Who Handles It Better? by Ellias Aghili Dehnavi

Author:Ellias Aghili Dehnavi [Dehnavi, Ellias Aghili]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, General
ISBN: 9783347167629
Google: PuAGEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: tredition
Published: 2020-11-02T00:42:32+00:00

7.1 Severe quarantine and strict measures

Professor Huang from South Korea says preventing the spread of the virus through quarantine is not limited, and the government is also trying to protect the economy. According to his statement, the government "knows that it has to administrate a balance between severe preventive measures and the disruption that these measures cause to the economy and society." Professor Hong also says that some of China’s preventive measures have led to secondary problems. For example, putting too much pressure on the Wuhan health care system has led to a dramatic increase in mortality in the city. (Https://www.bbc.com) A person who volunteered to control the body temperature of citizens went to a house for this purpose and opened the door to a 6-year-old boy on February 24, 2020. The boy said that he and his grandfather were the only residents of that house. The child said that his grandfather had passed away a few days before, adding: "My grandfather told me not to go out, because there is a virus outside." The volunteer found the old man’s corpuse in the bathroom, the boy had eaten cookies in the past few days, and if the volunteer had not gone to their house, the boy might have died just like his grandfather. (Http://fa.minghui.org) What has been done in China was in a way that other countries are not interested in repeating.

Of course, this does not apply to quarantine itself. By quarantining its population of 60 million, Italy is carrying out the worst quarantine Europe has ever seen. All stores are closed except for food suppliers and pharmacies. Meetings are forbidden and people are advised to stay at home. Schools and universities are closed and individuals must have a travel permit stating the reason for their travel (https://www.bbc.com). In the United States, President Donald Trump has banned travel from 26 European countries to the United States to prevent the spread of the corona. The ban initially included only Schengen countries, but two days later Britain and Ireland were added to the list. (https://www.bbc.com) However, many have criticized Trump for not taking decisive action. Senior Democratic officials called Trump’s failure to address his administration’s plans to address the shortage of Corona test kits as a "critical isusse."

"China’s experience is unlikely to be applicable in other parts of the world," said Yang Jong-hw, a senior global health researcher at the US Council on Foreign Relations in New York. "In a small number of countries today, it does not matter if they are democratic or not, they can influence society so efficiently. This is not a compliment at all, because the human and social costs can be heigh as the same," he stated. Although the leaders of some democracies may be interested in copying China’s approach, they do not have the power or authority to do so." (https://www.bbc.com)

Dr. Bruce Ailward, senior adviser to the World Health Organization, says that countries’ responses are not determined solely by whether they are democratic or dictatorial. "What we can learn from China is that speed matters more than anything.

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