People’s social participation in the prevention of COVID-19 disease: an example of selfsacrifice

Abstract

Social participation refers to those voluntary activities through which the members of a society directly or indirectly participate in shaping social life in neighborhood, village or city affairs. While the spread of the COVID-19 disease, people in the community can be responsible for their individual and collective health with conscious and voluntary participation and participate in the prevention of the COVID-19 disease in order to change the fate of themselves and their neighbors. Now, considering COVID-19 virus pandemic, as in war, we can defeat the hidden evil enemy. But achieving victory requires selfsacrifice and collective participation. The Iranian people are like warriors on the battlefield strengthened the line of struggle by observing health instructions and social participation in the distribution of masks, disinfection of roads and houses, and the purchase of food packages. At the same time, the performance of medical staff and health defenders was improved with the participation of the people. Thus, the cooperation, empathy and participation of the people behind and alongside the officials and medical staff can be an example of self-sacrifice.