Ekupheleni kuka-2020, uBechara Choucair waqokwa ukuthi asebenze njengoMongameli-Elect Joe Biden's White House Vaccine Coordinator eqenjini lokuphendula le-COVID 19. U-Bechara Choucair ungumxhumanisi wase-US kanye nenhloko ye-Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Uke wasebenza e-Trinity Health e-Livonia, Michigan, njengePhini Likamongameli Eliphezulu le-Safety Net & Communion Health, futhi ngaphambilini wabelwa eMnyangweni Womphakathi waseChicago. Ezempilo ngo-2009–2014. Uphinde abe yisikhulu sezempilo yomphakathi esifundazweni saseChicago.
Uyilungu lebhodi le-Tobacco-Free Children Movement (CTFK). I-Tobacco-Free Children Movement yinhlangano yaseMelika engenzi nzuzo ekhuthaza ukuncishiswa kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi emhlabeni wonke. I-New York Times yabhekisela kuyo ngokuthi “inhlangano ehamba phambili emelene nogwayi” ngenjongo yokugcina umhlaba (ikakhulukazi izingane) ungakusebenzisi ugwayi. I-Vaping kanye ne-E-cigarettes izindlela zezempilo eziyingozi ezingathengwa kalula noma zitholwe emphakathini, ikakhulukazi izingane, ngezinkundla ze-inthanethi. Ku-tweet, uMatthew L. Myers, umongameli we-CTFK uthe, u-Biden uqoke iphayona elinolwazi olunzulu futhi elinekhono kwezempilo yomphakathi kanye nomkhakha wezempilo eqenjini elizophatha ukwabiwa kwemijovo. Uhalalisele uDkt Choucair wathi unethemba lokuthi esikhathini esizayo bazosebenzisana.
Ngo-Ephreli 2018, u-Choucair wahola isibambiso se- $ 2 million senhlangano engenzi nzuzo esekelwe kumishini yokufunda ngokuvimbela izikhali. Usebenza njengomngcele we-Kaiser Permanente Taskforce ukuze kususwe izikhali njengengxenye yohlelo lwakhe lwenqubomgomo. NgoMeyi 2018, uChoucair wamemezela ukuthi uKaiser Permanente unesamba semali eyizigidi ezingama-200 emalini yokutshala imali ukulungisa amakhaya angabizi kakhulu futhi avimbele ukufuduka kwabantu. Ngomhla zingama-25 kuNovemba 2009, uChoucair wayeqokwe nguMajor Richard M. Daley njengoKhomishana woMnyango Wezempilo Yomphakathi waseChicago futhi waqinisekiswa ngemva kokukhethwa kwakhe yiMeya uRahm Emanuel. NgoDisemba 2014, washiya isikhundla esebenzela izakhamuzi zaseChicago ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-2.7.
Ukufakwa kwesishoshovu esimelene nogwayi eqenjini lase-US COVID kusetha ukukhanya okukhanyayo ku-ajenda yomzabalazo Wokulwa Nogwayi njengoba lokhu kubasondeza eduze kwesihlalo samandla nokwenza izinqumo. Isishoshovu Sokulwa Nogwayi sifuna umhlaba lapho isenzo sokufutha, ukuthengiswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi kumisiwe noma okungenani kude nezingane. Ngemva kokusayinwa koMthethosivivinywa Wokuchithwa Kwe-Omnibus nguMongameli, i-ajenda isiseduze nokuphumelela kunangaphambili.
Yize bungekho ubufakazi obuqondile bokuthi ukuvimba abantu ekusebenziseni ugwayi kuzovimba imiphumela emibi kakhulu uma i-COVID-19 isifeziwe, kunenzuzo enkulu yezempilo lapho abantu beyeka. Okokuqala, amazinga e-carbon monoxide yegazi akhule ngokushesha, futhi ukusebenza kwepheshana lokuphefumula kwe-cilia kanye nokusebenza kokuzivikela komzimba okuthuthukisiwe kancane kancane ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Lezi yizibuyekezo ezingazuzisa abantu abane-COVID-19. Kuphinde kube nokuguquguquka kwesibili okubalulekile kulokhu: le nkinga ingase ikhuthaze abanye ababhemayo noma ibanike isikhathi 'esifundisekayo' sokubenza bayeke, futhi lokhu okwalabo obekumele bakucabangisise ngaphambili.
