Arthur Greene
NgoLwesihlanu olwedlule, uH. Scott Apley ubhale ekhasini lakhe ku-Facebook ezwakalisa ukungabaza kwakhe ngokusebenza komuthi wokugomela i-Covid-19. Ngezikhathi zehora le-3 ekuseni ngoLwesithathu, udlule emhlabeni ngenxa yezinkinga eziqubuke ngenxa yaleli gciwane.
U-Apley, oneminyaka engama-45 nje kuphela, ubeyilungu loMkhandlu wase-Dickinson futhi eyilungu leKomidi eliPhethe le-Republican e-Texas.
Umbhalo wangoLwesihlanu ubungewona owokuqala lapho ezwakalise ukungahambisani nalo mjovo. Amakhasi akhe ezinkundla zokuxhumana agcwele izinkulumo ezikhuluma kabi ngomuthi wokugoma, izifonyo kanye nemikhawulo ye-Covid isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka.
NgoMbasa, intatheli yezokwelapha uDkt uLeana Wen wabhala i-tweet ezwakalisa ukujabula kwakhe ngokuhlolwa okuphumelelayo kwakamuva komuthi wokugoma i-Pfizer.
U-Apley akazange awagwinye amagama akhe ngenkathi ephendula, wabhala wathi “Uyisitha esikhulu sabantu abakhululekile”.
NgoNhlaba, u-Apley wabhala isimemo somcimbi “wokushisa isifonyo” owawubanjelwe endaweni yokucima ukoma kwelinye idolobha, ebhala ukuthi, “Ngifisa sengathi ngabe ngihlala kule ndawo!”
Emasontweni amabili nje ngaphambili, wabelana ngendatshana ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ekhuluma ngezinzuzo nokukhululeka okunikezwa abantu abathola lo mjovo, ebachaza ngokuthi “kuyanengisa.”
Uze waqhathanisa imithetho yaseJalimane ephoqelela ukugqokwa kwezifonyo ethi yi-Nazi Germany.
NgoLwesithathu, iqembu le-Galveston County Republican limemezele izindaba zokudlula emhlabeni kuka-Apley ngombhalo waku-Facebook.
Kamuva ngalolo suku, kwaqoqwa isikhwama semali ngumndeni ka-Apley, owathi washona elwa ne-Covid-19 ngemuva kokubhekwa futhi wafaka umshini wokuphefumula.
Ikhasi le-fundraiser liqhubeke lathi unkosikazi wakhe, uMelissa naye utholakale etheleleke ngegciwane kodwa ubengakalaliswa esibhedlela. U-Apley ushiya ngemuva indodana ewusana egama layo linguReid, okwamanje obhekwe ngumama kaMelissa.
Ukushona kuka-Apley kuyinto yakamuva kwiphethini ekhulayo yabagxeki bomugomo okungenzeka ukuthi bagule kakhulu noma bashone ngenxa ye-Covid-19 ngemuva kokujova.
Umsakazi we-Texan oweluleke abalaleli bakhe ukuthi bangawuthathi umjovo njengamanje ulwela impilo yakhe ngemuva kokuthola i-Covid-19.