On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 06:19:31PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
Interesting times - watch this space:
INSANITY: Rhode Island National Guard to Conduct House-To-House Searches to Hunt Down New Yorkers https://www.anti-empire.com/insanity-rhode-island-national-guard-to-conduct-...
Rhode Island police began stopping cars with New York plates Friday. On Saturday, the National Guard will help them conduct house-to-house searches to find people who traveled from New York and demand 14 days of self-quarantine.
.. Many New Yorkers have summer houses in Rhode Island, especially in tony Newport, and the governor said the authorities would be checking there.
“Yesterday I announced and today I reiterated: Anyone coming to Rhode Island in any way from New York must be quarantined,” the governor said. “By order. Will be enforced. Enforceable by law.”
Raimondo signed an executive order Thursday that applies to anyone who has been in New York during the past two weeks and through at least April 25. It doesn’t apply to public health, public safety, or health-care workers.
National Guard members will be stationed at the T.F. Green airport, Amtrak train stations and at bus stops. The citizen-soldiers will be following up with people at local residences. The maximum penalty for not complying: a fine of $500 and 90 days in prison.
The local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union blasted the new rules, objecting to the collection of motorists’ contact information in particular.
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Trump Says Ordered 1000 Medical Military Personnel Deployed to New York City Amid COVID-19 Outbreak https://sputniknews.com/us/202004041078836496-trump-says-ordered-1000-milita... .. "I can also report that 1,000 military personnel are deploying to New York City to assist, where they are needed the most, that's the hottest of all, the hotspots. ... We're getting doctors, nurses, respiratory specialists and other support workers, this is from the military", Trump said. .. "we might add to the thousand" .. "We are very disappointed with 3M. They can sell to others, but they should be taking care of our country", he said. .. "This will be probably the toughest week, between this week and next week, and there will be a lot of death, unfortunately. But a lot less death than if this wasn’t done, but there will be death", Trump told reporters at the briefing. ..