Iran reported yesterday that over 10% of the members of the national parliament are infected with the corona virus. Also the deputy health minister and the vice president have the disease. How is this possible?
The virus originated in China at the very end of December. When it first came to Iran about three weeks ago, it hit the city of Qom which is rather far from Teheran and the national government. Iran now has the second largest group of reported cases after China and is either second or third in the number of deaths (Italy and Iran keep switching spots as the numbers get updated.) Even so, as of this afternoon, Iran still has fewer than 3000 total cases in the country. It seems rather bizarre that the virus moved from Qom to Teheran and hit 10% of the legislature that quickly.
Yesterday, the Ayatollah put the Iranian armed forces on alert due to the virus. One has to wonder what the army will do to stop the outbreak.
Since things in Iran are often not what they seem, one has to wonder if any of these reports are accurate. Is Iran trying to come up with a story that it can use to attack the USA? Will we hear next from the Ayatollah that the CIA used the virus to attack the legislators? Will Iran start claiming that the virus is an American biological weapon system? Such a lie coming from Iran would not be surprising.
On the other hand, the idea of the virus moving from one city to another only to attack the legislators is crazy. Possibly, the assistant health minister went to Qom to oversee dealing with the virus, came back to Teheran to report on progress and then infected everyone he met. That would make the assistant health minister an incredibly idiotic person. Surely, he took the necessary precautions to prevent getting the disease.
On other possibility is that none or little of what Iran is reporting is true. Maybe the Ayatollah just wants to get rid of a batch of legislators. Killing them while blaming the USA for the virus is a bonus.
The virus originated in China at the very end of December. When it first came to Iran about three weeks ago, it hit the city of Qom which is rather far from Teheran and the national government. Iran now has the second largest group of reported cases after China and is either second or third in the number of deaths (Italy and Iran keep switching spots as the numbers get updated.) Even so, as of this afternoon, Iran still has fewer than 3000 total cases in the country. It seems rather bizarre that the virus moved from Qom to Teheran and hit 10% of the legislature that quickly.
Yesterday, the Ayatollah put the Iranian armed forces on alert due to the virus. One has to wonder what the army will do to stop the outbreak.
Since things in Iran are often not what they seem, one has to wonder if any of these reports are accurate. Is Iran trying to come up with a story that it can use to attack the USA? Will we hear next from the Ayatollah that the CIA used the virus to attack the legislators? Will Iran start claiming that the virus is an American biological weapon system? Such a lie coming from Iran would not be surprising.
On the other hand, the idea of the virus moving from one city to another only to attack the legislators is crazy. Possibly, the assistant health minister went to Qom to oversee dealing with the virus, came back to Teheran to report on progress and then infected everyone he met. That would make the assistant health minister an incredibly idiotic person. Surely, he took the necessary precautions to prevent getting the disease.
On other possibility is that none or little of what Iran is reporting is true. Maybe the Ayatollah just wants to get rid of a batch of legislators. Killing them while blaming the USA for the virus is a bonus.
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