Ukushintsha kwe-COVID kusuka ku-Pandemic kuya ku-Endemic

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Njengoba ochwepheshe bezempilo yomphakathi becabangela indlela engcono kakhulu yokufundisa umphakathi mayelana nokusuka ku-COVID njengobhubhane kuye kubhubhane, i-EmblemHealth, enye yezinkampani zomshwalense wezempilo ezingenzi nzuzo ezinkulu ezweni lonke, ikhiphe imiphumela namuhla ocwaningweni lwayo lukazwelonke lwe-Living With COVID-19. Ucwaningo luhlole incazelo yomphakathi yobhubhane oluqhudelana nobhubhane kanye nokuziphatha okuhlobene nemibono yomphakathi yeminye imibandela yokunakekelwa kwe-COVID. Okutholiwe kuzokwazisa umphakathi wezokwelapha ngokuqonda okujwayelekile kwesibalo sabantu ngale mibono futhi kusize ukuthuthukisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwesiqondiso sezempilo somphakathi nokuqhubeka.            

“Ibhekene nomuzwa okhulayo 'wokukhathala kwe-COVID,' i-EmblemHealth yahlola ukuthi ngabe umphakathi usukulungele yini ukusuka esimweni esibucayi sezempilo emhlabeni wonke; ekwamukeleni i-COVID njengento entsha yesikhathi eside evamile,” kusho uDkt. Richard Dal Col, MD, kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu Sezokwelapha se-EmblemHealth. "Ucwaningo lwethu luveze ukuthi umphakathi uzozijwayeza izindlela zokuvikela ezimbalwa kulesi sifo, ngasikhathi sinye umphakathi ubheke futhi wethembe ochwepheshe bezempilo ukuze bathole isiqondiso, futhi amagama anjengokuthi "i-booster" [ewodwa] awakhuthazi ukusebenza komphakathi."

Ngenkathi imigomo ye-COVID-19 isize ngempumelelo ekwehliseni ukulaliswa ezibhedlela kanye nezinga lokufa, izwe libuye labona amazinga okugoma abantu abadala encipha - ama-76% abantu abadala agonywe ngokugcwele, kanti bangama-49% kuphela abathole i-COVID booster, ngokusho kwe-US Centers for Disease. I-Control and Prevention yango-April 2022 ye-COVID Data Tracker. Idatha, kanye nalokho okubonakala phansi, kwenze i-EmblemHealth ihlole ukuthi imboni yezokunakekelwa kwempilo kufanele ikucabangeleni esigabeni esilandelayo sesifo. Umphumela wocwaningo lwayo-olwenziwa ngoFebhuwari 2022-wathola ukuthi abantu banombono omuhle kodwa oxubile "wama-booster." Babona igama lifana nokuvikela nokunakekelwa okwengeziwe kodwa okungavimbeli kunokuthi “ukugoma” kanye “nokugoma.”

Ngaphezu kwalokho, lapho ecelwa ukuthi achaze ukuthi isifo esiwumqedazwe siyini kumngane noma ilungu lomndeni, ucwaningo lwathola ukuthi ukungaqondi kahle kwegama elithi “endemic” kuyahluka phakathi kwabaphendulayo. Ngokusekelwe ekungaqondisweni okuvamile kwegama, iningi lizwakalise ukuthi maningi amathuba okuba linciphise ukubamba iqhaza ekuziphatheni okuvimbelayo kubhubhane, ikakhulukazi amathuba okuthola i-booster. Ngaleso sikhathi, abaphendulile baphinde bathi maningi amathuba okuthi baqhubeke futhi balandele ezinye izindlela zokuvikela lapho bebhekene namavesi obhubhane.

Lolu cwaningo luvotele abaphenduli abacishe babe yi-1,000 ezweni lonke, kugxilwe e-New York Tri-State Area, lapho i-EmblemHealth isebenza khona ngokuyinhloko. Phakathi kokutholwe okubalulekile ocwaningweni:

• Ukubambelela kwabathengi ekuziphatheni kwezempilo yomphakathi - njengokugqoka imaskhi, ukuhlolwa, ukuhlukaniswa nabanye abantu kuhlelwe ukuthi kube ngaphansi kakhulu kubhubhane uma kuqhathaniswa nokuhlukaniswa kobhubhane.

• Igama elithi “ubhubhane” liqondwa kahle kakhulu. Lapho becelwa ukuthi bachaze “i-endemic,” cishe umuntu oyedwa kwaba-1 uzwakalise ukuthi akalazi leli gama. Izindikimba ezisele zikuchaze njengalapho ubhubhane/isifo sitholakala endaweni ethile, okuvumela abantu ukuthi baphile ngokujwayelekile, njengomkhuhlane.

• Ingxenye engaphezu kwengxenye yabaphendulile ihlela ukugqoka imaski esimweni esiwubhubhane, okuwukwehla okungama-30% uma kuqhathaniswa nobhubhane. Kubhubhane, umuntu oyedwa kwaba-1 uhlela ukuthola i-booster, kuyilapho kuphela ama-2% ahlela ukuthola i-booster kulesi sifo.

• Abathengi bayaliqonda igama elithi “booster,” kodwa lihlotshaniswa kakhulu “nokwengeziwe” noma “ukunakekela.” “Ukugoma” kuhlotshaniswa kakhulu “njengokuvimbela,” “ukusebenza kahle,” kanye “nokuphephile,” ngisho namaqembu anokungabaza kakhulu.

• Ukuziphatha okubalulekile okucindezela ukubhebhetheka kwezifo - okuhlanganisa ukuvalelwa yedwa kanye nokugwema abanye uma kutholakala ukuthi banalo - bheka ukwehla okukhulu kobhubhane uma kuqhathaniswa nobhubhane, ngaba-2 kuphela kwabayi-5 abathi bazogwema ukubona abanye uma bethola ukuthi bane-HIV noma behlukaniswa uma baba nezimpawu.

• Iningi labaphendulayo likholelwa ukuthi i-COVID-19 izoba isifo sesizini esifana nomkhuhlane futhi izokwamukela kangcono ukuthola i-booster yonyaka ehlobene nokugonywa kwesizini/ngonyaka kunokuba ithole eyodwa, uma kunjalo, uma i-COVID-19 ibhebhetheka.

“Okutholwe yi-EmblemHealth kusebenza njengesifinyezo esihle sokuthi umbono womphakathi umi kuphi nokuthi thina kwezokunakekelwa kwezempilo singahlangana kanjani kangcono nabantu lapho bekhona,” kusho u-Beth Leonard, oyisikhulu se-EmblemHealth Chief Corporate Affairs. "Njengoba siqhubekela phambili, kuzodingeka sisebenze ngokubambisana futhi sikhulume ulimi olufanayo kuzo zonke izinhlelo nezinqubomgomo zezempilo ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi asilahlekelwa yisisekelo senqubekelaphambili yethu ekulweni naleli gciwane."

Ngomthamo wesine wokugomela i-COVID ogunyazwe yi-FDA, futhi manje ochwepheshe abaphezulu bezifo ezithathelwanayo bathi i-US isiphumile esigabeni sobhubhane, uLeonard ithimba lakhe elibhekele ezokuxhumana kwe-EmblemHealth kanye nomsebenzi wayo wezokwelapha, i-AdvantageCare Physicians, uphakamisa ukuthi ochwepheshe bezokwelapha nabaxhumana nabo basekele umuthi wokugoma. ukukhishwa ngokuxhumanisa ukubaluleka “kwama-booster” ukuze uhambisane nemigomo yomuntu ye-COVID-19.

Futhi, abangaphakathi bokunakekelwa kwezempilo kufanele bacabangele ukwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwamagama afana nokuthi "imigomo nemigomo" esikhundleni sokudlulisela kuphela emphakathini "ama-booster," "isibhamu," noma "i-jabs engalweni" - amagama atholakala edala imizwa yokwesaba, ubuhlungu, kanye nemiphumela engemihle engaba khona, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwabantu abamanqikanqika. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ababambiqhaza ekunakekelweni kwezempilo kufanele baqaphele lapho besebenzisa igama elithi “endmic” ukukhuthaza ukuziphatha kokuphepha komphakathi ezigabeni zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo ze-COVID-19.

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