Ukutshintshwa kwe-COVID ukusuka kwiNtsholongwane ukuya kwi-Endemic

Njengoko iingcali zempilo yoluntu zijonga eyona ndlela ingcono yokufundisa uluntu malunga nokutshintsha ukusuka kwi-COVID njengobhubhane ukuya kubhubhane, i-EmblemHealth, enye yee-inshurensi zezempilo ezinkulu zelizwe ezingenzi nzuzo, ikhuphe iziphumo namhlanje kuPhando lwayo lweLiving With COVID-19. Uphononongo luphonononge indlela uluntu olutoliko ngayo ubhubhani ngokuchasene nobhubhane kunye nokuziphatha okuhambelanayo kunye nezimvo zoluntu zeminye imiqathango yokhathalelo lwe-COVID. Iziphumo ziya kwazisa uluntu lwezonyango malunga nokuqonda ngokubanzi kwabemi kwezi ngqikelelo kwaye kuncede ukuphucula unxibelelwano malunga nezikhokelo zempilo yoluntu kunye nokuqhubela phambili.            

“Ukujongana noluvo olukhulayo 'lokudinwa kwe-COVID,' i-EmblemHealth iye yajonga ukuba ingaba uluntu lukulungele na ukusuka kwimeko yempilo yehlabathi; ekwamkeleni i-COVID njengesiqhelo sexesha elide,” utshilo uGqr. Richard Dal Col, MD, kunye neGosa eliyiNtloko lezoNyango le-EmblemHealth. "Uphando lwethu luveze ukuba uluntu luya kuziqhelanisa nokuziphatha okumbalwa kwesi sifo, kwangaxeshanye uluntu lujonge kwaye luthembe iingcali zeklinikhi ukuze zifumane ulwalathiso, kwaye amagama anje ngo "booster" [ewodwa] awakhuthazi ukusebenza koluntu."

Ngelixa izitofu zokugonya ze-COVID-19 ziye zanceda ngokufanelekileyo ukunciphisa ukulaliswa esibhedlele kunye namazinga okusweleka, ilizwe likwabonile amanani okugonya abantu abadala - i-76% yabantu abadala bagonywe ngokupheleleyo, kwaye kuphela ngama-49% abafumene i-COVID booster, ngokutsho kwamaZiko eSifo aseMelika. Ulawulo kunye noThintelo luka-Epreli ka-2022 i-COVID Data Tracker. Idatha, kunye nento ebonwayo emhlabeni, iqhube i-EmblemHealth ukuba iphonononge ukuba icandelo lezempilo kufuneka liqwalasele ntoni kwinqanaba elilandelayo lesi sifo. Iziphumo zophando lwayo-olwenziwa ngoFebruwari 2022-yafumanisa ukuba abantu banembono entle kodwa exubeneyo "yezomeleza." Babona eli gama lithetha intonye nokhuseleko olongezelelweyo kunye nokugcinwa kodwa kunothintelo olungaphantsi "kugonyo" kunye "nogonyo."

Ngaphaya koko, xa ucelwa ukuba uchaze ukuba yintoni ubhubhane kumhlobo okanye kwilungu losapho, uphononongo lwafumanisa ukuba ukungaqondi kakuhle kwegama elithi "endmic" kwahluka phakathi kwabaphenduli. Ngokusekwe ekungaqondwani ngokubanzi kwegama, uninzi luvakalise ukuba kusenokwenzeka ukuba banciphise ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiindlela zokuziphatha ezithintelayo kwi-endmic, ngakumbi amathuba okufumana i-booster. Ngeli xesha, abaphenduli baye bathi kunokwenzeka ukuba baqhubeke kwaye balandele amanyathelo okhuseleko ongezelelweyo xa bejongene neendinyana zobhubhane.

Uphononongo luphonononge abaphenduli abamalunga ne-1,000 kwilizwe lonke, kugxininise kwiNdawo ye-Tri-State yaseNew York, apho i-EmblemHealth isebenza khona. Phakathi kweziphumo eziphambili zophando:

• Ukubambelela kwabathengi kwiindlela zokuziphatha zempilo yoluntu-ezifana nokunxiba imaski, uvavanyo, ukuvalelwa bodwa kunye nokunye kucetywe ukuba kube sezantsi kakhulu kubhubhane xa kuthelekiswa nokuhlelwa kobhubhane.

Igama elithi “ubhubhane” liqondwa kakuhle kakhulu. Xa bebuzwa ukuba bachaze “i-endemic,” malunga nomntu om-1 kwaba-4 bavakalise ukuba abalazi eli gama. Imixholo eseleyo iyichaze njengaxa ubhubhani/isifo siqulethwe kwindawo ethile yejografi, evumela abantu ukuba baphile ngokwesiqhelo, njengomkhuhlane.

• Kancinci ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sabaphenduli baceba ukunxiba imaski kubhubhane, nto leyo ehle ngama-30% xa kuthelekiswa nobhubhane. Kubhubhane, umntu om-1 kwaba-2 uceba ukufumana i-booster, ngelixa kuphela ngama-37% aceba ukufumana i-booster kubhubhane.

• Abathengi bayaliqonda igama elithi “booster,” kodwa linxulunyaniswa ngakumbi “nokongeza” okanye “ugcino.” “Ugonyo” lunxulunyaniswa ngakumbi “njengothintelo,” “lusebenzayo,” kwaye “lukhuselekile,” nangamaqela athandabuzayo ngakumbi.

• Izinto eziphambili zokuziphatha ezicinezela ukusasazeka kwezifo-kubandakanya ukuvalelwa yedwa kunye nokuphepha abanye ukuba bavavanyiwe - bona ukwehla okukhulu kubhubhane xa kuthelekiswa nobhubhane, ngabantu aba-2 kwaba-5 kuphela abathi bayakunqanda ukubona abanye ukuba bavavanya ukuba banayo okanye babekwe bodwa ukuba bafumana iimpawu.

• Uninzi lwabaphenduli bakholelwa ukuba i-COVID-19 iya kuba sisifo samaxesha athile afana nomkhuhlane kwaye iya kwamkeleka ngakumbi ekufumaneni i-booster yonyaka ehambelana nogonyo lwamaxesha onyaka/ngonyaka endaweni yokulufumana, ukuba kunjalo, ukuba i-COVID-19 iyagquba.

“Izinto ezifunyaniswe yi-EmblemHealth zisebenza njengomfanekiso omhle wendawo apho uluvo lukawonke-wonke lumi kunye nendlela thina kukhathalelo lwempilo esinokudibana ngayo ngcono nabantu apho bakhoyo,” utshilo uBeth Leonard, iGosa eliyiNtloko leMicimbi ye-EmblemHealth. "Njengoko sisiya phambili, kuya kufuneka sisebenze ngokudibeneyo kwaye sithethe ulwimi olufanayo kuzo zonke iinkqubo zempilo kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo ukuqinisekisa ukuba asiphulukani namhlaba kwinkqubela phambili yethu yokuphelisa intsholongwane."

Ngedosi yesine yesitofu sokugonya se-COVID evunyiweyo yi-FDA, kwaye ngoku iingcali eziphezulu zezifo ezosulelayo zithi i-US iphumile kwisigaba sobhubhane, uLeonard oneqela elijongene nonxibelelwano lwe-EmblemHealth kunye nonyango lwayo, i-AdvantageCare Physicians, ucebisa iingcali zonyango kunye nokunxibelelana nokuxhasa ugonyo. ngokudibanisa ukubaluleka “kwezomeleza” ukuhambisana nogonyo lukabani lwe-COVID-19.

Kwakhona, abantu abangaphakathi kukhathalelo lwezempilo kufuneka bacinge ngokunyusa ukusetyenziswa kwamagama afana "nogonyo kunye nogonyo" ngokuchaseneyo nokuhanjiswa kuphela kuluntu "olunamandla," "ukudubula," okanye "i-jabs engalweni" - amagama afunyenwe ebangela iimvakalelo zoloyiko, iintlungu, kunye neziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezinokubakhona, ngakumbi phakathi kwabantu abathandabuzayo. Ukongeza, abachaphazelekayo kukhathalelo lwempilo kufuneka balumke xa besebenzisa igama elithi "endmic" ukukhuthaza indlela yokuziphatha yokhuseleko loluntu kwinqanaba langoku nakwikamva le-COVID-19.