I-American Unexceptionalism ne-COVID-19

Ilabhorethi yokugoma

NguKary Love, Mashi 13, 2020

Ngesikhathi ubhadane lweSARS-1 lusabisa ngo-2002-4, iMelika yahlasela i-Iraq. Uma ulandela isayensi, ubuzokwazi ukuthi i-SARS-1, ibiyi-coronavirus ebangele isifo sokuphefumula esibucayi esibulale ngokwesilinganiso cishe abayi-11 kwabangu-100 abathelelekile (kodwa kwesinye isikhathi ngaphezulu kuya ngengqalasizinda yezokunakekelwa kwempilo), futhi bekuyinhlamvu yesifo umhlaba usinda kakhulu. Ngenxa yomsebenzi wobuqhawe wodokotela, abahlengikazi nososayensi, yayiqukethwe. Ukube bekungaqukethwanga…? Ngokuzayo lapho ubona udokotela noma umhlengikazi noma usosayensi, kufanele ubabonge ngomsebenzi wabo.

I-SARS-CoV2, i-coronavirus manje ehlasela futhi ibangela isifo esibizwa nge-COVID-19, ayibulali kangako, ibulala cishe aba-2 noma aba-3 kwabayi-100, kodwa itheleleka kakhulu kune-SARS-1, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi abantu abaningi ukufa kunokufa kwaSARS-1, okwakungu “kuphela” 774 emhlabeni jikelele, ngoba abakwaSARS-2 bazosakazekela kubantu abaningi, futhi sekubulewe abangaphezulu kuka-3,700.  

Ososayensi bavalwa wokugoma i-coronavirus eminyakeni edlule kepha imali yoma.

Esikhundleni sokuchitha imali yayo ekunakekelweni kwezempilo noma kwesayensi noma kwezokwelapha, iMelika yanquma ukusebenzisa imali eyizigidi ezigidigidi zamadola ekwenzeni izikhali zenuzi ezengeziwe futhi “ezisebenziseka kakhulu,” yandisa amabhajethi empi asevele eyihlazo nokuqhubeka kwezimpi eziningi eziwele kude nomhlaba wonke. Ngokusobala, ukuphuthelwa inhlamvu ye-SARS-1, osopolitiki kanye "nabaholi" ekuzikhukhumezeni kwabo nasekungazini kwabo, inhlanganisela ebulalayo, banqume ukuthi yini iMelika ebikudinga, phezu kwezikhali zayo zenuzi ezikwazi ukubulala wonke umuntu amahlandla amaningi, bekuyinyukliya izikhali.  

Ohlelweni oluhle kakhulu lokuhlukaniswa kwezinhlangothi zombili, uhlelo luka-Obama lwama- $ 1 trillion olusha lwezindelakazi, lwadlulela ohlelweni lukaTrump “olusebenziseka kakhulu”. Ngesonto eledlule kumenyezelwe izinyukane ezisha zaseMelika (uma zincane, ungazisebenzisa ngaphandle kokubhubhisa umhlaba, uqhuba impikiswano, futhi kusizani ukuba nazo uma ungeke ukwazi ukuzisebenzisa?) umhlaba ukulungele ukusebenzisa.

Umgomo we-coronavirus? Uxolo, ayikho imali yalokho.  

Izinqumo zinemiphumela.  

Izifo zibulala abantu abaningi kunanoma yisiphi esinye isizathu. "I-American Exceptionalism," okunye ukubonakaliswa kokuzikhukhumeza nokungazi, akuhlinzeki ngokuvikeleka ezifweni.

Ngenkathi iMelika ibangele ukubhujiswa komhlaba wonke ngezinga elingakaze libonwe "nempi yokulwa nokwesaba," amagciwane, amabhaktheriya kanye nezinto ezithathelwanayo ezifuthayo bezilokhu ziguquka, zilungele ukushaya isintu. Kucishe kube sengathi lezi zitha ezivamile zabo bonke abantu babenesu eliqhakazile: ukwenza abantu balwe futhi babulalane bodwa, babasuse iso ebholeni, bese beteleka! Ubuntu obumbene, besebenzisa imiqondo yabo ngokuqonda ukuthuthuka kwezesayensi nakwezokwelapha, bekungalungiswa, kulunge futhi kunqotshwe isitha esithathelanayo-isintu esihlukene, esilwayo silungele ukunqotshwa.

Kuyathakazelisa ukubona ukuthi iMelika, iphonsa amashumi ezinkulungwane zamabhomu kwabanye abantu, futhi ihlezi enqwabeni enkulu yezikhali zenuzi ezikwazi ukubulala bonke abantu, empeleni ayikwazi ukuzivikela kubabulali abangaphansi kwemikroskopu. Vele, iMelika ingalahla izindela zayo futhi mhlawumbe isule igciwane le-SARS-2 ngokusula iningi lesintu, kufaka phakathi iningi laseMelika. Amanye ama-sicko psychos asenkingeni yempi engapheli yaseMelika mhlawumbe afisa ukwenza kanjalo (azotatazela aphephe Rock Rock ngakho-ke uhulumeni angaqhubeka ngenkathi abantu bephelelwa yisikhathi—uxolo, Trump, ubungeke uvunyelwe, ngoba uvele nje wahlangana nomfana ohlola ukuthi une-HIV). 

Ukuzikhukhumeza nokungazi. Leyo nhlanganisela eyingozi ithelele umphakathi waseMelika. Amaqhawe ethu akubona odokotela, abahlengikazi nososayensi abasindisa izimpilo, kodwa ababulali nabachitha impilo. Le "War on Terror" empeleni kuliwa nezingane ezikhulele ekutholakaleni kwamabhomu aseMelika nokuhlasela, futhi ezikhule zifuna ukuziphindiselela kulabo ababhubhisa imindeni yabo, amadolobha kanye namazwe abo. Lezi zingane kwakungaba odokotela noma abahlengikazi ukube babengaphuphuthekiswanga yinzondo nesifiso sokuziphindisela. Sonke besikwazi, ezinhliziyweni zethu, ngoba ukube besisemathubeni okuthola ukuhlaselwa okunjalo, nathi besizofisa ukuziphindiselela.  

Njengoba sesihlwanyele umoya, manje sesivuna isivunguvungu.  

Izifo nokufa kuyisitha esivamile saso sonke isintu, kufaka phakathi amaphekula, amakhomanisi, ngakwesobunxele, kwesokudla noma yiliphi elinye iqembu labantu osakaziswe ngalo ukuthi uyisitha sakho. Ukuhlakanipha kwakudala kulungile: sonke singabafowethu nodadewethu. Sonke siwuhlobo olulodwa sihlangene simelane nesitha sethu esisodwa, noma sihlanganiswe yisifo esithathelwanayo ekufeni kwethu, ngoba, njengoba kubi kakhulu lapha eMelika, kulezo “zimbobo zesihogo” zezindawo ezikhungethwe yimpi emhlabeni jikelele , kuqhunyiswe ngamabhomu eduze emuva kwe-Stone Age yiMelika, lapho sidale ama-incubator afanele ukuze izifo ezithathelwanayo zikhule futhi zisabalale.

Ngakho-ke kuyindida ukuthi izimpi zaseMelika zilungele ukunqoba iMelika. I-SARS elandelayo-i-SARS-3 — kungenzeka ukuthi isivele ikhona lapho, phakathi kwalabo ababuthakathaka futhi bayekethiswa yimpi engapheli, iguquka futhi ikhula, ilungiselela ukuphuma. Ngabe kuningi kakhulu ukuthembela ukuthi iMelika izophenduka ubuso bayo ibhekane nempi, ifunde obhubhaneni lwayo lwamanje, ifonele amaqhawe ayo eqiniso, odokotela nabahlengikazi nososayensi bese ibacela ukuholwa? Babuze, kufanele sisebenzise malini intela yethu? Ukubuza ama-psychopaths alambele amandla, azikhukhumezayo, akhohlisiwe kanye nama-narcissists ezakhiwo zezempi nezimboni kuvezwa njengokuhluleka okuphelele, kepha okubonakalayo. 

Ubukhulu baseMelika bekungukumemezela ukuthi sonke isintu senziwe silingana futhi kufanele sibe ngabazalwane nodade, sisebenzisa izipho zabo esiziphiwe nguNkulunkulu zokucabanga nobuhlakani, hhayi impi, kepha ukuthola nokuthuthuka. Kwesinye isikhathi kudinga ukulahleka okukhulu ukuze ukufunda kwenzeke. Ubuhlungu nguthisha omkhulu kunabo bonke.  

Ngiyethemba, ukuthi ngemuva kwalokhu ukwelulwa okukhulu okuvela ekuphasisweni kukaSARS-2, iMelika izobe ifundile ukuthi ukuze iphinde ibe yinhle kumele ilahle impi, ukubhujiswa nokufa, futhi iqhubeke futhi yenze umsebenzi onzima wokutholakala, isayensi nemithi. O, nangaphambi kokuba ngikhohlwe, yenza umuthi wokugoma we-coronavirus, mhlawumbe ngemali elondolozwe ekuqedeni ukusetshenziswa kwemali kunuzi nakwamanye amabhomu noma izikhali zokubhubhisa okukhulu kumalebhu wethu we-bioweapons. Yebo, ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kungenza iMelika ibe nkulu.

 

Uthando lukaKary, oluvumelaniswe ngu PeaceVoice, ungummeli waseMichigan oye wavikela abaphikisi benyukiliya, kufaka phakathi ezinye izindelakazi ezisenkingeni, enkantolo amashumishumi eminyaka futhi ngesinye isikhathi uzosebenzisa iphoyisa satire noma izimpikiswano zangempela zomthetho ukwenza iphuzu.

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