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"Between closure and order": The "all or nothing" approach does not fit Israel's situation | Israel today

2020-03-30T07:48:25.273Z


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In the war in Corona, it is evident that Israel is in good standing relative to the rest of the world. • So, is it right to impose closure restrictions on the entire country? Israel should be divided into several areas of contagion and thus allow the economy to work • What will be more burdensome on the national level? Need for thousands or masses of distressed families? • Interpretation

As the data on the war in the Corona virus accumulate, it is evident that Israel's situation in relation to the other Western countries is good. The system has built a strategy, and now earns time to stock up and be ready for an eruption, with the situation in control for now. However, citizens of the state are about to enter a near-complete closure, leading to the state's population staying under significant traffic restrictions for weeks.

Director General of the Ministry of Health Moshe Bar Good sign on the new guidelines // Photo: Ministry of Health spokesmen

What are the pros and cons of doing so?

Efforts to combat the Corona virus over the past two weeks have become focused and clear under a structured strategy: increasing readiness and strengthening the medical infrastructure, while isolating those infected through an accelerated rate of testing. One of the tools that allows the time interval for the system is the closure, which means a drastic reduction in the citizen's ability to move. This policy is very damaging to the economy, and also to the citizens' spirit to meet this challenge. The advantage of closure is obvious - the adhesion will definitely be reduced. But the question is whether to impose the same closure restrictions for the entire state?

After the Second Lebanon War, it was understood that it was necessary to divide the country into a number of defensive zones, this is because of the lesson of not bringing an entire country into shelter if selective firing is carried out in different areas. This concept led to the division of the state into over 100 warning areas, which, according to the picture of launches, entered or exited civilians from the inputs. In this way, the system enabled functional continuity to be produced.

This means that most of the population does not have to be protected at any point in time. This allows for breath length for the citizen and the economy.

Fighting against the Corona virus can be based on these assumptions, that is, dividing the state into a number of infection areas, and defining movement policies according to the processes and nature of the spread in each region.

Given that the subjects give a logical and reflective snapshot, including the ISA's special monitoring measures - it is possible to decide where to impose a complete closure (military language curfew) - there is no exit from the home, while other areas will be able to focus more freely. The effort is more correct and reduce the impact of the virus on the lifestyle and the economy.

What is needed for this?

The snapshot's status image allows areas to be divided according to their rate of expansion. Each area is required to build an attennomic system that manages, controls, and oversees the inspection and monitoring process, including reaching neighborhood or street resolution. The more focused the detection, the more efficiently the resources can be redirected and the areas where the situation is good are released.

This approach may encourage citizens to be more disciplined - a complete closure like it is a collective punishment. This drastic action is true for corona-stricken places, or where civilian discipline is uncooperative. Where citizens follow the guidelines and the rate of infection is very low - it is wrong to use a full closure method.

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The "all or nothing" approach, which will probably take the next two days, is unsure of the situation we are in. The population is required for breathing space, with the understanding that in any situation, in a national view, there will be restrictions for a long time. The centralized approach in which the systems operate today is questionable - is it wrong to decentralize control and give responsibility, authority, measures and capabilities to the regional level. Allow more distributed and targeted action. This concept is relevant to chaotic philosophy. It is very similar to the situation we are dealing with. Centralized control is devoid of flexibility. The very term "control" is uncertain - what do we really control?

It is precisely decentralization that may change the situation. To do this, the system is required for a different kind of thinking. The home defense defense platform, as mentioned, may be appropriate - the Home Front Command systems, for example, know how to do so, and their hierarchy of action can certainly be relevant.

Netanyahu announces the restoration of most of the Israeli economy // Photo: Connect

In any case, closing the state over time is a problematic option. So far, the Ministry of Health has laid the foundation and all systems have supported it. The concept was to prevent the collapse of the health system, but here too, and in relation to the concept of coping, one has to be asked a question - over time, what will be more burdensome on the national level? The need for women is thousands, or the mass of families who are going down, distressed factories, and entire companies going bankrupt.

What will be more burdensome to the government budget, and how can we get off to a better start?

And if we have already decided that we are at war, is it not time to realize that in war there is someone who pays his life for the stability of the entire state? After all, that's part of the whole story. It is not pleasant to say this, but these are the facts of life. The price in human life always hurts. We must understand that we will pay a price here. And the captains must understand that the patient parameter is difficult or the respirators do not necessarily have to lead the decision. Just as casualties on the battlefield should not discourage proactive offensive moves, under risk-taking, that are required to defeat the enemy.

These are working assumptions that must be firmly pointed out before deciding on a complete closure. In the meantime, infection data shows us a fundamental difference across the country, and it is therefore unlikely that one of the disciplinary failures in one city will pay residents the price of another city. Accordingly, the method of action and measures assigned to a battered area are unlikely to be similar to another.

The writer is a brigade commander in the former IDF, currently investigating military and company relations

Source: israelhayom

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