I-Hiltzik: AmaDemocrat anikezela ngodokotela be-GOP emithini yokugomela i-COVID

Uma udinga ubufakazi bokuthi iCongress ibuswa ngamalungu ayo ayiziphukuphuku, ungabheki okunye ngaphandle kwesivumelwano esisobala esiseNdlu sokuphakamisa imfuneko yokuthi amalungu ebutho agonyelwe i-COVID-19.

Imithombo yeCongress ithi ukuhoxiswa kwegunya, uNobhala Wezokuvikela uLloyd Austin ikhishwe ngo-Agasti 2021iyingxenye yesivumelwano okuhloswe ngaso ukuphasisa uMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke walo nyaka wamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-858 phakathi neseshini yamanje yomthetho yamadada.

INdlu kulindeleke ukuthi ivote ngalesi senzo ngoLwesine, kanti iSenethi izolandela. Ukuzithoba ngentando yeningi esicelweni se-GOP sokuhoxisa igunya lokugoma kuwukweqa okungenakuthethelelwa komsebenzi weCongress wokunakekela impilo yamalungu ebutho lezempi kanye nomphakathi jikelele.

Ukuphakamisa igunya lokugomela i-COVID bekuyihhashi lokuzilibazisa laseRiphabhulikhi kusukela lasungulwa. Isikhundla se-GOP sibonisa umbala ongaguquki omelene nesayensi wokuma kwenqubomgomo yeqembu, ikakhulukazi lapho kuthinteka khona izindlela zokulwa nobhubhane.

U-Austin noMongameli uBiden balwile nemizamo yengqungquthela yokuhoxisa igunya. Muva nje ngoMgqibelo, u-Austin utshele izintatheli ukuthi ufuna ukugcina igunya likhona.

“Silahlekelwe abantu abayisigidi kuleli gciwane,” kusho u-Austin. “Kwafa abantu abayisigidi e-United States of America. Silahlekelwe ngamakhulu ku-DOD [Department of Defense]. Ngakho leli gunya ligcine abantu bephilile.”

Ngakolunye uhlangothi kukhona amaRiphabhulikhi afakwe ezinganekwaneni ezilwa nokugoma.

Lokhu kufaka phakathi izimangalo ezingelona iqiniso zokuthi imigomo ekhiqizwe iModerna nePfizer ayiphephile noma iyasebenza futhi ayihloliwe ngokwanele – izimangalo eziye zahlolwa. ephikiswa njalo yiCenters for Disease Control and Prevention.

Izinga lokuphikisa komgomo lingatholwa ku icala elethwe enkantolo yombuso yaseColorado yizikhulu ezimbili zangaphambili zezempi ngo-2021.

Basusela ukuphikisa kwabo ephepheni lezimangalo ezidalwe isikhathi eside zokulwa nokugoma, okuhlanganisa nokuthi imithi yokugoma “yayiyisivivinyo,” isibhamu sikaPfizer abenaso. akukaze kugunyazwe ngempela yiFood and Drug Administration kanye nokuthi isibhamu “kwakuwumjovo obulalayo… wokuguqula izakhi zofuzo.”

Ijaji likahulumeni eDenver lichithile icala ngoJanuwari, kodwa abamangali balidlulisa icala. Ekuqulweni kwamacala ngenyanga edlule, ithimba lamajaji ophiko lwezikhalazo libonise ukungabaza okusobala mayelana nezimangalo zalo. Iphaneli ayikakhiphi isinqumo.

Ukuhlaselwa kweqembu lokugomela i-COVID ngokungangabazeki kube nomthelela ekwandeni kwegebe phakathi kwamaRiphabhulikhi nama-Democratic-leaning American emazingeni okufa kwe-COVID namazinga okugoma.

A ucwaningo olusanda kushicilelwa abavela eYale School of Medicine bathola ukuthi “ukufa ngokweqile phakathi nalolu bhubhane bekuphezulu ngama-76% kumaRiphabhlikhi kunamaDemocrat” e-Ohio naseFlorida. Umehluko wengxenye emazingeni okufa “ukhuphuke kakhulu ngemva kokwethulwa kwemithi yokugoma.”

Inhlolovo eyashicilelwa ngoNovemba 2021 yi-Kaiser Family Foundation yathola ukuthi amaRiphabhulikhi kanye nabavoti abazimele abancike kuRiphabhulikhi bakhiwe. U-60% wabantu abadala abangagonyiwe, naphezu kokumelela ama-41% kuphela abantu abadala; Amademokhrasi kanye nabazimele abancike kuDemocratic Alliance babalelwa ku-17% kuphela abangagonyiwe.

“Ukuchema kwezombusazwe kuwukubikezela okunamandla kokuthi umuntu ugonyiwe yini ukwedlula noma iyiphi ingxenye yabantu,” kubika lolu cwaningo.

AmaRiphabhlikhi aseCapitol Hill azamile ukukhipha igunya lokugomela i-COVID njengokuhudula ukulungela impi. Ku incwadi yangomhla zingama-30 kubaholi beSenate yeRiphabhulikhiAmalungu e-GOP ayi-13 aholwa owine kwesokudla uRand Paul waseKentucky aphawule ukuthi amasosha angama-3,400 ayesededelwe ngo-Ephreli ngokwenqaba umgomo.

Igunya “lithinta kabi amalungu ethu esevisi kanye nokuphepha kwezwe lethu,” babhala. “I-United States ayinakukwazi ukukhulula amadoda nabesifazane bethu abanesibindi futhi balahlekelwe yimali esiye sayenza kubo bonke ngenxa yenqubomgomo engasebenzi kahle.”

Yini “ebeyingafanele” ngegunya abangazange bayisho.

Kufanele kube sobala ukuthi ukwenqaba umuthi wokugoma oyalwe yizikhulu eziphezulu zePentagon ukuze kugcinwe impilo yezinsiza ezihlomile kungaba isenzo esicacile sokungahloniphi; ukuvumela lezo zenzo zime kuzokwehlisa ukulungela okukhulu kunokukhulula abaphikisayo.

IPentagon yathi ngo-Ephreli lokho cishe u-70% wamasosha angu-3,400 ahlukene nenkonzo ngokwenqaba umgomo bathola ukukhishwa okuvamile, okuzobavumela ukuthi bagcine izinzuzo zabo zomakadebona futhi babuyele emsebenzini uma bewutholile umgomo.

I-Pentagon iphinde yathi “ayikho imithelela yokusebenza kuwo wonke amandla okulungela” okubangelwa igunya. Cishe u-97% wamasosha kanye nezikhulu ezisebenzayo zagonywa maphakathi no-April.

U-Austin, uBiden kanye namaDemocrats eNdlu bame beqinile bephikisana nezimfuno zeRiphabhulikhi zokuthi amalungu enkonzo abenqaba umgomo abuyiselwe.

Ku ukubonakala kwangomhla zizi-4 ku-Fox Newsumholi we-House Minority Leader u-Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), uthe ukuhoxiswa kwegunya kwakuyisidingo esingaxoxiswana sokuthi i-GOP ivume uMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke – “ngaphandle kwalokho, umthethosivivinywa ngeke usuke.”

AmaDemocrat bekufanele abize i-bluff yawo futhi asekele inqubomgomo yawo yokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Ukuvumela ingcindezi yokuhoxisa igunya lokugomela i-COVID kungabukela phansi ngisho neminye imigomo yePentagon yamalungu enkonzo, okuhlanganisa isibhamu sovendle, isimungumungwane, i-hepatitis, umkhuhlane kanye ne-tetanus.

Ingabe kunengqondo ngempela ukuthi amaRiphabhulikhi abengasihlukumeza lesi senzo ngale ndaba? Ukusetshenziswa kwezimali kwezokuvikela cishe ukuphela kwezindleko zenhlangano ezithandwa yi-GOP; nakhu ukubheja ukuthi iqembu ngeke likhululeke ngokulengiswa kwesenzo soxhaso entanyeni.