Quarantine? Is it possible?
Ahmad Zaidabadi
At the moment, the Corona virus has overshadowed all the affairs of our Iranian lives! Everyone comments and advises as an expert on this virus. The only authority whose comments and recommendations are considered to be nothing is the Ministry of Health and its officials! And all this clearly reveals the behavioral principles of us Iranians and the level of trust between the nation and the government!
For once, in the meantime, discussions have focused on the necessity of quarantining the city of Qom. However, regardless of whether it is necessary or not, is it possible to quarantine Qom under these conditions?
Suppose they declare Qom under quarantine and ask the people of that city not to leave their homes, neighborhoods and the whole city. It should be announced to the people of other cities not to travel to Qom. Well, does anyone listen to these commands and pleas?
A group will say; This is a conspiracy by the government of Hassan Rouhani and his foreign masters to discredit the religious dignity of the city of Qom, so people, break the quarantine with all your might!
Another group will say; This is the plan of the representatives of Qom city and the Stability Front to divert public opinion from the unprecedented decrease in the attendance of the city’s people at the ballot boxes in the recent elections, so, dear citizens, ignore the quarantine!
Some will say; What is the virus and all this nonsense? In our traditional medicine, there is basically no such thing as a virus that wants to be transferred from one person to another! All this is the plan of the Crusader and Zionist Freemasons! So, you zealous men, smash the quarantine with all your might!
Others will say; We have vowed not to leave our prayers and supplications in the shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh and the Jamkaran Mosque, even if it costs us our lives. So we will not give in to quarantine at any cost!
Some will say; What authority does the government have to interfere in the affairs of the clergy? I will continue my congregation in the shrine to see who dares to oppose me? I will hold the congregation even if there is blood!
Others will say; In the meantime, the government has only reached us by force? If he is telling the truth, he should quarantine other cities! We will not bear the burden of this discrimination and bullying!
Some will say; The government wants to quarantine its citizens, let it! But are we foreign students of Iranian nationals who are not allowed to travel to our country?
Moqtada Sadr will also say; If you force me to stay in this city even for an hour, I will retaliate in Najaf in such a way that you will regret it for the rest of your life!
In this way, only a few of the people of the city comply with the quarantine conditions and the rest do not give a damn about it!
In the meantime, some may raise their voices and say; Is the health of a nation arbitrary? So, for what day, for a lifetime, have they given and trained the military and law enforcement forces? These forces should be deployed in all the alleys and neighborhoods and entrances and exits of Qom and implement the quarantine with full authority! China quarantined the city of Wuhan with 60 million people, then we can’t quarantine a city of one million people?
Now let’s assume that the military and law enforcement forces are stationed in the whole city to comply with the quarantine. How are these forces able to control the disobedience of the opposition population to comply with the quarantine conditions? Arrest them all? return them to their homes using water sprinklers and batons? Mud the door of their houses? open fire on them?
Imagine if only one of these things happened! Then guess its domestic and global reactions!
Apparently, all necessary tasks in our country have become impossible!