Me yasa Amurka ta Kasada keɓaɓɓu Mai Ciki Ga COVID-19?

Na Nicolas JS Davies, 27 Maris, 2020

Amurka ta zama sabon cibiyar na cutar coronavirus ta duniya, tare da sama da mutane 80,000, fiye da China ko Italiya. Fiye da Amurkawa dubu ɗaya sun riga sun mutu, amma wannan shine farkon farkon wannan haɗarin haɗari tsakanin ƙarancin rashin dacewar Amurka. lafiyar jama'a tsarin da cutar sihiri.

A gefe guda kuma, China da Koriya ta Kudu, wadanda dukkansu suna da tsarin kiwon lafiyar jama'a na duniya wanda ke rufe yawancin bukatun lafiyar mutanensu, tuni suka juya akalar Covid-19 ta hanyar keɓe masu keɓewa, tattara albarkatun kiwon lafiyar jama'a da shirye-shiryen gwaji cikin sauri. da kuma nagarta sosai a gwada duk waɗanda suka kamu da cutar. China ta aika 40,000 likitoci da ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya, gami da kwararru masu aikin numfashi 10,000, zuwa lardin Hubei a cikin watan farko ko biyu na annobar. Yanzu ya wuce har zuwa kwanaki 3 a jere ba tare da sabbin shari'u ba kuma yana farawa don ɗaga takunkumin zamantakewar. An gwada Koriya ta Kudu da sauri 300,000 mutane, kuma mutane 139 ne suka mutu. 

Bruce Aylward na WHO ya ziyarci China a karshen watan Fabrairu, kuma ruwaito, "Ina ganin babbar hanyar koyo daga China ita ce saurin… Da sauri zaka iya gano shari'ar, ka ware lamarin, ka kuma bi diddigin abokan huldarsu, mafi yawan nasarar da zaka samu… A China, sun kafa wata babbar hanyar sadarwa ta zazzabi asibitoci. A wasu yankuna, ƙungiya na iya zuwa wurinka su shafa maka kuma su sami amsa a gare ka a cikin awanni huɗu zuwa bakwai. Amma dole ne a saita ka - saurin shine komai. ”

Masu bincike a Italiya sun tabbatar da gwaji har zuwa 3 daga 4 Shafukan Covid-19 suna da alamun rashin ƙarfi kuma sabili da haka ba a iya gano su ta hanyar gwada mutane kawai da ke da alamun bayyanar. Bayan jerin munanan matakai, Amurka, wacce ta sami irinta na farko a ranar 20 ga Janairu, daidai da ranar Koriya ta Kudu, sama da watanni biyu kawai aka fara gwaji mai yaduwa, lokacin da muka riga muka sami mafi yawan lokuta da kuma na 6 mafi yawan adadi a duniya. Har ma a yanzu, Amurka ta fi iyakance gwaji ga mutanen da ke da alamomin, ba yin gwajin da aka yi niyya na sabbin abokan hulɗar da ke da tasiri a China ba. Wannan yana tabbatar da cewa in ba haka ba lafiya, masu dauke da cutar za su yada kwayar cutar ba tare da sani ba kuma su ci gaba da ruruta yaduwarta.

Don haka me yasa Amurka ba ta da ikon keɓance da wannan annoba kamar yadda ta dace kamar China, Koriya ta Kudu, Jamus ko wasu ƙasashe? Rashin tsarin ƙasa, tsarin kiwon lafiyar duniya na ɗumbin jama'a babban rashi ne. Amma rashin dagewarmu na kafa daya shine sakamakon wasu bangarorin rashin aiki na zamantakewar Amurkawa, gami da gurbatar da tsarin siyasarmu ta hanyar karfi na kasuwanci da muradun aji da kuma “keɓantacciyar hanya” ta Amurka wacce ke makantar damu ga abin da zamu iya koya daga wasu ƙasashe . 

Har ila yau, aikin soja na tunanin Amurkawa ya lalata Amurkawa da akidar soji mai karfi na “kariya” da “tsaro,” yana karkatar da fifikon kashe kudaden tarayya don amfanin yaki da karfin soji ta hanyar biyan duk wasu muhimman bukatun kasarmu, gami da kiwon lafiya. na Amurkawa.

Me ya sa ba za mu iya jefa bam ɗin kawai ba?

Tabbas wannan tambayar abar dariya ce. Amma wannan shine yadda shugabannin Amurka ke amsawa ga duk hatsarin da muke fuskanta, tare da yawan karkatar da dukiyarmu ta kasa ga rukunin masana'antun soja da masana'antu (MIC) wanda ya bar wannan ƙasa mai wadata da yunwa don wadatar da matsalolin shugabanninmu ba za su iya yin da'awar warwarewa ba makamai da yaƙi. Dogaro da abin da aka kidaya azaman kashe “kariyar”, asusu ne na har kashi biyu bisa uku na tarayyar bayarda aiki. Har wa yau, ba da kyauta aka ba Boeing, da Na biyu mafi girma Mai kera makaman Amurka, ya fi muhimmanci ga Mista Trump da yawa a Majalisa fiye da taimaka wa dangin Amurkawa su shawo kan wannan rikicin.

A karshen yakin Cold a 1989, manyan jami'an sun fada wa Kwamitin Kasafin Kudi na Majalisar dattijan cewa kasafin kudin Amurka zai iya zama lafiya yanke ta 50% sama da shekaru goma masu zuwa. Shugaban kwamitin Jim Sasser ya yaba da wannan lokacin da cewa "farkon wayewar kai ne na tattalin arzikin cikin gida." Amma a shekara ta 2000, tasirin rukunin masana'antun soja da sojoji ya rage "rabon zaman lafiya" zuwa kawai a 22% ragewa a cikin ciyarwar soja daga 1990 (bayan daidaitawa don hauhawar farashin kaya). 

Sannan, a shekara ta 2001, rundunar soja ta masana'antu ta kama laifin sabon karni daga 19 mafi yawancin samarin Saudiyya dauke da makamai dauke da buhunan dambe don kaddamar da sabbin yaƙe-yaƙe da mafi tsada Kafa sojojin Amurka tun yakin duniya na biyu. Kamar yadda tsohon mai gabatar da kara na yakin Nuremberg Benjamin Ferencz ya ce a lokacin, wannan ba halattaccen martani bane game da laifukan 11 ga Satumba. Ferencz ya fadawa NPR cewa: "Ba wani abu ne da ya dace a hukunta mutanen da ba su da alhakin abin da aka aikata ba." "Idan kawai ka rama duka ta hanyar jefa bam a Afghanistan, bari mu ce, ko Taliban, za ku kashe mutane da yawa da ba su yarda da abin da ya faru ba."  

Duk da wulakancin, gazawar zubar da jini na abin da ake kira "Yakin Duniya kan Ta'addanci," tsarin samar da sojoji wanda ya ba da hujja har yanzu yana samun nasara a duk yakin basasa a Washington. Bayan daidaitawa don hauhawar farashi, da Kasafin kudin Amurka 2020 ya yi 59% sama da na 2000, kuma 23% ya fi yadda yake a cikin 1990. 

A cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata (a cikin dala 2020), Amurka ta ware $ 4.7 tiriliyan karin zuwa ga Pentagon fiye da idan da kawai zai iya kiyaye kasafin kudinta a matakin daya tun shekarar 2000. Ko tsakanin 1998 da 2010, kamar yadda Carl Conetta ya rubuta a takardarsa, Wani Tsaro wanda ba a Kwarewa ba: Fahimtar Binciken Dalar Amurka biliyan 2 a Kudin Tsaron Amurka, ainihin yaƙin da aka kashe ya zama daidai da dalar ta dala ta hanyar ƙarin sojojin da ba a haɗa ba, galibi ƙara yawan kashe kuɗaɗen kaya don haɓaka da siyayya sosai tsada sabbin jiragen yaki domin Navy, kasafin kudin jirgi mai kama da F-35 mai faɗa na Sojojin Sama, da kuma jerin sabbin makamai da kayan aiki ga kowane rukunin sojoji. 

Tun daga shekarar 2010, wannan kayan da muke amfani da su na kasa ba ga rukunin masana'antu da masana'antu ya ninka ainihin kashe kudaden yaki ba. Obama ya kashe ƙarin akan soja fiye da Bush, kuma yanzu Trump yana kashewa fiye da haka. Baya ga dala tiriliyan 4.7 a cikin ƙarin kashe kuɗin Pentagon, yaƙe-yaƙe da yaƙin Amurka sun yi tsada $ 1.3 tiriliyan more don Harkokin Tsohon Soji tun daga 2000 (kuma an daidaita shi don hauhawar farashi), yayin da Amurkawa ke tsammanin dawowa gida daga yaƙe-yaƙe na Amurka da ke buƙatar matakan kula da lafiyar da Amurka ba ta ba wa mutanenta ba. 

Duk wannan kuɗin an tafi yanzu, kamar dai an tattara kuɗi ne a wani wuri a cikin Afganistan kuma 'yan kaɗan daga cikin Bomai 80,000 Amurka ta faɗi akan wannan ƙasa mara kyau tun daga 2001. Don haka ba mu da abin da za mu ciyar da asibitocin gwamnati, hurarrun iska, horo na likita, gwaje-gwajen Covid-19 ko duk wani abin da muke matuƙar buƙata a wannan rikicin ba soja ba.

Tiriliyan $ 6 na Amurka sun lalace gaba ɗaya - ko mafi muni. Yakin da ake yi da ta'addanci bai kayar ko kawo karshen ta'addanci ba. Hakan kawai ya haifar da rikice-rikicen tashin hankali da rikice-rikice a duk faɗin duniya. Na'urar yakin Amurka ta lalata kasa bayan kasa: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Syria, Yemen - amma ba ta sake ginawa ko kawo zaman lafiya ga kowannensu ba. A halin yanzu, Rasha da China sun gina ingantaccen karni na 21 game da Amurka wanda aka rabu amfani da shi a cikin yakin a ƙaramin sashi na farashinsa.

Kamar yadda ƙasashe a duniya ke fuskantar haɗarin haɗari na Covid-19, watakila mafi girman martani ga duk shine shawarar gwamnatin Amurka ta sanya ko da karin mummunan takunkumi a kan Iran, daya daga cikin kasashen da cutar ta fi kamari, kuma tuni ta hana magunguna masu rai da sauran albarkatu ta hanyar takunkumin Amurka. 

Sakatare Janar na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya Antonio Guterres ya yi kira ga tsagaita wuta nan da nan a kowane yakin yayin wannan rikici, kuma don Amurka ta daga ta takunkumi mai muni akan dukkan makwabtanmu a duniya. Wannan ya kamata ya hada da Iran; Koriya ta Arewa; Sudan; Siriya; Venezuela; Zimbabwe; kuma ba Kuba ba, wacce ke taka rawar gani wajen yaki da cutar, ceton fasinjojin na jirgin ruwan Ingila wanda ke kamuwa da cuta wanda Amurka da wasu kasashe suka ki shigowa dashi, kuma aika kungiyoyin likitoci zuwa Italiya da sauran kasashe masu kamuwa da cutar a duniya.

Tattalin Arziki na ƙarni na 21

“Tattalin arzikin umarni” kalma ce ta izgili da aka yi amfani da ita don sukar tattalin arzikin da aka tsara na Gabashin Turai a lokacin Yaƙin Cold Cold. Amma masanin tattalin arziki Eric Schutz yayi amfani da shi tattalin arziƙi na ƙarni na 21 a matsayin karin magana a littafinsa na 2001 Kasuwanni da iko, a cikin abin da ya bincika tasirin babbar kasuwar kasuwancin kamfanoni na ƙasashe da yawa na tattalin arzikin Amurka. 

Kamar yadda Schutz ya bayyana, ka'idar tattalin arziki neoliberal (ko neoclassical) ta yi biris da wani muhimmin abu a cikin kasuwannin "kyauta" an koya wa ƙarni na Amurkawa girmamawa. Wannan mahimmin abin shine iko. Kamar yadda ake ba da ƙarin al'amuran rayuwar Amurkan ga “hannun da ba a gani” na kasuwar, manyan 'yan wasa a kowace kasuwa suna da' yanci don amfani da ikon kasuwar su don tattara dukiya da ma mafi girman ikon kasuwa a nasu (ba haka ba ganuwa) ) hannaye, kora ƙananan competan takara daga kasuwanci da kuma yin amfani da wasu masu ruwa da tsaki: abokan ciniki; ma'aikata; masu kaya; gwamnatoci; da kuma al'ummomin yankin.

Tun daga 1980, kowane yanki na tattalin arzikin Amurka ya zama ƙasa kaɗan da ƙananan kamfanoni da yawa kuma suka shuɗe, tare da raguwar sakamako ga rayuwar jama'ar Amurka: opportunitiesarancin damar don ƙananan kasuwancin; rage zuba jari a cikin kayayyakin more rayuwa da ayyuka; raguwa ko ladan aiki mai tsauri; hauhawar haya; keɓancewar ilimi da lafiya; lalata al'ummomin karkara; da kuma lalata tsarin siyasa. An yanke shawarar yanke hukunci mai mahimmanci wanda ya shafi rayuwar mu yanzu bisa ga biyan kuɗi kuma a cikin bukatun manyan bankunan, babban pharma, babban fasahar, babban balaguronci, manyan masana'antu, masana'antar soja da masana'antu da masu ƙarfi 1% na Amurkawa.

Doorofar ta munanan juyawa wacce manyan jami'ai ke motsawa tsakanin sojoji, kamfanoni, kwamitocin kamfanoni, Majalisar wakilai da kuma zartarwa suna rarrabuwar su a kowane sashin tattalin arzikin. Liz Fowler ne adam wata, wanda ya rubuta "Dokar Kulawa Mai Kulawa" azaman majalisar dattijai da ma'aikacin fadar White House, ya kasance babban jami'i a Wellpoint Health (yanzu Anthem), mahaifin kamfanin na Blue Cross-Blue Shield, wanda yanzu yake rake a biliyoyin kudaden tallafi na tarayya a karkashin doka. ta rubuta. Daga nan ta dawo cikin "masana'antar" a matsayin mai zartarwa a Johnson & Johnson - kamar yadda James "Mad Dog" Mattis ya koma nasa zama kan kujera at General Dynamics to girbe ladan aikinsa "na jama'a" a matsayin Sakataren Tsaro.

Duk irin cakuduwa da tsarin jari hujja da akidar gurguzu kowane Ba'amurke zai iya fifita su a matsayin abin koyi ga tattalin arzikin Amurka, 'yan Amurkawa kadan ne za su zabi wannan mummunan tsarin tattalin arzikin karni na 21 a matsayin tsarin da za su zabi zama a karkashinsu. 'Yan siyasar Amurka nawa ne za su ci zabe idan da gaske suka gaya wa masu jefa ƙuri'a cewa wannan tsarin ne da suka yi imani da shi kuma suke shirin haɓaka?

Muna zaune ne a cikin al'umma wacce kowa yasan yarjejeniyar ta lalace, kamar Leonard Cohen waƙa tafi, amma duk da haka mun kasance cikin ɓata a cikin zauren madubai, waɗanda ke fama da dabarun "rarrabuwa da mulki" wanda attajirai da masu iko ke sarrafa siyasa da kafofin watsa labarai tare da kowane ɓangare na wannan tattalin arziƙin ƙarni na 21. Trump, Biden da shugabannin majalisar wakilai ne na kwanan nan, masu yin aljannu da jayayya da junan su yayin da su da masu biyan su ke dariya har zuwa banki.

Akwai wani mummunan aiki a hanyar da Jam'iyyar Democratic Party ta rufe sahu a kusa da Biden kamar dai yadda kamfanin Covid-19 ya bayyana a lamarin. Wata daya da suka wuce, da alama cewa 2020 na iya zama shekarar da Amurkan zata zubar da hayaki mai kyau da kuma madubin masana'antar inshorar lafiya ta Amurka da samun lafiyar jama'a a duk duniya. Madadin haka, shugabannin Demokradiyya suna fitowa suna daidaitawa don ƙaramar masaniyar wata nasara ta wulakanci da ƙarin shekaru huɗu na Trump kan (a cikin hankalinsu) babban haɗarin shugaban Sanders da lafiyar duniya. 

Amma yanzu wannan yanayin rashin tsaro na musamman ya sanya smack-bang zuwa ainihin ƙarfin yanayi, ƙaramin ƙwayar cuta ce da za ta iya kashe miliyoyin mutane. Sauran ƙasashe suna haɓaka wannan ƙimar gwajin lafiyar su da tsarin zamantakewa fiye da yadda muke. Don haka a ƙarshe zamu farka daga mafarkinmu na Amurka, mu buɗe idanunmu kuma mu fara koyo daga maƙwabta a wasu ƙasashe, gami da waɗanda suke da tsarin siyasa, tattalin arziki da kiwon lafiya daban-daban fiye da namu? Rayuwarmu na iya dogaro da shi.

Nicolas JS Davies shine marubucin Blood On Our Hands: Ƙasar Amirka da Rushewar Iraq. Dan jarida ne mai zaman kansa kuma mai bincike ga CODEPINK.