Question One: Was the lockdown too hasty? Since a passenger collapsed at the train station, Taiyuan Prefecture sealed its city gates. They summoned local soldiers, Doctors, and officials from Shuo Province, claiming that personnel from Shuo had accumulated sufficient experience to combat the plague in Taiyuan Prefecture.
However, since the lockdown began, the plague in Taiyuan Prefecture has not subsided; instead, it has intensified. Like a spreading dye, it contaminates even the innocent common people yet to fall ill. Would the situation have been better if only the train station and its surrounding vicinity had been quarantined?
Was the decision to lock down the entire city a rational measure based on facts, or was it a deceitful ploy to curry favor with superiors and garner political achievements?
