Siphrofetho 3. Tifo
Siphrofetho 3. Tifo
“Bantfu bayawuhlaselwa . . . tifo letesabekako.”—LUKHA 21:11, Contemporary English Version.
● Bonzali, losebenta ngekwelapha sive kulelinye live lase-Afrika lelihlaselwe timphi, wenta konkhe langakwenta kute elaphe tisebenti tasetimayini letiphetfwe sifo lokutsiwa yi-Marburg, edolobheni lakubo. a Wacela lusito kubaphatsi balelinye lidolobha lelikhulu, kodvwa solo akakaphendvulwa. Ngemuva kwetinyanga letine, lolo sito luyafika, kodvwa Bonzali sewufile. Watfola lesifo kuletisebenti tasemayini ngesikhatsi atelapha.
YINI LEVETWA NGEMACINISO? Tifo letifanana nenyumoniya, sifo semsheko, i-HIV ne-AIDS, sifuba sengati, kanye namalaleveva tinguletinye tetifo letibulalako letihlasela bantfu. Ngemnyaka wa-2004, letifo tibulele bantfu labalinganiselwa etigidzini letingu-10.7. Nasingakubeka ngalenye indlela, singatsi umnyaka wonkhe, letifo tibulele umuntfu loyedvwa njalo ngemuva kwemizuzwana lemitsatfu.
NGUMUPHI UMBONO LOVAMILE? Linani lebantfu emhlabeni liyandza, ngako-ke nelizinga letifo nalo liyandza. Banyenti bantfu labangatfola letifo.
ULICINISO YINI LOMBONO? Linani lebantfu emhlabeni selandze kakhulu, futsi nelikhono lebantfu lekubona tifo, kutivikela, kanye nekutelapha, selitfutfukile. Ngaloko-ke, akukafaneli yini kutsi lizinga letifo linciphe? Kodvwa-ke kwenteka lokwehlukile kuloko.
WENA UTSINI? Bantfu bahlaselwa tifo yini, njengobe liBhayibheli labiketela?
Kutamatama kwemhlaba, indlala, kanye netifo, kutintfo letingaphili letibangela umonakalo lomkhulu etigidzini tebantfu. Bantfu labanyenti bahlushwa ngulabanye bantfu—linyenti labo lihlushwa ngulabo lokufanele ngabe bayabavikela. Naka loko siphrofetho seliBhayibheli lesitsi kutawukwenteka.
[Umbhalo longentansi]
a I-Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever ibangelwa ligciwane lelihlobene nesifo lokutsiwa yi-Ebola.
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“Kubuhlungu kudliwa libhubesi nobe lenye intfo. Kungulokufananako nekudliwa sifo lesibuhlungu, kanye nekubona leso sifo sichubeka sikhula nobe sidlondlobala kuwo wonkhe umtimba.”—MICHAEL OSTERHOLM, LOSATI SEKUSAKATEKA KWETIFO.
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