Case Study: You are heading the public health department in a municipal corporation during an outbreak of a mysterious infectious respiratory illness. Early epidemiological data suggests high virulence. If you impose an immediate strict lockdown and quarantine, thousands of daily-wage labourers and street vendors face immediate starvation and ruin. If you delay, the infection could overwhelm hospital intensive care capacities. Powerful business lobbies lobby against any commercial restrictions. (a) Evaluate the ethical principles governing your crisis decision-making. (b) Outline your plan of action to mitigate human suffering while containing the epidemic.