The US economy has come to a standstill
03-31-2020, 06:43 AM
#131
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Originally Posted by Sniper66
kissinger was the biggest criminal on the 20th century
many people all over the globe got killed because of him and his foreign policies
many people all over the globe got killed because of him and his foreign policies
03-31-2020, 07:30 AM
#132
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Originally Posted by Keroburner410
I thought this was Sars? Sars Cov 2 is the virus and covid19 refers to the disease that is a result of a Sars Cov 2 infection.
03-31-2020, 07:31 AM
#133
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Originally Posted by Burt123
So why am I seeing so many families/people in sweats with strollers in airports. Are these people “essential workers” or taking advantage of the 20 dollar ticket prices while completely disregarding state and government mandates. When is the federal government going to implement fines/punishment for this?
Martial law could be declared, but then your enforcers are 20 year-olds with assault rifles.
03-31-2020, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Burt123
When is the federal government going to implement fines/punishment for this?
03-31-2020, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by 2StgTurbine
Before there was SARS CoV-2 (which causes the disease COVID-19), there was just SARS. They didn't call it SARS-1 because there wasn't a sequel yet. Everyone thought there would be a vaccine too, but it still hasn't been made. By the time they had a promising vaccine, the pandemic was over so the funding went away.
03-31-2020, 08:14 AM
#136
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Originally Posted by Purpleanga
We can literally end this if everyone stops what they’re doing and stays home for 2 weeks. It’s frustrating how half heartedly we are treating this. What is the point of prolonging it, bring out the military and just shut it down.
- Local quarantines would likely hurt businesses in the short run. Employees would likely be laid off. Families with no contact to the influenza may too experience financial hardships. To prevent spread, quarantines would have to be complete (i.e., no activity allowed outside of the home). Partial quarantines, such as closing schools and churches but not public transportation or restaurants (as done in Philadelphia, St. Louis and Washington, D.C.) would do little to stop the spread of in influenza.
03-31-2020, 09:27 AM
#137
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
On what legal basis? There is none that I'm aware of. Not every state is in lockdown. My wife had to make the tough call to cancel a trip to help a close friend who lives in another state (recently moved), is now undergoing cancer surgery, and is all alone.
Martial law could be declared, but then your enforcers are 20 year-olds with assault rifles.
Martial law could be declared, but then your enforcers are 20 year-olds with assault rifles.
03-31-2020, 10:14 AM
#138
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Originally Posted by 2StgTurbine
The federal government can't enforce quarantines in states. Only states have the authority with emergency powers. The federal government can only assist the states.
03-31-2020, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by full of luv
You wanna see the sale of Amo/weapons explode, have the first state declare martial law and wait.
03-31-2020, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Aldo Raine
Absolutely, completely, horribly incorrect.
Posse comitatus is supposed to prevent the federal government from using the military to enforce domestic law and the National Guard is supposed to be a tool of both federal and state governments, so in theory, the fed can’t use them to enforce a quarantine and the fed really doesn’t have any other resources to try and enforce a quarantine so it would fall upon the state and local governments.
But since Trump thinks that he can do anything he wants, I’m sure he would try to use the military to enforce a quarantine if it came to that, but I’m hopeful that military commanders would push back.
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