Iran Medical Council Journal of Iranian Medical Council 2645-338X 3 4 2020 10 01 Fighting COVID-19; Governments or the Masses? 211 213 125066 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jimc.v3i4.5193 EN Rahim Badrfam Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0001-9808-1678 Atefeh Zandifar Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Rajaei Educational & Medical Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran 0000-0002-4725-1734 Journal Article 2020 09 20 Since the identification and global spread of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China to date (1 September 2020), more than 26,506,670 people worldwide have been infected with the disease and more than 876,677 people have died of the disease (1). Observing what has happened during this period and paying attention to the way governments have dealt with this recent situation in the long run have raised serious concerns about slow and late steps of governments from the beginning of the spread of the disease (2). Non https://www.jimc.ir/article_125066_61249dad1b96f71371fce6f8fb91715f.pdf