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Infectious Diseases and… Z. Zandie and SM. Mousawi (187

               be  logically  liable  in  the         the  security  of  body  and
               event of a pandemic?                   mind,  and  therefore  when

                  One of the basic analyses           people  are  harmed  by  a
               may  be  that  whenever  the           social  phenomenon,  the

               occurrence or spread of the            Government  is  obliged  to
               disease is related to two or           protect the health and lives
               more  factors,  some  of               of people, according to the
               which are normal and some              obligation under this contract.

               of  which  are  related  to               In  the  case  of  Corona,
               human  or  organizational              the principles of Government
               (abnormal) error, the abnormal         accountability  relate  to  the

               factor  should  be  responsible        principle  of  the  need  for
               for  compensation.  (Ref:              Government intervention in
               U.S. v. Montrose Chemical              cases  of  public  interest.

               Corp, 1995)                            Philosophically, the right to
                  In addition, according to           life, the right to health and
               the theory of “Social Contract”        the  right  to  security  and  a

               that  was  introduced  to              safe  environment  underlie
               public  opinion  in  1762  by          the  legal  authority  to
               Jean-Jacques  Rousseau-  by            intervene in infectious diseases.
               joining  to  this  contract,              Explaining the theoretical

               citizens  cede  part  of  their        framework, control of infectious
               freedoms to the Government             diseases  requires  public
               and demand security in return.         health  interventions,  which

               Security in this sense means           often  violate  the  rights  of
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