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Individual Restrictions, Quarantine, and Public Health Realities

Individual Restrictions, Quarantine, and Public Health Realities. Edward P. Richards, JD MPH Program in Law, Science and Public Health LSU School of Law http://biotech.law.lsu.edu. Definitions. Quarantine Isolation Personal Restrictions Pandemic. Example Diseases and Restrictions.

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Individual Restrictions, Quarantine, and Public Health Realities

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  1. Individual Restrictions, Quarantine, and Public Health Realities Edward P. Richards, JD MPHProgram in Law, Science and Public HealthLSU School of Law http://biotech.law.lsu.edu

  2. Definitions • Quarantine • Isolation • Personal Restrictions • Pandemic

  3. Example Diseases and Restrictions • Tuberculosis • Smallpox • Yearly flu • Typhoid • Hanson's Disease (leprosy) • Ringworm • SARS • Theoretical pan flu

  4. Resources • Where do you put them? • Why jail is always the wrong choice • Do you have appropriate facilities? • Should you move them to appropriate facilities?

  5. Treatment and Testing • Can you treat them against their will? • What does this mean in practical terms? • Can you coerce them into treatment? • Treatment as a key to release? • What about DOT and enforcing it?

  6. Dealing With the Civil Libertarians • Do not screw up the medical side and the place of confinement • This is the root of most problems, which then cost the state authority • Educate the public about the risk posed by disease carriers • Do not sugar coat it • Political correctness has hurt public health authority • Look at national security law

  7. Stay at Home Orders • When would these be appropriate? • How do you provide medical care? • How do you provide food? • How do you support salary? • What about criminals, crazies, homeless, and illegals? • What is the role of a resilient communities approach?

  8. How Far Do You Go to Enforce Orders? • What is the purpose of the restriction? • Does it have to be 100% • Is 100% even possible? • If 100% is not realistic, can you justify shooting someone? • Can you justify it a year later at your trial, when the public health department is seen as having failed in the epidemic?

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