Pamene COVID-19 idayamba kulowa Chipatala cha Boston mu Marichi 2020, ndinali wophunzira wazaka zinayi zachipatala ndipo ndinamaliza kasinthasintha komaliza. Kale pamene mphamvu yovala chigoba inali idakali mkangano, ndinalangizidwa kuti nditsatire odwala omwe adalowa m'chipinda chodzidzimutsa chifukwa madandaulo awo sanali a kupuma. Paulendo wanga wopita ku kusintha kulikonse, ndinawona malo oyesera osakhalitsa akukula ngati mimba yoyembekezera m'chipinda cholandirira alendo, ndi mazenera owoneka bwino omwe amaphimba zochitika zonse mkatimo. "Odwala omwe akuganiziridwa kuti ali ndi COVID amangowonana ndi dokotala." Usiku wina, atapukuta chowunikira, mbewa ndi kiyibodi ndi zopukuta zosiyanasiyana zophera tizilombo, mkuluyo adauza ogwira ntchito mnyumbamo-uwu ndi mwambo watsopano womwe umawonetsa kusinthana.
Tsiku lililonse mu chipinda chodzidzimutsa amamva ngati kuvina ndi zosapeŵeka. Pamene masukulu akuchulukirachulukira azachipatala akuletsa maphunziro, nthawi iliyonse ndikakumana ndi wodwala, ndimaona kuti aka kanakhala nthawi yanga yomaliza monga wophunzira. Kwa mkazi amene anangotsala pang’ono kukomoka m’nyengo yake ya kusamba, kodi ndinalingalira zonse zimene zimayambitsa kutaya mwazi kwachilendo kwa chiberekero? Kodi ndaphonya funso lofunikira kuti ndimufunse wodwala mwadzidzidzi ululu wammbuyo? Komabe, popanda kusokonezedwa ndi mliriwu, ndizosatheka kuyang'ana pazachipatala izi zokha. Kuphimba mantha awa omaliza maphunziro osaphunzira chilichonse ndi funso lomwe pafupifupi aliyense m'chipatala akuda nkhawa nalo: Kodi nditenga coronavirus? Kodi ndipereka kwa amene ndimamukonda? Kwa ine, chodzikonda kwambiri ndi chiyani - izi zikutanthauza chiyani paukwati wanga mu June?
Pamene kusintha kwanga kunathetsedwa kumapeto kwa mwezi umenewo, palibe amene anali wosangalala kuposa galu wanga. (Mkazi wanga ali kumbuyo komwe.) Nthawi iliyonse ndikapita kunyumba kuchokera kuntchito, chitseko chakumaso chikangotsegulidwa, nkhope yake yaubweya imawonekera kuchokera pamng'a wapakhomo lakumaso, mchira wake ukugwedezeka, mapazi anga akugwedezeka. ndivule zovala zanga ndikudumphira mu shower Pakati. Mwambowo utatha ndi kuyimitsidwa kwa shift ya sukulu ya zachipatala, kagalu wathu anali wokondwa kulola anthu ake aŵiri kupita kwawo kuposa mmene tinalili kale. Mnzanga, Doctor of Medicine. Wophunzirayo, yemwe wangolemba kumene mayeso oyenerera, adayamba kafukufuku wake - chifukwa cha mliriwu, ntchitoyi tsopano yasungidwa mpaka kalekale. Ndi nthawi yathu yatsopano, timadzipeza tikuyenda galu pamene tikuphunzira momwe tingasamalire bwino mtunda wocheza nawo. Pamaulendo amenewa m'pamene timalimbikira kuphunzira tsatanetsatane wa maukwati amitundu iwiri omwe akukhala ovuta kwambiri.
Popeza aliyense wa ife ali ndi dokotala wa ana a mayi - aliyense wa ife anatengera munthu wina - pali malingaliro ambiri momwe angakondwerere bwino mgwirizano wa ana awo. Ukwati umene sunali wachipembedzo unasintha pang'onopang'ono kukhala zovuta, kulemekeza chikhalidwe cha mnzanga cha Pacific kumpoto chakumadzulo ndi Chiprotestanti ndi miyambo yanga ya Sri Lankan/Buddhist. Tikafuna kuti mnzathu azitsogolera mwambo umodzi, nthawi zina timapeza ansembe atatu kuti aziyang’anira miyambo iwiri yachipembedzo. Funso lakuti ndi mwambo uti umene udzakhala mwambo wamwambo siliri lachindunji monga momwe liri lolunjika. Kupatula nthawi yofufuza mitundu yosiyanasiyana yamitundu, malo ogona komanso kuvala ndikokwanira kutipangitsa kudabwa kuti ukwatiwo ndi wandani.
Pamene ine ndi bwenzi langa tinali titatopa ndipo tinali kuyang’ana kunja, mliri unadza. Pamsewu uliwonse womwe anthu amakangana pokonzekera ukwati, chitsenderezo cha mayeso a ziyeneretso ndi zofunsira zokhalamo chikuwonjezeka. Poyenda ndi galuyo, tinkachita nthabwala kuti misala ya banja lathu ingatipangitse kuti tikwatire m’bwalo lamilandu m’tauni mwachipongwe. Koma ndi kutsekeka komwe kukupitilira komanso kuchuluka kwa milandu mu Marichi, tikuwona kuti kuthekera kwaukwati wathu mu June kukucheperachepera. M'maulendo apanja amenewa, njira ya milungu ingapo inakhala yeniyeni chifukwa tinkagwira ntchito molimbika kuti tisunge kagaluyo kutali ndi anthu odutsa. Kodi tiyenera kudikirira mpaka mliriwo utatha, osadziwa kuti utha liti? Kapena kodi tikwatirane tsopano n’kumayembekezera kukhala ndi mapwando m’tsogolo?
Zomwe zidatipangitsa kuti tisankhepo ndichakuti mnzanga atayamba kulota zoopsa, ndidagonekedwa m'chipatala chifukwa cha COVID-19, kuphatikiza masiku angapo a chithandizo cha kupuma ku ICU, ndipo banja langa linkaganiza kuti lindichotse mu makina opangira mpweya. Nditatsala pang'ono kumaliza maphunziro anga, panali anthu ambiri ogwira ntchito zachipatala komanso odwala omwe anamwalira ndi kachilomboka. Mnzangayo anaumirira kuti tiganizire nkhaniyi. "Ndikufuna kupanga zisankho izi. Ndikuganiza kuti zikutanthauza kuti tiyenera kukwatirana - tsopano. "
Kotero ife tinachita izo. M’maŵa wozizira kwambiri ku Boston, tinayenda kupita ku City Hall kukalemba chikalata chathu chaukwati ukwati usanachitike masiku angapo pambuyo pake. Kuti tiwone momwe nyengo ya sabata ino, takhazikitsa deti kuti likhale Lachiwiri ndi mwayi wochepa wa mvula. Tidatumiza imelo yachangu kwa alendo athu yolengeza kuti mwambowo ukhoza kuwulutsidwa pa intaneti. Godfather wa bwenzi langa anavomera mowolowa manja kutsogolera ukwatiwo kunja kwa nyumba yake, ndipo atatufe tinathera nthawi yochuluka Lolemba usiku tikulemba malumbiro ndi zikondwerero zamwambo. Titapuma Lachiwiri m’maŵa, tinali otopa kwambiri koma osangalala kwambiri.
Kusankha kusankha chochititsa chidwi ichi kuyambira miyezi ingapo yokonzekera ndi alendo 200 ku mwambo wawung'ono womwe umawulutsidwa pa Wi-Fi yosakhazikika ndizosamveka, ndipo izi zitha kuwonetsedwa bwino tikamayang'ana maluwa: titha kupeza Zabwino kwambiri ndi cactus kuchokera. CVS. Mwamwayi, ichi chinali chopinga chokhacho tsiku limenelo (oyandikana nawo ena anatolera daffodils kuchokera kutchalitchi). Pali anthu owerengeka okha omwe sakhala ocheza nawo, ndipo ngakhale abale athu ndi abale athu ali kutali kwambiri ndi intaneti, ndife okondwa kwambiri - ndife okondwa kuti mwanjira ina tachotsa zovuta zakukonzekera ukwati komanso nkhawa za COVID-19. Ndipo chiwonongeko chinakulitsa kupsinjika uku ndikulowa tsiku lomwe tingapite patsogolo. M'mawu ake a parade, agogo a mnzanga adalemba nkhani yaposachedwa ndi Arundhati Roy. Iye anati: “M’mbiri yakale, miliri yakakamiza anthu kusiya zinthu zakale n’kuganiziranso za moyo wawo. Izi sizosiyana. Ndi portal ndi portal pakati pa dziko lina ndi lina. "
M'masiku atakwatirana, tidatchulanso tsambalo mosatopa, ndikuyembekeza kuti pochita izi, tikuvomereza chipwirikiti komanso zotayika zazikulu zomwe zidasiyidwa ndi coronavirus - koma musalole kuti mliriwu utiimitse. Kuzengereza panthawi yonseyi, timapemphera kuti tichite zoyenera.
Nditatenga kachilombo ka COVID mu Novembala, mnzanga anali ndi pakati pafupifupi milungu 30. M’miyezi ingapo yoyambirira imene ndinagonekedwa m’chipatala, ndinagonekedwa m’chipatala movutirapo. Ndinamva kupweteka ndi kutentha thupi ndipo anandiyeza tsiku lotsatira. Pamene ndinakumbukiridwa ndi zotsatira zabwino, ndinali kulira ndekha pamene ndinali kudzipatula pa matiresi apamlengalenga omwe akanakhala nazale yathu yobadwa kumene. Mnzanga ndi galu anali mbali ina ya khoma la chipinda chogona, kuyesera zonse zomwe ndingathe kuti asachoke kwa ine.
Ndife amwayi. Pali zambiri zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti COVID ikhoza kubweretsa ziwopsezo zazikulu komanso zovuta kwa amayi apakati, kuti mnzangayo akhalebe wopanda kachilombo. Kudzera m'zinthu zathu, chidziwitso, komanso mwayi wapaintaneti, tinamutulutsa m'nyumba yathu pomwe ndimamaliza kukhala kwaokha. Maphunziro anga ndi abwino komanso odziletsa, ndipo sindikufunika chothandizira mpweya. Patatha masiku khumi zizindikiro zanga zitayamba, ndinaloledwa kubwereranso ku ward.
Chimene chimatsalira si kupuma movutikira kapena kutopa kwa minofu, koma kulemera kwa zisankho zomwe timapanga. Kuyambira pachimake cha ukwati wathu wamba, tinkayembekezera mwachidwi mmene tsogolo lidzaonekera. Kulowa zaka zopitilira 30, tatsala pang'ono kubweretsa banja lachipatala, ndipo tikuwona zenera losinthika likuyamba kutseka. Dongosolo la mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi linali kuyesa kubereka ana posachedwa m'banja, kugwiritsa ntchito mwayi woti m'modzi yekha wa ife anali kukhala m'chaka chovuta panthawiyo. Pamene COVID-19 ikuchulukirachulukira, tinayima kaye ndikuwunikanso nthawiyi.
Kodi tingathedi kuchita zimenezi? Kodi tiyenera kuchita zimenezi? Panthawiyo, mliriwu sunasonyeze kutha, ndipo sitinkadziwa ngati kudikira kudzakhala miyezi kapena zaka. Popanda malangizo adziko lonse oti achedwetse kapena kutsata kutenga pakati, akatswiri posachedwapa anena kuti kudziwa kwathu za COVID-19 sikungakhale koyenera kupanga upangiri wamba, wokwanira woti atenge pakati kapena ayi. Ngati titha kukhala osamala, odalirika komanso oganiza bwino, ndiye kuti sizopanda nzeru kuyesa? Ngati tigonjetsa mavuto a m’banja ndi kukwatirana m’chipwirikiti chimenechi, kodi tingathe kuchitapo kanthu pa moyo wathu limodzi mosasamala kanthu za kusatsimikizirika kwa mliriwu?
Monga mmene anthu ambiri ankayembekezera, sitikudziwa kuti zidzakhala zovuta bwanji. Kupita nane kuchipatala tsiku lililonse kuti nditeteze mnzanga kwayamba kundisokoneza kwambiri. Chifuwa chilichonse chobisika chadzutsa chidwi cha anthu. Tikamadutsa anthu oyandikana nawo nyumba omwe sanavale zophimba nkhope, kapena tikaiŵala kusamba m’manja tikamalowa m’nyumba, timachita mantha mwadzidzidzi. Njira zonse zodzitetezera zatengedwa kuti zitsimikizire chitetezo cha amayi apakati, kuphatikizapo pamene ali pachibwenzi, zimandivuta kuti ndisawonekere kwa ultrasound ndi kuyesa kwa mnzanga-ngakhale ndikudikirira m'galimoto yoyimitsidwa ndi galu wolira. . Kulankhulana kwathu kwakukulu kukakhala koona m'malo mongokumana maso ndi maso, zimakhala zovuta kusamalira zomwe banja lathu likuyembekezera - zomwe zazolowera kutenga nawo mbali -. Mwininyumba wathu anaganiza zokonzanso mwadzidzidzi chipinda m'nyumba yathu ya mabanja ambiri, zomwe zinawonjezeranso chitsenderezo chathu.
Koma mpaka pano, chowawa kwambiri ndikudziwa kuti ndawulula mkazi wanga ndi mwana wosabadwa ku zovuta za COVID-19 ndi zovuta zake zamatenda komanso zotsatira zake. Mkati mwa trimester yake yachitatu, masabata omwe tidakhala motalikirana adangoyang'ana zizindikiro zake, kudikirira mwachidwi zotsatira za mayeso, ndikudikirira masiku odzipatula mpaka tidzakhalanso limodzi. Pamene mphuno yake yomaliza inali yoipa, tinakhala omasuka komanso otopa kuposa kale.
Pamene tinaŵerenga masiku apitawo tisanawone mwana wathu wamwamuna, ine ndi mnzangayo tinalibe otsimikiza kuti tichitanso. Monga tikudziwira, adafika kumayambiriro kwa February, ali bwino-wangwiro m'maso mwathu, ngati njira yomwe adafikayo siinali yangwiro. Ngakhale kuti ndife okondwa komanso oyamikira pokhala makolo, taphunzira kuti n’kosavuta kunena kuti “ndimachita” pa nthawi ya mliri kusiyana ndi kuyesetsa kumanga banja pambuyo pa mliri. Pamene anthu ambiri ataya zinthu zambiri, kuwonjezera munthu wina pa moyo wathu kudzakhala ndi liwongo. Pamene mliri wa mliriwu ukupitilirabe, kuyenderera komanso kusinthika, tikukhulupirira kuti kutuluka kwa portal iyi kuwonekera. Anthu padziko lonse lapansi akayamba kuganiza za momwe ma coronavirus amakondera nkhwangwa zapadziko lonse lapansi - ndikuganiza za zisankho, kusaganizira komanso kusasankha komwe kumapangidwa mumthunzi wa mliri - tipitiliza kuyesa chilichonse ndikupita patsogolo mosamala Kankhani. patsogolo, ndipo tsopano akupita patsogolo pa liwiro la mwana. nthawi.
Ili ndi lingaliro ndi kusanthula nkhani; malingaliro omwe mlembi kapena mlembi amafotokozera siali kwenikweni a Scientific American.
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Nthawi yotumiza: Sep-04-2021