Ungahlola Isikhathi Esingakanani Une-COVID Ngemva Kokululama Egciwaneni?

Iningi labantu abathola i-COVID-19 cishe ngeke libe nezimpawu isikhathi esingaphezu kwamasonto amabili, kodwa lingahlola izinyanga ezine-HIV kulandela ukutheleleka.
Ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, abanye abantu abathola i-COVID-19 bangaba negciwane elibonakala kuze kube yizinyanga ezintathu, kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi bayathelelana.
Uma kuziwa ekuhlolweni, ukuhlolwa kwe-PCR maningi amathuba okuthi kuqhubeke nokucosha igciwane kulandela ukutheleleka.
"Ukuhlolwa kwe-PCR kungahlala kunethemba isikhathi eside," kusho uKhomishana woMnyango Wezempilo Yomphakathi eChicago uDkt. Allison Arwady ngoMashi.
"Lokho kuhlolwa kwe-PCR kuzwela kakhulu," engeza. "Balokhu becosha igciwane elifile emakhaleni ngezinye izikhathi amasonto amaningi, kodwa awukwazi ukulikhulisa lelo gciwane elebhu. Awukwazi ukulisabalalisa kodwa lingaba nethemba."
I-CDC iphawula ukuthi izivivinyo "zisetshenziswa kangcono ekuqaleni kokugula ukuxilonga i-COVID-19 futhi azigunyaziwe yi-US Food and Drug Administration ukuthi zihlole ubude besikhathi sokutheleleka."
Kulabo abazihlukanisayo ngenxa yokutheleleka nge-COVID, asikho isidingo sokuhlola ukuqeda ukuzihlukanisa, nokho, i-CDC incoma ukuthi kusetshenziswe ukuhlolwa kwe-antigen okusheshayo kulabo abakhetha ukukuthatha.

U-Arwady uthe umhlahlandlela kungenzeka uhlobene nokunquma ukuthi umuntu unalo yini igciwane "elisebenzayo".
"Uma ubufuna ukuhlolwa sicela ungayitholi i-PCR. Sebenzisa ukuhlolwa kwe-antigen okusheshayo," esho. "Kungani? Ngoba ukuhlolwa kwe-antigen okusheshayo yikhona okuzobheka ukubona...ingabe unezinga eliphezulu ngokwanele le-COVID ongase ukwazi ukulithathelanayo? Manje, ukuhlolwa kwe-PCR, khumbula, kungathatha uhlobo lweminonjana yegciwane isikhathi eside, ngisho noma lelo gciwane lilibi futhi ngisho noma lingadluliseli kalula."
Manje yini enye okudingeka uyazi mayelana nokuhlolelwa i-COVID?
Ngokusho kwe-CDC, isikhathi sokufakwa kwe-COVID siphakathi kwezinsuku ezimbili neziyi-14, yize isiqondiso esisha esivela kule nhlangano siphakamisa ukuvalelwa yedwa kwezinsuku ezinhlanu kulabo abangakhushuliwe, kodwa abafanelekile noma abangagonyiwe. Labo abafuna ukuhlolwa ngemuva kokuchayeka kufanele bakwenze lokho ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ngemuva kokuchayeka noma uma beqala ukuba nezimpawu, i-CDC incoma.
Labo abakhulisiwe futhi bagonyiwe, noma labo abagonywe ngokuphelele futhi abangakafaneli ukuthola i-booster shot, abadingi ukuvalelwa bodwa, kodwa kufanele bagqoke imaski izinsuku eziyi-10 futhi bahlolwe izinsuku ezinhlanu ngemuva kokuchayeka, ngaphandle uma benezimpawu.

Noma kunjalo, kulabo abagonyiwe futhi abakhulisiwe kodwa abasabheka ukuqapha, u-Arwady uthe ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe ngezinsuku eziyisikhombisa kungasiza.
"Uma uthatha izivivinyo eziningi ekhaya, uyazi, isincomo yizinsuku ezinhlanu kamuva thatha isivivinyo. Kodwa uma uthathe eyodwa kweyesihlanu futhi inegethivu futhi uzizwa kahle, mahle kakhulu amathuba okuthi ngeke usaba nezinye izinkinga lapho," esho. "Ngicabanga ukuthi uma uqaphela kakhulu lapho, uma ubufuna ukuhlola futhi, uyazi, ngisho nangehora lesikhombisa, ngezinye izikhathi abantu babheka ezintathu ukuze bathole umqondo wangaphambili wezinto. Kodwa uma uzokwenza kanye kwenze ngezinhlanu futhi ngizizwa kahle ngalokho."
U-Arwady uthe ukuhlolwa kungenzeka akudingekile ngemuva kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa kulandela ukuchayeka kulabo abagonyiwe futhi abakhulisiwe.
"Uma uke wachayeka, uyagonywa futhi uthuthuke, angicabangi ukuthi sikhona isidingo sokuthi uhlolwe, empeleni, kudlule cishe izinsuku eziyisikhombisa," kusho yena. "Uma ufuna ukucophelela kakhulu, ungakwenza ngo-10, kodwa nje ngalokho esikubonayo, ngingakucabangela ngokucacile. Uma ungagonyiwe noma ungakhushulwa, ngokuqinisekile nginokukhathazeka okuphezulu kakhulu ukuthi ungase ungenwe igciwane. Ngokuqinisekile, ngokufanelekile, uzobe ufuna lokho kuhlolwa ngehora lesihlanu futhi ngizokwenza futhi, uyazi, ku-10, okungenzeka ku-10."
Uma ubunezimpawu, i-CDC ithi ungaba nabanye ngemuva kokuzihlukanisa izinsuku ezinhlanu futhi uyeke ukukhombisa izimpawu. Kodwa-ke, kufanele uqhubeke nokugqoka imaski izinsuku ezinhlanu kulandela ukuphela kwezimpawu ukuze unciphise ubungozi kwabanye.