Elena Delle Donne's Neman Keɓancewar Kiwon Lafiya da aka ƙi ya yi magana da yawa game da yadda ake bi da 'yan wasa mata

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A fuskar COVID-19, Elena Delle Donne ta tambayi kanta tambayar canza rayuwa wanda yawancin ma'aikatan da ke cikin haɗari dole ne su daidaita da: Shin yakamata ku sanya rayuwar ku cikin haɗari don samun albashi, ko ku bar aikin ku kuma ku rasa? albashin ku don kare lafiyar ku?

Tauraron tauraron dan wasan na Washington Mystics yana da cutar Lyme na yau da kullun, wanda aka fi sani da shi a cikin likitocin kamar cutar cutar Lyme bayan magani, wanda shine lokacin alamun cutar Lyme kamar zafi, gajiya, da wahalar tunani na ci gaba da aƙalla watanni shida bayan jiyya, a cewar Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka da Cututtuka (CDC). Ga Delle Donne, yaƙin ya ɗauki tsawon shekaru 12.

“An gaya mini sau da yawa tsawon shekaru cewa yanayina ya sa ni immunocompromised- wancan ɓangaren abin da Lyme ke yi yana ɓata tsarin garkuwar jikina, ”Delle Donne ya rubuta a cikin kasidar sirri don Tribune na Mai kunnawa. “ Ina fama da mura na gama-gari wanda ya aika tsarin garkuwar jikina ya koma cikin mummunan koma baya. Na sake komawa kan wani saukin mura. Akwai lokuta da yawa da na yi kwangilar wani abu wanda bai kamata ya zama babban ma'amala ba, amma ya busa tsarin garkuwar jikina ya koma wani abu mai ban tsoro."

Idan aka yi la’akari da mutanen da ke da matsanancin yanayin da ke shafar garkuwar jiki za su iya haifar da rikice-rikice masu tsanani daga COVID-19, Delle Donne ta yanke shawarar cewa ya fi kyau a ɗauki duk matakin yin rigakafi, in ji ta.

Likitanta ya yarda. Ya ji yana da "hadari sosai" don ta dawo don wasannin wasanni 22 wanda ke ba da shawara a ranar 25 ga Yuli, har ma da mafi kyawun niyyar ƙungiyar don ware 'yan wasa a cikin abin da ake kira "kumfa," in ji ta. Don haka tare da rubutaccen goyon bayan likitanta na sirri da kuma likitan kungiyar Mystics, wadanda dukkansu suka tabbatar da matsayinta mai hatsarin gaske, Delle Donne ta nemi izinin samun lafiya daga gasar, wanda zai ba ta uzuri daga buga wasa amma ya ba ta damar rike albashinta.

"Ban ma tunanin a tambaya ko za a kebe ni ko a'a," Delle Donne ya rubuta. "Ban buƙatar kwamitin likitocin gasar don gaya mani cewa tsarin garkuwar jikina yana da haɗari sosai - Na yi duk aikina tare da tsarin rigakafi wanda ke da haɗari !!!"

Abin da Delle Donne ta ɗauka a matsayin shari'ar buɗe ido da rufewa wacce ta yanke mata hukunci, ta zama ainihin akasin haka. Bayan 'yan kwanaki bayan gabatar da bukatar ta keɓance lafiyarta, ƙungiyar likitocin masu zaman kansu sun gaya mata suna musun aikace-aikacenta - ba tare da yin magana da ita ko likitocinta da kansu ba, ta rubuta. Duk da dalilin da yasa aka ki amincewa da roƙon nata yana da duhu, ESPN ya lura cewa kwamitin likitoci masu zaman kansu na WNBA suna yin la'akari da ƙa'idodin CDC lokacin da ake kimanta lamuran haɗari, kuma cutar Lyme ba ta cikin jerin yanayin hukumar da za ta iya jefa mutum cikin haɗarin rashin lafiya mai tsanani daga COVID-19.

Ga wasu kwararrun likitocin, kodayake, cutar Lyme na iya yin hakan. Cutar Lyme tana faruwa lokacin da ƙwayoyin cuta waɗanda galibi ke zaune a cikin ticks (galibi Borrelia burgdorferi) ana watsa su ga mutane ta hanyar cizon cizon sauro, in ji Matthew Cook, MD, ƙwararren likitan maganin farfadowa kuma wanda ya kafa BioReset Medical. Waɗannan ƙwayoyin cuta za su iya rayuwa a cikin sel kuma suna shafar kusan kowane tsarin gabobin jiki, yana sa tsarin garkuwar jiki ya yi wahala, in ji shi.A daidai wannan yanayin, mutanen da ke da cutar Lyme galibi suna da ƙima sosai na ƙwayoyin kisa na halitta, nau'in farin jinin da ke aiki don kashe ƙwayoyin tumor ko ƙwayoyin da suka kamu da ƙwayar cuta, in ji Dr. Cook. (An danganta: Na Amince Gut Dina Akan Likitana—Kuma Ya Cece Ni Daga Cutar Lyme)

A sakamakon haka, masu fama da cutar Lyme sau da yawa suna fuskantar matsala wajen yaƙar cututtuka, shi ya sa waɗanda ke da mummunar cutar ana ɗaukarsu a matsayin masu rigakafin rigakafi, in ji Dokta Cook. "Ya zama ruwan dare gama gari ganin marasa lafiya masu tsananin cutar Lyme sun ƙara wahala idan aka kwatanta da [mai haƙuri] mai lafiya dangane da yaƙar cututtuka," in ji shi. Alal misali, mutanen da ke fama da cutar Lyme sun fi fuskantar matsaloli na dogon lokaci tare da cututtuka na yau da kullum, irin su Epstein-Barr virus (wanda ke haifar da mono), Cytomegalovirus (wanda zai iya haifar da cututtuka masu tsanani da suka shafi idanu, huhu, hanta, esophagus). ciki, da hanji a cikin wadanda ke da raunin tsarin rigakafi), da kuma Herpesvirus 6 (wanda ke da alaƙa da ciwo na gajiya da fibromyalgia), ya bayyana Dr. Cook.

Ya ce "Ka'idarmu ce cewa rigakafin rashin lafiyar da marasa lafiya da ke fama da cutar Lyme suka tsinci kansu a ciki [kuma] za ta kai su ga samun saukin kamuwa da COVID-19," in ji shi. takamaiman tsarin gabobin jiki (zuciya, tsarin juyayi, da sauransu), suna iya fuskantar haɗarin kamuwa da cutar COVID-19 a cikin wannan sashin jikin idan sun kamu da cutar, in ji shi.

Don bayyanawa, Dr. Cook ba zai iya faɗi ko Delle Donne ba, musamman, zai iya kasancewa cikin haɗari mafi girma tun da bai bincika ta da kansa ba. Duk da haka, ya lura cewa wanda ke da cutar Lyme na yau da kullum kuma yana da alamunta zai kasance ƙarƙashin yanayin damuwa na rigakafi. "Saboda wannan damuwa na rigakafi, ikon su na hawan martani na rigakafi ga kamuwa da cuta zai kasance mafi kyau idan aka kwatanta da [mutum] mai lafiya," in ji shi. "Saboda haka, ina ganin yana da kyau mutum ya dauki dukkan matakan kariya, musamman nisantar da jama'a don rage hadarin kamuwa da cuta."

Sanya Delle Donne a matsayin da ba za ta iya cika tazara tsakanin jama'a ba, kuma ta kai ta ga jin dole ne ta “yi wa rayuwarta barazana… .. ko kuma ta rasa biyan albashi,” ta aika da sakon cewa WNBA, mafi kyau , Ba tare da damu ba game da sanya MVP na 2019 (ko, da alama, kowane ɗayan 'yan wasansa) a cikin hanyar cutarwa don neman riba. Kawai kwatanta shi da canje -canjen biyan kuɗi a cikin kumburin gasar NBA ta Florida. A can, 'yan wasan mazan da ba a ba su " uzuri ba" (ma'ana kwamitin kwararrun likitocin guda uku sun yanke shawarar cewa dan wasa yana cikin hadarin kamuwa da rikice-rikice na COVID-19 kuma yana iya rasa kakar wasa kuma har yanzu ana biyan su gaba daya) ko "kare" (ma'ana 'Yan wasan sun yanke shawarar cewa yana cikin hadarin kamuwa da mummunar rashin lafiya daga COVID-19 kuma zai iya rasa kakar wasa tare da ci gaba da cikakken albashinsa) za su sami ragi mai girman takarda a cikin albashinsu: Ga kowane wasan da aka rasa, "marasa uzuri" ko "marasa kariya" 'yan wasa za a rage musu albashi da 1/92.6, har zuwa wasannin wasanni 14, The 'Yan wasa rahotanni. Yi ɗan wizardry na lissafi, kuma wannan shine kawai rage kashi 15.1 cikin ɗari idan ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ya tsallake wasanni 14.

A waje da kotu kuma a kan turf, zakarun ƙwallon ƙafa Megan Rapinoe, Tobin Heath, da Christen Press kowannensu ya yanke shawarar ba zai buga gasar cin kofin kalubalen ƙwallon ƙafa ta mata ta ƙasa ba, wasanni 23, ba tare da izinin magoya baya ba wanda aka fara a watan Yuni. 27 in Utah. Yayin da Heath da Press suka kawo hadari da rashin tabbas na COVID-19 a matsayin dalilin ficewa daga gasar, Rapinoe bai ba da bayani ba; kawai ta sanar ba za ta shiga ba, da Washington Post rahotanni. Yawancin ’yan wasan Ƙungiyar Mata ta Amurka suna aiki ƙarƙashin kwangilar da Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Amurka, kuma godiya ga yarjejeniya tsakanin Hukumar da ƙungiyar ’yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa, Rapinoe, Heath, Press, da duk wani ɗan wasan da ya fice—saboda kowane dalili. da ke da alaƙa da lafiya ko akasin haka-za a ci gaba da biyan su, ta hanyar Washington Post.

Yayin da kungiyar ’yan wasan kwallon kwando ta mata ta kasa-kungiyar ’yan wasan kwando mata na yanzu a WNBA-ta ja baya da shawarar farko da gasar ta yi na biyan ’yan wasa kashi 60 cikin 100 na albashin su (saboda taqaitaccen lokacin kakar) kuma ta yi nasarar yin shawarwari don samun ’yan wasa. cikakken albashi, har yanzu za a soke albashi ga 'yan wasan da suka fice ba tare da keɓewar likita ba (matsalar da Delle Donne ke fuskanta a halin yanzu), ESPN rahotanni. (Mai alaƙa: Ƙwallon ƙafar Amurka ta ce ba dole ba ne a biya ƙungiyar mata daidai gwargwado saboda ƙwallon ƙafa na maza "yana buƙatar ƙarin ƙwarewa")

Bayan shawarar da WNBA ta yanke game da buƙatar keɓantawar lafiyar Delle Donne da kuma sakin rubutunta na sirri, babban manajan Washington Mystics kuma babban koci, Mike Thibault ya bayyana a fili cewa ƙungiyar ba za ta sanya Delle Donne's, ko lafiyar sauran 'yan wasa cikin haɗari ba. Mafi mahimmanci, za ta ci gaba da kasancewa cikin jerin gwanon ƙungiyar kuma a biya ta yayin da take murmurewa daga aikin tiyatar baya, wanda ya faru sakamakon wahalar diski guda uku a lokacin Gasar WNBA a watan Oktoba.

Amma ba duk 'yan wasan WNBA ba ne za su yi sa'a sosai, in ji Arielle Chambers, 'yar jarida ta multimedia kuma mai ba da rahoton ƙwallon kwando ta WNBA/NCAA. Siffar Chambers ya ce "Koci [Thibault] yana da kyau kwarai da gaske wajen sauraron 'yan wasan sa." "Ya kasance koyaushe kuma an san shi da hakan, don haka ina tsammanin yana da kyau cewa sun sami ramuka [don biyan Delle Donne], amma game da 'yan wasan da ba su da gibi fa?" Ramin: Delle Donne bai iya ba don sake dawo da ita yadda yakamata bayan raunin da ta samu a kotu a bara saboda coronavirus, don haka Mystics suna tsare ta a cikin jerin abubuwan yayin da take yin gyare-gyare don shirya kakar wasa mai zuwa, in ji Chambers.

Bugu da ƙari, kodayake, ba kowane ɗan wasan WNBA bane wanda ke son a keɓe shi daga kakar (da riƙe albashin su) zai kasance mai hankali ga irin wannan gibin. Wannan ya hada da 'yan wasan Los Angeles Sparks Kristi Toliver da Chiney Ogwumike, wadanda dukkansu suka fice daga kakar 2020 saboda matsalolin lafiya; The Atlanta Dream's Renee Montgomery, wanda ya yanke shawarar tsallake kakar wasa don bayar da shawarar sake fasalin adalci na zamantakewa; da Jonquel Jones na The Connecticut Sun, waɗanda suka lura da "abubuwan da ba a sani ba na COVID-19 [waɗanda] sun tayar da damuwar kiwon lafiya" da sha'awar ta "mai da hankali kan ci gaban mutum, zamantakewa, da haɓaka iyali" a matsayin dalilan ta na rashin halarta. Yayin da duk wadannan ‘yan wasan sun samu albashi har zuwa lokacin da suka yanke shawarar ba za su buga wasa ba, yanzu haka suna asarar ragowar albashin da suke biya na kakar wasa ta bana.

A ƙarshen ranar, shawarar WNBA ta ba Delle Donne (ko duk wani ɗan wasan da ke jin ya zama dole a zauna a wannan kakar) keɓancewar lafiya ya ragu zuwa gasar ba ta ƙima da 'yan wasan ta ba. Idan aka yi la'akari da lokutan ƙalubale da muke rayuwa a ciki, rashin tallafi shine abu na ƙarshe da waɗannan 'yan wasan ke buƙata, balle a ce sun cancanci.

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