The Coronavirus and Lockdown
THE intention of Governor Anies Baswedan to lock down Jakarta has been widely supported by the country’s intellectuals, who are multidisciplinary medical specialists.
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March 24, 2020
HOWEVER, when the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued an edict allowing to be absent from Friday prayers at mosques to prevent coronavirus transmission, many medical specialist criticized the edict for religious reasons. It turns out that the primordial factor has triumphed over rational thinking, something we cannot find in China or Italy. The MUI edict is rational and in accordance with science.
But the lockdown can be done if there is confi
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