It would be interesting to compare the provisions you describe in this bill (I have not yet read it) with existing powers that federal and state authorities have when an "emergency" is declared. Seems to me that much if this authority is already on the books. -Declan On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 09:56:10PM -0800, Greg Broiles wrote:
Oh, it goes far beyond that - it creates a system where, upon a governor's declaration of a public health emergency, the public health authorities get control of all food, guns, medicine, fuel, clothing, medical facilities, doctors, and human beings within the affected area - they're entitled to immediate possession of whatever useful private property they want, which can be redistributed, held, or destroyed as they see fit - and they're empowered to use public safety agencies to force doctors perform examinations, tests or vaccinate/immunize similarly uncooperative individuals, and to create quarantine or exclusion areas as they consider useful.
It's pretty much a police state implementation act.
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