Namuhla, u-Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), USen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) kanye noMholi Oyingcosana u-Chuck Schumer (D-NY) banxuse I-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ukuze ifune ukuthi izinkampani zezindiza ezizinze e-US zifake ama-epinephrine auto-injection kumakhithi azo ezempilo ezimo eziphuthumayo (EMKs).
Encwadini yabo, ethunyelwe kuleli sonto ngemuva kokuthi i-FAA yabelane ngezincomo ze-Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) kokuqukethwe kwe-EMK, uKhanna noDuckworth batusa lesi sinyathelo sokuqala se-FAA futhi baphinde banxusa i-ejensi ukuthi iqhubekele phambili futhi iguqule uhlu lokuqukethwe oludingekayo ukuze lube sesimanjemanje. Ama-EMK afaka ama-epinephrine auto-injection, njengoba kunconywe i-AsMA.
"Ingcindezi, ukwesaba kanye nokwethuka okubekezelelwa izigidi zemindeni engezwani nokudla okukukhathazayo, ikakhulukazi lapho iphezulu emoyeni ngaphandle kokufinyelela okujwayelekile kwemishini yezimo eziphuthumayo," kusho uRep. Khanna. “Ngiyaziqhenya ngokusebenzisana noSenator Duckworth ukuze ngicele i-Federal Aviation Administration ibone isidingo esisabalele sokuhlomisa izinsiza zezokwelapha zendiza yabagibeli ngama-epinephrine autoinjectors. Lesi isinyathelo esilula ngokungangabazeki esizosindisa ukuphila kwabantu abaningi.”
"Ukuhamba ne-allergies enzima kungaba nzima kodwa, ngaphandle kokuthola imithi efanele, kungase kubulale," kusho uSen. Duckworth "Kubalulekile ukuthi i-FAA ithathe isinyathelo ngokushesha ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha kwabagibeli abane-allergies enzima ngokufaka i-epinephrine auto- ama-injection kuma-EMK.”
"Indawo embi kakhulu yokuhlaselwa kwe-allergies okusongela impilo noma ukusabela lapho kugadla indiza ephakathi nendiza, amashumi ezinkulungwane zamamitha phezulu emoyeni," kusho uSen. Schumer. “Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi zonke izindiza zigcwele ama-epinephrine auto-injection kungaba ukusindisa ukuphila kwangempela. Ukugcina umphakathi ohambayo uphephile emoyeni, i-FAA kumele ithathe isinyathelo ngokushesha ukuze idinge ama-epinephrine auto-injection kumakhithi ezokwelapha ezimo eziphuthumayo.”
U-Rep. Khanna ube nesandla esikhulu ekuholeni umkhankaso wokuthola imali eyengeziwe ocwaningweni lokungezwani komzimba nezinketho zokwelapha. Ngonyaka wezimali ka-2020 wezikweletu ze-Appropriations omnibus, uKhanna usize ukuvikela ukukhuphuka kwezigidi ezingu-362 zamaRandi oxhaso lwe-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) e-National Institute of Health (NIH) ngomyalelo wokutshala imali ocwaningweni lokungezwani nokudla, kanye nezigidi ezingu-10 zamaRandi ezengeziwe zoHlelo Locwaningo Lwezokwelapha Olubuyekezwe Ngaphakathi (PRMRP) ngaphansi koMnyango Wezokuvikela. U-Khanna uphinde wakwazi ukuthola ukugunyazwa kocwaningo lokungezwani nokudla ngaphakathi kwe-PRMRP.
USen. Duckworth uyiLungu Elisezingeni LeSenate Commerce, Science & Transportation Subcommitte on Transport and Safety, lapho ebengummeli oqinile wokuphepha kwezindiza. Ngonyaka odlule, uSeni. Duckworth kanye nomholi weSenate Minerals uCharles Schumer (D-NY) esibizwa embonini yezindiza ukuze ihlehlise imizamo yayo yokuvimbela izindiza ekudingeni ukuba ziphathe imithi esindisa ukuphila, njengama-epinephrine auto-injection, kumakhithi ezokwelapha ezimo eziphuthumayo.
