Kimiyya shine tsarin da muke koyo game da ayyukan gaskiyar abin duniya. Ko da yake sababbin abubuwa na zamani - waɗanda aka gina akan 'ya'yan kimiyya - za su yi kama da sihiri ga mutanen da ke rayuwa shekaru da yawa da suka wuce, sun samo asali ne daga hanyar kimiyya da aka gwada lokaci.
Sabanin yiwuwar sifofin watsa labaru na kimiyya, hanyar kimiyya ba ta dogara ne akan wanzuwar ijma'i na tatsuniyoyi ba amma a kan tsararrun muhawarar kimiyya. Idan akwai yarjejeniya, kimiyya ta ƙalubalanci shi da sababbin zato, gwaji, dabaru, da tunani mai mahimmanci. Abin ban mamaki, kimiyya ta ci gaba saboda ya yi imanin cewa bai taba zuwa ba; ijma'i shine alamar mataccen kimiyya.
Daya daga cikin mu dalibin koleji ne tare da aikin da ba a riga an tsara shi ba a madadin aikin jarida na indie. Sauran kuma farfesa ne na manufofin kiwon lafiya a Makarantar Magunguna ta Jami'ar Stanford tare da MD, Ph.D. a cikin tattalin arziki, da kuma shekarun da suka gabata na gwaninta rubuce-rubuce akan cututtukan cututtuka masu yaduwa. Duk da ɗimbin bambance-bambance a cikin asalinmu da abubuwan da muka samu, mun haɗu da tushen tushen kimiyya da ƙa'idodin ɗabi'a waɗanda hukumomin kiwon lafiyar jama'a suka yi watsi da su yayin bala'in cutar ta Covid. Ka'idoji kamar magani na tushen shaida, yarda da sanarwa, da wajibcin muhawarar kimiyya sun zama ginshiƙi wanda jama'a za su iya amincewa da cewa kimiyya da lafiyar jama'a suna aiki don amfanin jama'a ba tare da la'akari da shi ba.
Haƙiƙa na yarda da ilimin kimiyya a duk lokacin bala'in COVID-19 ya haifar da munanan manufofin, tare da kulle-kulle misali na farko. Ya bayyana a sarari ko a jajibirin kulle-kullen a shekarar 2020 cewa tabarbarewar tattalin arzikin da suka haifar zai jefa dubun-dubatar miliyoyin duniya cikin karancin abinci da matsanancin talauci, wanda da gaske ya faru.
A bayyane yake cewa rufe makarantu - a wasu wuraren da za a kwashe shekaru biyu ko fiye - zai lalata damar rayuwar yara da lafiya da walwala a nan gaba a duk inda aka aiwatar da su. Hoton da ke fitowa na mummunar asarar koyo, musamman tsakanin yara matalauta da marasa rinjaye (tare da karancin albarkatun da ake samu don maye gurbin karatun da aka rasa), yana nufin cewa kulle-kulle zai haifar da talauci da rashin daidaito a cikin shekaru masu zuwa.
Kuma tabbataccen shaida daga wurare kamar Sweden, waɗanda ba su sanya kulle-kulle ko rufe makarantu ba kuma waɗanda ke da mafi ƙarancin adadin duk abin da ke haifar da mutuwa a Turai, yana nuna cewa kulle-kulle ya gaza har ma da ƙunci don kare lafiyar jama'a yayin bala'in.
Hasashen yarjejeniya game da yadda ake amfani da allurar rigakafin Covid wani babban bala'i ne na lafiyar jama'a. Jami'an kiwon lafiyar jama'a a ko'ina sun yi la'akari da gwajin bazuwar kan allurar rigakafin Covid a matsayin bayar da cikakkiyar kariya daga kamuwa da yada Covid. Koyaya, gwaje-gwajen da kansu basu da rigakafin kamuwa da cuta ko yadawa azaman a auna ƙarshen.
Maimakon haka, gwaje-gwajen sun auna kariya daga cututtukan alamomi na tsawon watanni biyu bayan jerin alluran rigakafi na kashi biyu. Rigakafin kamuwa da cuta a bayyane yake wani takamaiman ƙarshen asibiti ne daga rigakafin kamuwa da cuta ko watsawa ga kwayar cutar da za ta iya yaduwa ba tare da asymptomatic ba. A cikin kaka na 2020, babban jami'in kula da lafiya na Moderna Tal Zaks ya fada da BMJ"Gwajin mu ba zai nuna rigakafin watsawa ba… saboda don yin hakan, dole ne ku swab mutane sau biyu a mako na dogon lokaci, kuma hakan ya zama wanda ba zai iya aiki ba."
Duk da waɗannan gaskiyar, jami'an kiwon lafiyar jama'a sun yi watsi da saƙon lafiyar jama'a da ke kewaye da rigakafin cutar ta Covid. Dangane da ruɗi na yarjejeniya ta kimiyya, hukumomin kiwon lafiyar jama'a, 'yan siyasa, da kafofin watsa labarai sun tura umarnin rigakafi, fasfo na rigakafi, da nuna wariyar alluran rigakafi.
Fitattun jami'ai, ciki har da Anthony Fauci da Daraktar CDC Rochelle Walensky, sun gaya wa jama'a cewa kimiyya ta tabbatar da cewa rigakafin cutar ya daina yaduwa. CNN Anga Don Lemon ya yi kira don "abin kunya" da "bari" 'yan ƙasa marasa rigakafi daga al'umma. Kasashe irin su Italiya, Girka, da Austria sun nemi a hukunta ’yan kasarsu da ba a yi musu allurar ba tare da tsangwama na kudi har dala 4,108. A Kanada, gwamnati ta kwace wa 'yan ƙasa da ba a ba su allurar haƙƙinsu na tafiya ko'ina ta jirgin sama ko jirgin ƙasa da ikonsu na yin aiki a bankuna, kamfanonin lauyoyi, asibitoci, da duk masana'antu na tarayya.
Maganar ita ce waɗanda ba a yi musu allurar ba ne kaɗai ke cikin haɗarin yaɗuwar cutar ta covid. Wani tunanin ra'ayi ya bayyana cewa samun harbe-harbe aikin al'umma ne da ake bukata. Kalmomi irin su "Ba game da ku ba ne, don kare kakannina" sun zama sananne sosai. A ƙarshe, yayin da mutane suka lura da yawancin mutanen da aka yi wa allurar rigakafi da ke kewaye da su suna yin kwangila tare da yada Covid, amincin jama'a ga waɗannan hukumomin ya rushe.
A farkon watan da ya gabata, gwamnatin Biden kara Bukatar rigakafin cutar mRNA matafiyi na kasashen waje zuwa 11 ga Mayu (wanda yanzu ke zuwa ƙarshe) bayan an saita takunkumin zai ƙare a ranar 11 ga Afrilu. Babu ɗayan waɗannan manufofin da ya taɓa samun wani dalili na kimiyya ko lafiyar jama'a ko "ijma'i" na annoba don tallafa musu - kuma tabbas ba sa cikin 2023.
Kurakurai masu alaƙa suna wuce gona da iri game da wajibcin rigakafin Covid ga matasa da masu lafiya da rage yiwuwar haifar da mummunar illa, kamar myocarditis wanda aka samu galibi a cikin samari masu shan maganin. Babban fa'idar rigakafin Covid shine rage haɗarin asibiti ko mutuwa akan kamuwa da cutar ta covid. Akwai bambanci fiye da ninki dubu a cikin haɗarin mace-mace daga kamuwa da cutar ta covid, tare da yara da matasa da masu lafiya waɗanda ke fuskantar ƙarancin haɗari dangane da wasu haɗarin a rayuwarsu.
A gefe guda, haɗarin mace-mace ga tsofaffi daga kamuwa da cuta ya fi girma sosai. Don haka matsakaicin fa'idar ka'idar maganin ta yi kadan ga matasa, mutane masu lafiya da yara, yayin da zai iya yin girma ga tsofaffi masu kamuwa da cuta da yawa.
Ma'aikatan kiwon lafiyar jama'a da magunguna sun yi watsi da waɗannan gaskiyar a cikin yunƙurin yin allurar rigakafin ga jama'a, ba tare da la'akari da ma'auni na fa'ida da lahani daga maganin ba. Kiwon lafiyar jama'a yakamata ya gargadi matasa da/ko masu lafiya game da rashin tabbas game da amincin alurar riga kafi don sabon alurar riga kafi.
Ga matasa da masu lafiya, ƙananan fa'idar amfani ba ta wuce haɗarin haɗari ba, wanda - tare da siginar myocarditis na farko - ya juya baya zama ma'ana a yanayi. Tsararren bincike mai zaman kansa na Pfizer da bayanan aminci na Moderna ya nuna cewa rigakafin mRNA covid yana da alaƙa da 1 cikin 800 mara kyau na aukuwar aukuwa - sosai. mafi girma fiye da sauran alluran rigakafi a kasuwa (yawanci a cikin filin wasa na 1 a cikin ƙimar abubuwan da ba su dace ba).
Don kiyaye ruɗin yarjejeniya, hukumomin kiwon lafiyar jama'a da kafofin watsa labarai suna ganin ya zama dole a murkushe waɗannan gaskiyar. A cikin watan Yuni 2021, alal misali, Joe Rogan ya ce lafiyayyu masu shekaru 21 ba sa bukatar maganin. Duk da ingantaccen hukuncin likitansa wanda babu shakka ya tsaya tsayin daka, duk sassan kamfanoni da dandamali na kafofin watsa labarun gaba ɗaya. matashin kai shi don yada "bayanan da ba daidai ba."
Mafi muni, da yawa daga cikin mutanen da suka yi fama da halalcin raunukan allurar rigakafi, kafofin watsa labarai da ma’aikatan lafiya sun haska musu gas game da musabbabin halin da suke ciki. Daya daga cikinmu ya sadaukar da watanni da dama da suka gabata yana yin hira da wadanda suka kamu da ra'ayin masana kimiyya na yaudara cewa allurar rigakafin cutar covid suna kan fa'ida ga kowane rukuni. Misali, akwai a Jami'in tilasta bin doka mai shekaru 38 a British Columbia wanda aka tilasta masa yin allurar rigakafin lamirinsa don ya ci gaba da aikinsa.
Kusan shekaru biyu bayan haka, ya kasance naƙasasshe daga kamuwa da cutar myocarditis ta alurar riga kafi kuma ya kasa yin hidima ga al'ummarsa. Bayanan ƙasa daga ƙasashe a Faransa, Sweden, Jamus, Isra'ila, da Amurka sun nuna agagarumin tashi a cikin yanayin zuciya tsakanin ƙananan jama'a bayan rarraba rigakafin Covid.
Hasashen ra'ayi game da rigakafin Covid - wanda aka yi kuskuren kallonsa daidai da wanke hannu, tuki cikin iyakoki, ko kasancewa cikin ruwa - ya haifar da rarrabuwar kawuna na siyasa da kalaman wariya. Rashin gazawar hukumomin kiwon lafiyar jama'a da aka fi sani da su kamar FDA da CDC - tare da gurbatattun tasirin kamfanonin harhada magunguna tare da manyan rundunonin sa ido kan kafofin watsa labarun - ya lalata amincin cibiyoyin kiwon lafiyar jama'a. Da rashin jin daɗi da "ruɗin" na ijma'i, yawan jama'ar Amirka da Kanada ba su yarda da yarjejeniya ta kimiya ba kuma sun fara tambayar kowane abu.
Aikin kimiyya yana kira ga tsauri, tawali'u, da tattaunawa a bayyane. Barkewar cutar ta bayyana girman girman kamawar siyasa da cibiyoyi na kimiyya. Saboda wannan dalili, mu duka - Rav da Jay - muna ƙaddamar da wani faifan bidiyo wanda aka sadaukar don bincikar haɗin gwiwar ƙiyayya a cikin kimiyya da haɓakar sa ga al'ummarmu.
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Rav Arora ɗan jarida ne mai zaman kansa wanda ke zaune a Vancouver, Kanada.
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya likita ne, likitan dabbobi kuma masanin tattalin arziki. Shi Farfesa ne a Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta Stanford, Mataimakin Bincike a Ofishin Nazarin Tattalin Arziki na Kasa, Babban Babban Jami'in Cibiyar Nazarin Manufofin Tattalin Arziki na Stanford, Memba na Faculty a Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute, da Fellow a Kwalejin Kimiyya da 'Yanci. Binciken nasa ya mayar da hankali ne kan tattalin arziki na kiwon lafiya a duniya tare da kulawa ta musamman kan lafiya da jin dadin jama'a masu rauni. Co-Marubucin Babban Sanarwa na Barrington.
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