Ngifunde indaba kuFacebook mayelana nomndeni odabukile ngenxa yendodana yawo ebiphile saka ebilwela impilo yayo esibhedlela ngemuva kokushona. I-COVID-19 coronavirus. Abakwazanga ukumbamba isandla noma ukukhuluma naye ngethemba lokuthi uzobezwa njengoba i-whoosh enesigqi somshini wokuphefumula wawugcina umzimba wakhe uphila. Ngikhulekele umuntu engingamazi ukuthi alulame. Ngathandazela ukuthi umndeni wakhe unikezwe umoya wokuthula ngokwazi konke okwakungenziwa, nakuba bekude kakhulu ukuze baduduzeke.
Kungenze ngabona ukuthi emhlabeni wethu wansuku zonke, into evamile, uma ungayibiza ngokunethezeka, indlela esivame ukugxila ngayo ekuhlukeni kwethu. Kodwa-ke noma nini lapho kuba nesenzakalo esiyinhlekelele noma isimo esithile esinyakazisa kakhulu futhi esiwisa amadolo ethu, siyabona ukuthi sonke siyefana.
Umhlaba wonke, hhayi nje idolobha noma isifunda noma izwe esihlala kulo - SONKE - simunye kulokhu ukulwa nobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lwe-coronavirus. Ayikho neyodwa indawo eplanethini enguMhlaba ephephile kuleli gciwane elingalindelekile nelibi - ngisho neyodwa. Isibalo samacala aqinisekisiwe sikhuphuka nsuku zonke futhi sisondele kumamaki ayisigidi njengoba kulokhu kubhalwa kanti cishe angama-1 50,000 ashonile. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, basondele ku-200,000 abeluleme.
Ngifisa sengathi njengabantu, singaqaphela futhi okubaluleke nakakhulu sikhumbule ukuthi sonke siyingxenye yohlanga olulodwa lwesintu kalula nangokuphelele. AmaMelika ayafana namaShayina. AmaNtaliyane ayafana nabase-Australia. AmaJalimane ayafana namaBahamas.
Njengoba singabantu esiyikho, imvelo yethu isenza sikholelwe ukuthi ngeke sibe ngomunye walabo bantu abagulayo noma uma senza kanjalo, sizokwazi ukulwa nakho ngokwethu. Kodwa leli gciwane liyasibonisa ukuthi alinayo imvumelwano noma isizathu. Akusho lutho ukuthi umncane noma umdala, ucebile noma umpofu, onsundu noma umhlophe. Uma ikufuna, izokuthatha.
Njengoba siya phambili nanjengomlando wamanye amagciwane anyathelanayo, lesi sikhathi sesikhathi emhlabeni wethu ekugcineni sizoba izibalo emakhasini omlando. Ukwelashwa okuphumelelayo kuzolandelwa umgomo. Izinkumbulo ezimangalisayo zezimpilo ezilahlekile kanye nokubamba iplanethi yonke kuzofiphala.
Lapho lokho kwenzeka, ingabe siyobe sesikhohlwa ukuthi sonke sasimunye? Ukuthi sonke sabiza Umhlaba njengekhaya lethu - hhayi nje indlu yami eku-Bellevue Avenue, noma idolobha lami laseRome, noma izwe lami eNyakatho Korea. Ngalesi sikhathi sokungaqiniseki okukhulu, sonke sasingamalungu omkhaya owodwa obizwa ngokuthi isintu. Futhi nakuba sasilwela ukuphila kwethu ngokoqobo, sasibumbene, futhi wonke umbhedo wezimpi zohwebo, ezombangazwe zikahulumeni, ukungezwani kwezenkolo, nemingcele yezindawo zanyamalala zaba yize.
Njengangomhla zi-9/11 lapho isiqubulo sithi “Ngeke sikhohlwe,” lapho sibuyela ekukhanyeni kwelanga sisuka ebumnyameni baleli gciwane, “Masikhumbule njalo,” uma sekufika kuso, sonke sihlanganyela ndawonye. ikhaya elifanayo, befuna okufanayo ukuphila okuthobekile nokujabulisayo.
