Umbhalo osemazantsi we-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) iwebhusayithi ye-COVID Data Tracker, ibhengeze ukuba "impazamo ye-algorithmic" ibangele ukusweleka kwentsholongwane ye-COVID-19 ukuba ibalwe phantse ngama-24%.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, i-CDC yathi phantse ikota yokusweleka kwe-coronavirus phakathi kwabantwana ibalwe kakhulu ngenxa “yempazamo yokubhala iikhowudi,” kodwa kule veki iarhente ivumile ukuba ukubhubha okunxulumene nentsholongwane kubalwa kuwo onke amaqela eminyaka.
“Ngomhla we-15 kuMatshi, ngo-2022, idatha yokusweleka yahlengahlengiswa emva kokusombulula impazamo yeekhowudi. Oku kukhokelele ekwehleni kwenani lokufa kuzo zonke iindidi zabantu, ”ufundeka umbhalo osemazantsi weCDC.
Le arhente yathi ukulungisa le mpazamo kususe abantu abangama-72,277 ababhubhileyo ngaphambili bekuxelwe kumazwe angama-26, kubandakanywa ukusweleka kwabantwana abangama-416.
Bangaphezu kwe-968,000 abantu e-US abasweleke kwi-COVID-19, ngokwe CDC idatha, kunye nedatha yeqela lobudala ekhoyo kwi-784,303 yokusweleka. Li-1,356 kuphela laba bantu ababengaphantsi kweminyaka eli-18, oko kuthetha ukuba abantwana babalelwa kwi-0.17% yabo bonke abantu ababhubhileyo kwi-COVID-19 e-US apho kukho idatha.
Ngaphandle kwento yokuba abantwana basemngciphekweni osezantsi wokulaliswa esibhedlele kunye nokufa kwi-COVID-19, ukugqunywa kwabantwana besikolo ibe ngumbandela oxabanisayo e-US. I-CDC ngasekupheleni kwenyanga ephelileyo yasilula isikhokelo sayo semaski, isithi kwiindawo 'eziphantsi' kunye 'neziphakathi' zosulelo lwentsholongwane, abantwana abasayi kuphinda banxibe imaski yobuso ezikolweni.
Nangona kunjalo, i UMbutho weSizwe weMfundo (NEA) basahlaba ikhwelo kwizikolo ukuba 'zithathe amanyathelo ngononophelo' kwaye zingawashiyi ngoko nangoko nawaphi na amanyathelo eziwabona efanelekile. Amagosa kwamanye amazwe anqabile ukutyhila abantwana, uMkomishinala wezeMpilo kwisiXeko saseNew York uAshwin Vasan echaza kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba ukugquma abantwana iya kuba ngumgaqo-nkqubo wakhe “ongenasiphelo”.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ngaphandle kwento yokuba abantwana basemngciphekweni osezantsi wokulaliswa esibhedlele kunye nokusweleka kwi-COVID-19, ukugqunywa kwabantwana besikolo ibe ngumcimbi ophikisanayo e-US.
- Kwiveki ephelileyo, i-CDC yathi phantse ikota yokusweleka kwe-coronavirus phakathi kwabantwana ibalwe kakhulu ngenxa “yempazamo yokubhala iikhowudi,” kodwa kule veki iarhente ivumile ukuba ukubhubha okunxulumene nentsholongwane kubalwa kuwo onke amaqela eminyaka.
- I-CDC ngasekupheleni kwenyanga ephelileyo yasilula isikhokelo sayo semaski, isithi kwiindawo 'eziphantsi' kunye 'neziphakathi' zosulelo lwentsholongwane, abantwana abasayi kuphinda banxibe imaski yobuso ezikolweni.
