The Public Health Dir. for Boulder County, CO has issued an order prohibiting gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds & ordering residents of 37 specified addresses to stay at home with narrow exceptions. assets.bouldercounty.org/wp-content/upl…
Fines of up to $5000. Exceptions for approved educational activities, religious rites & worship services. Addresses subject to SAH order appear to be on campus residence halls and off-campus congregate housing.
The order also includes several provisions that apply exclusively to CU students, incl. a requirement to report mode of travel & destination if moving to an alternate location (e.g., moving back home), references possibility health dept may deny approval/prohibit relocation
The order references disease control authorities (including for quarantine and isolation) and nuisance abatement authorities.
The order seems to be treating residents of specified addresses as presumed infected/exposed. The restrictions are similar to those applied for purposes of isolation & quarantine orders. I.e., stricter than the SAH orders applied to the general population in March/April.
Similar to the travelers' quarantines many states have ordered at various points, this order doesn't allow for individualized risk assessment to determine how likely it is that a person is infectious & poses a risk to others.
Courts have upheld the travel quarantines (one federal judge upheld after applying strict scrutiny). If this order is challenged (which I could see happening), it'll be interesting to see if same reasoning applies.
Apparently, they tried a recommended/university-enforced self-quarantine a little under 2 weeks ago & this is the next step. colorado.edu/chancellor/new…
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