin da na nuna a hankali cewa wasu jihohi sun fi bayar da rahoto Mutuwar Covid a cikin vaxxed Fiye da wanda ba a taɓa gani ba, mutane sun kalle a firgice kamar na ba da shawara shan bleach don kawar da kwayar cutar. Da zarar mutanen da suka firgita suka daidaita biyayya da aminci, tattaunawa mai ma'ana ba ta yiwuwa.
"Kowa a Washington yana tsammanin su ne mafi wayo a cikin ɗakin," kamar yadda tsohuwar magana ke faɗi. Wani mai binciken NIH mai ritaya ne ya kwatanta hakan wanda har abada ya zama dan majalisa na wa'adi na biyu. Wannan ɗan'uwan mai girman pint ya ɗauka duk wanda ke kan tafiye-tafiye yana sha'awar jin duk abubuwan da ya faru a cikin aikinsa.
Tafiya kusa da Kogin Potomac da sanyin safiya a watan Nuwamba 2021, ya yi alfahari da sanin manyan masu tsara manufofin Covid, waɗanda dukkansu mutane ne masu ban mamaki. Ya bayyana maganin mRNA a matsayin "a zahiri mafi girman ƙirƙira na ƙarni."
“Wannan fa? Mayo Clinic karatu yana nuna ingancin Pfizer ya faɗi zuwa kashi 42?" Na tambaya ba tare da nace komai ba.
"Ban ji labarin hakan ba, allura ce mai ban mamaki kuma kowa ya kamata ya samu."
Na gyada kai. "Shin kun damu da babban maganin rigakafin FDA masana sun yi murabus don nuna rashin amincewa da matsin lambar da Fadar White House ta yi na amincewa da masu karfafa gwiwa?"
"Wannan ba daidai ba ne. Ina biyan kuɗin shiga New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Da kuma Washington Post kuma ku karanta su kowace rana, kuma ba ku ga kome ba game da wannan.
The Washington Post ya rufe wadanda suka yi murabus suka gudu testy op-eds ta daya daga cikin tsoffin jami'an amma ba na so in yi masa haraji. Mutane ba sa ganin abin da ba sa so su sani.
"A cikin watan Yuli," na yi sharhi, "Biden ya ce a cikin zauren gidan CNN nasa cewa duk wanda ya yi kuskure ba zai sami Covid ba. Yanzu akwai miliyoyin shari'o'in 'nasara'." Na dena gunaguni, "Kusa da aikin gwamnati."
Masanin kimiyyar da ya yi ritaya ya ji haushi a bayyane. "Wannan ya dogara ne akan bayanan da suka gabata. Ba daidai ba ne a soki shugaban kasa bisa bayanan da suka wuce."
"Me kuke tunani game da rikicin da ke tsakanin Fadar White House da CDC game da ba da umarnin allura na uku ga kusan kowa?" Na yi tambaya, ina ƙoƙari don irin wannan sautin rashin jin daɗi da likitan ido ke amfani da shi lokacin tambaya game da karanta haruffan a jere na ƙasa.
"Ban ji komai game da shi ba. Amma Fadar White House da CDC suna buƙatar daidaita saƙon su," in ji shi. Dude ya damu ba na mika shi zuwa ga tsohon Mataimakin Mataimakin Kodinan Bincike na Poohbah na Kasafin Tarayya na Sub-Molecular.
"Saƙon ba shine batun ba," na ce. "CDC ta damu da illolin kiwon lafiya, a cewar wani shafin farko na kwanan nan Post yanki."
"Alurar rigakafin ba ta da lafiya, FDA ta ce haka," in ji shi cikin fushi. Kuma a lokacin ya shiga cikin tsaka mai wuya game da yadda shi da kansa ya san Tony Fauci. "Abu ne mai matukar muni a samu 'yan siyasa da kafafen yada labarai suna sukar masana kimiyya," in ji shi da yatsa. Geez, ba mamaki wannan mutumin ya ƙaunaci Fauci.
Na yi tsayayya da jarabar tambayar ko yana tunanin Saint Tony zai je kurkuku don yin ƙarya ga Majalisa. Ko da kuwa, ya daina zuwa hawan hawan bayan haka. Ban taba samun damar tambayarsa game da na Fauci ba squirrely shaida a wata kara da aka yi kwanan nan. Bayani na Fauci kamar yadda "Masani sai dai a lokacin da aka yi la'akari" a cikin wani New York Post op-ed mai yiwuwa ba zai yi masa dariya ba.
Jadawalin tafiya ya kasance abin tausayi ga 'yan siyasar yankin. A ƙarshen 2021, Magajin Garin Columbia Muriel Bowser ya ba da umarnin yin allurar rigakafi ga duk wani aiki a yankinta, don haka na dakatar da ɗaukar tafiye-tafiye a cikin iyakokin birni. Tsohuwar shugabar 'yan jaridu ta FDA Emily Miller ta yi ba'a, "Manufar fasfo din rigakafin ita ce #An yi Alurar riga kafi don samun rashin kwanciyar hankali."
A watan Fabrairun shekarar da ta gabata, na shiga cikin DC kuma na shiga cikin wani babban kantin kofi na Dupont Circle don kawar da mamakon ruwan sama. Kowane tebur yana ɗaukar alamar gargaɗi mai ƙarfi: "Masks akan & Katin Alurar riga kafi!" Abokan ciniki sun ce: "Duk wuraren shaye-shaye da gidajen cin abinci… Ofishin Magajin gari ANA BUKATA don duba katunan rigakafi na abokan cinikin cin abinci. Na gode da taimaka mana mu bi dokokin gida don mu kasance a buɗe!" Me ya sa wannan kafa ba ta daidaita taken: “Ku zo tare da Gestapo!”
An gane ni dalilin da ya sa mutane za su biya $ 6.50 don kofi don a kula da muni fiye da wadanda aka yanke. An sami ƙarancin yarda da irin waɗannan ƙa'idodin a sassa masu karamin karfi na DC. An amince da tsarin fasfo na vax 86 bisa dari na DC. farare amma kashi 63 ne kawai na baki. Baƙar fata suna da ƙarancin allurar rigakafi kuma umarnin magajin gari ya sa su zama ƴan ƙasa na biyu. Wannan kantin kofi ya fita daga kasuwanci jim kadan bayan ziyarar tawa.
Yawancin 'yan Washington da na hadu da su sun makance da 'yancin sauran mutane. A farkon barkewar cutar, jami'an gwamnati sun yi kakaki ban tsoro statistics extrapolations na yiwuwar kamuwa da cuta rates. Don haka, kai tsaye suka sami damar kulle mutane a gidajensu, rufe kasuwancinsu, da kulle majami'unsu. Takaddun shaida na ƙwararru suna samun girmamawa mara iyaka a cikin Beltway fiye da haƙƙin tsarin mulkin Amurkawa.
Shugabannin kiwon lafiyar jama'a suna kira da a nada kwamitin da zai binciki gazawar manufofin Covid-19. Amma da yawa daga cikin hukunce-hukuncen da suka fi lalata sun samo asali ne daga zato cewa duk Amurkawa su durƙusa ga manyansu. Ba za a rage girman kai na Washington ba komai nawa aka fallasa cutar ta barke.
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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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