Lo mkhweli webhayisikile nguMbaleki wokuqala waseMelika ukutsiba iiOlimpiki ngenxa yeZika

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Umdlali wokuqala webhayisikile waseMelika uTejay van Garderen-urhoxise ngokusemthethweni igama lakhe kwi-Olimpiki ngenxa yeZika. Umfazi wakhe, uJessica, ukhulelwe umntwana wabo wesibini, kwaye uvan Garderen uthi akafuni ukuthatha naliphi na ithuba, ngokweCyclingTips. Ukuba babezama nje olunye usana, wayeza kulubeka kude kube emva kweeOlimpiki, kodwa kuba sele eneenyanga ezininzi ehamba, akafuni kuthatha nawaphi na amathuba. (Fumana iinyani ezisixhenxe zokufuna ukwazi malunga noZika.)

Ukukhethwa kweqela le-Olimpiki kwi-US Cycling akukho kude kube nguJuni 24, ngoko kwakungekho siqinisekiso sokuba uVan Garderen wayeza kuthunyelwa eRio, kodwa ukuhoxiswa kwakhe kubonisa umdlali wokuqala wase-US ukuba azikhuphe ngokusemthethweni ekuqwalaphelweni kwe-Olimpiki ngenxa yeengozi zeZika. . (Kwaye, ecinga ukuba wayengomnye wabakhweli kwiqela leBhayisekile lase-London 2012 lase-US, wayenethuba elihle lokuhamba.)

NgoFebruwari, umdlali webhola ekhatywayo waseMelika uHope Solo uxelele Imidlalo ebonisweukuba, ukuba kufuneka enze ukhetho ngelo xesha, akayi kuya eRio. Owayesakuba ngumthambo waseMelika kunye neentshatsheli zeOlimpiki zika-2004 uCarly Patterson wathumela umyalezo kuTwitter esithi akazukuhamba aye kubukela imidlalo yaseRio kuba "uzama ukuqala usapho."

Ezinye iimbaleki azothuki: Intshatsheli yeOlimpiki ka-2012 uGabby Douglas ithi akukho thuba lokuba uZika amgcine ekufumaneni enye igolide. "Le yimpu yam. Andikhathali nokuba akukho bugs zibubudenge," uxelele Imithombo yeendaba edibeneyo. Umntu owenza umthambo uSimone Biles uthi akakhathali kuba bonke bancinci kwaye abazami ukukhulelwa, ngelixa u-Aly Raisman uxelele i-AP ukuba akazukucinga ngayo de abe wenza iqela le-Olimpiki ngokusemthethweni. (Ulingo lwegymnastic yabasetyhini luyeza ekuqaleni kukaJulayi.)

Kodwa umngcipheko awukho eRio kuphela: ngokwe-CDC, phantse ama-300 abasetyhini abakhulelweyo e-US baqinisekisiwe ukuba baneZika. Ziindaba ezinkulu ezo kuba ezona ziphumo zoyikisayo zikaZika zikwintsana engekazalwa (njenge-microcephaly-isiphako esibi sokuzalwa esibangela ukukhula kwengqondo okungaqhelekanga kunye neentloko ezincinci ngokungaqhelekanga, kunye nokunye okungaqhelekanga okunokubangela ubumfama). Uninzi lwabasetyhini abakhulelweyo abane-Zika usulelo olwenziweyo bayifumene ngelixa behamba kwiindawo ezinobungozi ngaphandle kwe-US Siyazi ukuba iZika inokudluliselwa ngegazi okanye ngesondo, kodwa kusekuninzi esingaziyo ngentsholongwane. Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba ayinabungozi kuninzi lwabantu-iimpawu zibandakanya umkhuhlane, irhashalala, iintlungu ezidibeneyo, kunye ne-conjunctivitis (amehlo abomvu) aneempawu ezihlala zihlala kwiintsuku ezininzi ukuya evekini. Ngapha koko, ngumntu om-1 kwaba-5 kuphela onentsholongwane oya kuthi agule kuyo, ngokwe-CDC.

Kodwa ukuba ukhulelwe okanye uzama ukukhulelwa, kungcono ukuba ukhuseleke kakhulu kwaye uyeke naluphi na uhambo oluya kwiindawo ezinobungozi obukhulu. Ngokuphathelele iiOlimpiki, kuxhomekeke kwiKomiti yeOlimpiki yaMazwe ngaMazwe, iKomiti yeOlimpiki yaseMelika, kunye neimbaleki ezizimeleyo ukuba zigqibe ngendlela abafuna ukuphendula ngayo kumngcipheko. (Isicwangciso seqela le-Olimpiki yase-Australia? Zisa itoni yeekhondom ezichasene neZika.) Okwangoku, siya kugcina iminwe yethu inqumla ukuba iimbaleki zase-US zingezi ekhaya nantoni na ngaphandle kweendondo ezikhazimulayo, zegolide.

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