Coronavirus: India 'super spreader' quarantines 40,000 people

[muriel_volestrangler]

Indian authorities in the northern state of Punjab have quarantined around 40,000 residents from 20 villages following a Covid-19 outbreak linked to just one man.

The 70-year-old died of coronavirus - a fact found out only after his death.

The man, a preacher, had ignored advice to self quarantine after returning from a trip to Italy and Germany, officials told BBC Punjabi's Arvind Chhabra.
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The man, identified as Baldev Singh, had visited a large gathering to celebrate the Sikh festival of Hola Mohalla shortly before he died.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52061915

19 of his relatives have tested positive.

A preacher? Why are some of the people with the biggest senses of entitlement in the world preachers?

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Preachers groom each new generation to be easy marks for a con

Beginning with the BS story that THEY are selling, but it doesn't stop there.

[Igel]

2. He and his followers would have called him a "guru."

Anybody that is looked at with some sort of veneration or undue, uncritical respect, who is treated as all-wise and the person to be followed, goes a bit barmy.

Worked in a church office, pastor worked upstairs. One guy walked in for his "counseling" appointment and had a 2 foot length of 2x4. "What's that for?" "It's going to be on the table in front of me. In case I don't think he's telling me straight answers."

Office staff laughed. Other church members present were aghast at the sheer disrespect. They acquired their own sense of self-worth by identifying with somebody superior. It's why they went barmy in the end and I bailed.

I think of old politicians as horse-traders, out to cut the best deal. Maybe for themselves, maybe for their constituents. You could say somebody was a horrible person or even corrupt, but still a good representative and that you'd vote for him again.

I think of a lot of young politicians as preachers.