The Government Is Making Plans to Establish Quarantines in Preparation for Bird Flu. Read the Guidelines Here.

Gary North

In a pandemic, authorities have the authority to lock families in their homes.

This is never done these days. But "never say never." Fear has not arrived yet.

Quarantine is now in the official planning stage at the state level. The following document was prepared by the U.S. government's Centers for Disease Control. It is published by the State of Alaska. Included in the document are these guidelines:

Terminology varies greatly among states. Laws may refer to isolation, quarantine, commitment, communication restriction, control of person, detention, exclusion, holding, removal, restriction, segregation, travel restriction, or other unspecified restriction.

http://www.chems.alaska.gov/phtn/flyers/IsolationHandouts.pdf

Why now? Avian flu. See the links:

http://www.chems.alaska.gov/phtn/library.asp

This is why I have set up both a department and a discussion forum on bird flu.