Immediately after the law came into effect, the LETA agency published a series of reports: "SIA 'Daugavpils reģionālā slimnīca' laid off nearly 50 employees — citizens of Russia and Belarus — on the last working day of January"; "Paul Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital terminated employment with ten citizens of Russia and Belarus, as required by the National Security Law"; "Eastern Hospital terminated employment with 13 citizens of Russia and Belarus...". From the very beginning of Western civilization, it has been known that such actions are dangerous. The ancient Greek author Herodotus, whose works laid the foundation for secular history in the Western world, describes a case in Egypt that teaches not to irritate people unnecessarily. There, one man raised suspicions that he could overthrow the rulers, so they decided to "exile him to the swamps," where he, "realizing the injustice done to him, plotted to take revenge on his enemies" and successfully did so. This story was published in Latvian during the Soviet era in the book 'Teiksmainā senatne' to make it clear to readers that the conclusions from this tale should not be applied to modern times. However, Latvian security agencies and legislators seem to believe that the ancient lesson does not apply to Latvia. A group of people has been created who have reasons to take revenge on the Latvian state — based on their belief that the layoffs were unjustified, as they have never caused Latvia and Latvians any harm, except for one case — if Latvia had not done what it has done now. Moreover, this is not only about the mentioned 50+10+13 people, but about a much broader group. It includes those whose layoffs did not make the LETA news, as well as relatives and friends of the dismissed, and possibly those who will join these sentiments, drawing conclusions about how hopeless (foolish, dependent on foreign dictation, etc.) Latvia looks if it has to grasp at such a "straw" as searching among doctors for poisoners. Such things happened not only in distant antiquity and in faraway countries but also 80 years ago in Latvia itself, which was then part of the Soviet Union. Currently, the version seems plausible that Stalin was indeed poisoned precisely because he irritated those close to him too much but could not eliminate them. In the current Latvian case, it could be about the expulsion of citizens of Russia and Belarus from the country; however, Latvia, in the author's opinion, does not dare to take such consistent actions.