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President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday criticised a proposal for the elderly to be quarantined, calling such measure inhumane and totalitarian.
He talked about the responsibility specialists should display.
"I had a counterexample of 'how not to' these days, from an institute that in fact is well respected. There was research that came up to explain what needs to be done. That is not acceptable. Not every institute, no matter how well respected it may be, can come up with its own plan and say - 'this will happen'," said Iohannis.
Iohannis referenced a the plan under which "someone proposed, for example, an aberrant measure - and aberrant is the operational word here - that people over the age of 65 be quarantined, even taken away from their home to certain quarantine areas."
He added that "such plans, poorly thought out and poorly presented, only cause public panic, but panic is the last thing we need."
"So, once again: everyone has to be responsible, including those from different scientific institutes, including people who are considered experts, because we cannot each have our own plan, we must have a plan for Romania, and on such plan we are working together with the Orban government," Iohannis concluded.
