Ekuqaleni konyaka wesikole wezi-2020-21 oneziyaluyalu, izikhulu zaseMissouri zenze ukubheja okukhulu: Bagcine cishe izigidi eziyi-1 izivivinyo ze-Covid ezikoleni ze-K-12 esifundazweni, ngethemba lokuthi bazohlonza ngokushesha abafundi abagulayo noma ubuhlakani.
Abaphathi bakaTrump basebenzise amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-760 ukuthenga izivivinyo ze-antigen zokuphendula ngokushesha eziyizigidi eziyi-150 kwa-Abbott Laboratories, lapho izigidi eziyi-1.75 zazo zabelwe iMissouri futhi zatshela izifundazwe ukuthi zizisebenzise njengoba zibona kufanele.Cishe izifunda ezingama-400 zaseMissouri eziqashe izifunda zezikole ezizimele nezikahulumeni zafaka izicelo.Ngokusekelwe ezingxoxweni nezikhulu zesikole kanye namadokhumenti atholwe yi-Kaiser Health News ephendula isicelo serekhodi lomphakathi, ngokunikezwa okulinganiselwe, umuntu ngamunye angahlolwa kanye kuphela.
Isu lokuvelela lalinamandla zisuka nje.Ukuhlola akuvamile ukusetshenziswa;ngokwemininingwane yombuso ebuyekezwe ekuqaleni kukaJuni, isikole sabika ukuthi bangu-32,300 kuphela abasetshenzisiwe.
Imizamo yaseMissouri iyifasitela lobunkimbinkimbi bokuhlolwa kwe-Covid ezikoleni ze-K-12, ngisho nangaphambi kokugqashuka kwe-delta esabalele kakhulu ye-coronavirus.
Ukusabalala kokuguqulwa kwe-delta kufake imiphakathi emzabalazweni wemizwa mayelana nendlela yokubuyisela izingane ngokuphephile (iningi lazo elingagonyiwe) ezindlini zokufundela, ikakhulukazi esifundazweni esinjengeMissouri, esibe ngaphansi kwamazinga aphezulu okungathandi ukugqoka imaski.Namazinga aphansi okugoma.Njengoba isifundo siqala, izikole kufanele ziphinde zikale ukuhlolwa namanye amasu okunciphisa ukusabalala kwe-Covid-19-kungase kungabi nenani elikhulu lamakhithi okuhlola atholakalayo.
Othisha eMissouri bachaze ukuhlolwa okuqale ngo-Okthoba njengesibusiso sokuqeda abanaleli gciwane futhi kunikeze othisha ukuthula kwengqondo.Kepha ngokusho kwezingxoxo kanye nemibhalo etholwe yi-KHN, izinselelo zayo zokusebenza zasheshe zacaca.Inqwaba yezikole noma izifunda ezifake izicelo zokuhlolwa ngokushesha zibhale uchwepheshe oyedwa kuphela wezempilo ukuze azilawule.Uhlelo lokuqala lokuhlola olusheshayo luphelelwa yisikhathi ezinyangeni eziyisithupha, ngakho izikhulu ziyanqikaza uku-oda kakhulu.Abanye abantu bakhathazeka ngokuthi ukuhlolwa kuzoveza imiphumela engalungile, noma ukuthi ukuhlola abantu abanezimpawu ze-Covid kungase kusabalalise ukutheleleka.
U-Kelly Garrett, umqondisi omkhulu we-KIPP St. Louis, isikole esikhokhelwayo esinabafundi abangu-2,800 kanye namalungu e-faculty angu-300, uthe "sikhathazeke kakhulu" ukuthi izingane ezigulayo zikhona esikoleni.Abafundi besikole samabanga aphansi babuyile ngoNovemba.Igodla izivivinyo eziyi-120 ezimweni "eziphuthumayo".
Isikole sokuqasha eKansas City sinethemba lokuhola uthishanhloko uRobert Milner ukuthutha inqwaba yezivivinyo azibuyisele esifundazweni.Uthe: “Isikole esingenabo abahlengikazi nanoma yiluphi uhlobo lwabasebenzi bezokwelapha esizeni, akulula kangako.“UMilner uthe isikole sikwazile ukudambisa i-Covid-19 kusetshenziswa izindlela ezinjengokuhlola izinga lokushisa, izidingo zemaski, ukugcina ibanga lomzimba ngisho nokususa okomisa umoya endlini yokugezela.Ukwengeza, "Nginezinye izinketho zokuthumela umndeni wami" emphakathini ukuze uhlolwe.
Umphathi wezikole zomphakathi, uLyndel Whittle, wabhala esicelweni sokuhlolwa kwesifunda sesikole: “Asinalo uhlelo, nomsebenzi wethu.Kufanele sithathele wonke umuntu lezi zivivinyo.”Isifunda sase-Iberia RV sikuso Isicelo sango-Okthoba sidinga izivivinyo ezisheshayo eziyi-100, okwanele ukuhlinzeka ngelungu ngalinye labasebenzi.
Njengoba kubonakala ukulinganiselwa kokufunda amabanga ngonyaka odlule, izikhulu zafuna ukubuyela esikoleni.Umbusi uMike Parson wake wathi izingane zizolithola nakanjani leli gciwane esikoleni, kodwa “zizolinqoba.”Manje, noma ngabe isibalo sezingane ze-Covid sikhuphuka ngenxa yokuhluka kwe-delta, zonke izifunda zezwe ziyanda.Lapho bebhekana nengcindezi yokuba baphinde bafundise isikhathi esigcwele ekilasini.
Ochwepheshe bathi naphezu kokutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu ekuhlolweni kwe-antigen okusheshayo, izikole ze-K-12 zivame ukuba nokuhlolwa okulinganiselwe.Muva nje, abaphathi beBiden babele amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-10 ngoHlelo Lokuhlenga LwaseMelika ukukhulisa ukuhlolwa kweCovid ezikoleni, okuhlanganisa ne-US 185 million yaseMissouri.
IMissouri yenza uhlelo lokuthi izikole ze-K-12 zihlole njalo abantu abangenazimpawu zesifo ngaphansi kwenkontileka nenkampani ye-biotechnology i-Ginkgo Bioworks, ehlinzeka ngezinto zokuhlola, ukuqeqeshwa, kanye nabasebenzi.Okhulumela uMnyango Wezempilo Nezabadala uLisa Cox uthe kusukela maphakathi no-Agasti, zingu-19 kuphela izinhlaka ezikhombise intshisekelo.
Ngokungafani nokuhlolwa kwe-Covid, okusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-polymerase chain reaction, obungathatha izinsuku ezimbalwa ukuhlinzeka ngemiphumela, ukuhlolwa kwe-antigen okusheshayo kungabuyisa imiphumela phakathi nemizuzu embalwa.Ukuhwebelana: Ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi azinembile kakhulu.
Noma kunjalo, ku-Harley Russell, umongameli we-Missouri State Teachers Association kanye nothisha we-Jackson High School, ukuhlolwa okusheshayo kuyimpumuzo, futhi uthemba ukuthi bangasithatha ngokushesha isivivinyo.Indawo yangakubo, uJackson R-2, yasifaka ngoDisemba yaqala ukusisebenzisa ngoJanuwari, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa isikole sivuliwe.
“Umugqa wesikhathi unzima kakhulu.Uthe ngeke sisheshe sihlole abafundi esicabanga ukuthi bane-Covid-19.“Abanye babo basanda kuvalelwa bodwa.
“Ekugcineni, ngicabanga ukuthi kunezinga elithile lokukhathazeka kulo lonke uhlelo ngoba sibhekene ubuso nobuso.Asikawamisi amakilasi,” kusho uRussell, odinga ukufaka imaski ekilasini lakhe.“Ukuhlola kukunikeza amandla okulawula izinto ongakwazi ukuzilawula.”
U-Allison Dolak, uthishanhloko we-Immanuel Lutheran Church & School eWentzville, uthe isikole esincane sepherishi sinendlela yokuhlolela abafundi nabasebenzi ngokushesha i-Covid-kodwa sidinga ubuhlakani.
“Ukube besingenazo lezi zivivinyo, izingane eziningi kangaka bekuzodingeka zifunde ku-inthanethi,” kusho yena.Ngezinye izikhathi, isikole saseSt. Louis esisendaweni engaphansi kwedolobha kwakudingeka sibize abazali njengabahlengikazi ukuze basiphathe.U-Dolac waze waphatha abanye endaweni yokupaka yena.Imininingwane yombuso kusukela ekuqaleni kukaJuni ikhombisa ukuthi isikole sesithole izivivinyo ezingama-200 futhi sasebenzisa izikhathi eziyi-132.Ayidingi ukuvikelwa.
Ngokwesicelo esitholwe yi-KHN, izikole eziningi zithe zihlose ukuhlola abasebenzi kuphela.UMissouri ekuqaleni wayala izikole ukuthi zisebenzise isivivinyo esisheshayo sika-Abbott kubantu abanezimpawu, okubuye kukhawulele ukuhlolwa.
Kungashiwo ukuthi ezinye zezizathu zokuhlolwa okulinganiselwe akuzona ezimbi ezingxoxweni, othisha bathi balawula izifo ngokuhlola izimpawu nokudinga imaski.Njengamanje, iSifundazwe saseMissouri sigunyaza ukuhlolwa kwabantu abanezimpawu nabangenazo.
“Emkhakheni we-K-12, azikho izivivinyo ezingaka ngempela,” kusho uDkt. Tina Tan, uprofesa wezifo zezingane e-Feinberg School of Medicine yaseNorthwestern University.“Okubaluleke nakakhulu ukuthi izingane zihlolelwa izimpawu ngaphambi kokuba ziye esikoleni, futhi uma ziba nezimpawu, zizohlolwa.”
Ngokwemininingwane yedeshibhodi yombuso ezibike yona, kusukela ekuqaleni kukaJuni, okungenani izikole nezifunda ezingama-64 esezihloliwe bezingakazihloli.
Ngokwezingxoxo nemibhalo etholwe yi-KHN, abanye abafake izicelo abazange balandele imiyalo yabo noma banqume ukungaluhloli.
Enye indawo yaseMaplewood Richmond Heights e-St. Louis County, ethatha abantu bangayi esikoleni bayohlolwa.
"Yize ukuhlolwa kwe-antigen kukuhle, kukhona okungalungile okungamanga," kusho uVince Estrada, umqondisi wezinsizakalo zabafundi ku-imeyili."Isibonelo, uma abafundi beye bathintana neziguli ze-COVID-19 futhi imiphumela yokuhlolwa kwe-antigen esikoleni ayinayo, sisazobacela ukuthi bahlole i-PCR."Uthe ukutholakala kwendawo yokuhlola nabahlengikazi nakho kuyizinkinga.
UMolly Ticknor, umqondisi omkhulu weShow-Me School-based Health Alliance eMissouri, uthe: “Izifunda zethu eziningi zezikole azinawo amandla okugcina nokuphatha izivivinyo.”
UShirley Weldon, umphathi weLivingston County Health Center enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeMissouri, uthe inhlangano yezempilo yomphakathi ihlole abasebenzi ezikoleni zomphakathi nezizimele esifundeni.“Asikho isikole esizimisele ukuthwala lokhu sisodwa,” kusho yena."Bafana, oh nkulunkulu, cha."
UWeldon, ongumhlengikazi obhalisiwe, uthe ngemuva konyaka wesikole, wabuyisela izivivinyo “eziningi” ezingasetshenzisiwe, yize ayephinde wayala ezinye ukuthi zinikeze umphakathi izivivinyo ezisheshayo.
Okhulumela uMnyango Wezempilo Wezwe uCox uthe kusukela maphakathi no-Agasti, umbuso usuthole izivivinyo ezingasetshenzisiwe eziyi-139,000 ezikoleni ze-K-12.
U-Cox uthe izivivinyo ezihoxisiwe zizosatshalaliswa kabusha - isikhathi seshelufu sokuhlolwa kwe-antigen okusheshayo kuka-Abbott selulelwe unyaka owodwa - kodwa izikhulu azikalandeleli ukuthi zingaki.Izikole azidingeki ukuthi zibike inombolo yokuhlolwa kwe-antigen ephelelwe yisikhathi kuhulumeni wezwe.
UMallory McGowin, okhulumela uMnyango Wezemfundo Yamabanga Aphansi Nesesekondari, uthe: "Yebo, ezinye izivivinyo seziphelelwe yisikhathi."
Izikhulu zezempilo nazo zenze izivivinyo ezisheshayo ezindaweni ezifana nezindawo zokunakekela izingane zesikhathi eside, izibhedlela namajele.Kusukela maphakathi no-Agasti, umbuso usabalalise izigidi eziyi-1.5 kwezingu-1.75 million zokuhlolwa kwe-antigen ezitholwe kuhulumeni wobumbano.Ngemuva kokubheka izivivinyo ezingasetshenziswa yizikole ze-K-12, kusukela ngo-Agasti 17, umbuso wawuzithumele izivivinyo eziyi-131,800."Kusheshe kwacaca," kusho uCox, "izivivinyo esizethulile azisetshenziswanga kahle."
Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi isikole siyakwazi yini ukubhekana nezivivinyo, uMcGowan uthe ukuba nezinsiza ezinjalo “kuyithuba langempela” futhi “kuyinselele yangempela”.Kepha "ezingeni lendawo, baningi abantu abangasiza ngesivumelwano se-Covid," kusho yena.
UDkt. Yvonne Maldonado, inhloko yoMnyango Wezifo Ezithathelwanayo Ezinganeni eStanford University, uthe ukuhlolwa okusha kwe-coronavirus kwesikole kungaba “nomthelela omkhulu.”Kodwa-ke, amasu abaluleke kakhulu okunciphisa ukudluliswa kwegciwane ukumboza, ukukhulisa umoya, kanye nokugoma abantu abaningi.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-30-2021