“It’s true that quarantine powers have been around since the ancient world and have been invoked through U.S. history from Colonial times to the present. They are hardly questioned.  On the other hand, abuse of such powers are even more frequent. The problem is the low threshold concerning risk. Once government has the power, it can use it any way it wants. In World War I, prostitutes were routinely arrested and quarantined in the name of preventing the spread of diseases. In the 1892 typhus outbreak, it became common to arrest and quarantine any immigrant from Russia, Italy, or Ireland even without any evidence of disease.”

http://tucker.liberty.me/2014/10/15/must-government-have-the-power-to-quarantine/

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