Abiding Alone
““Now the leper on whom the sore is, his clothes shall be torn and his head bare; and he shall cover his mustache, and cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ He shall be unclean. All the days he has the sore he shall be unclean. He is unclean, and he shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.” Leviticus 13:45-46 NKJV Isolation treatment or quarantine has always been the indispensable way of controlling the spread of contagious diseases. As recently adopted globally to arrest the devastation of COVID-19 pandemic, anyone who tested positive under the theocratic screening for leprosy among the children of Israel must not only get quarantined outside the camp; he must take additional responsibility of warning others to stir clear, crying ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ . Today, this additional responsibility would be a shameful service, because no one is proud of any form of isolation treatment. Whereas, abiding alone often offers undiluted access to treatment and an opportunity for sp...