SCOTUS had upheld the constitutionality of state & local health authorities enforcing codes in a pandemic, from masks to closing churches or bars: americanbar.org/news/abanews/p… Once an emergency is declared, they have power to restrict liberties & enforce mandates.
This is subversion:
This is subversion:
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/1330484612791984134
Typhoid Mary showed a limit for individual liberty.
In 2020, SCOTUS upheld state restrictions: “Our Constitution principally entrusts “[t]he safety & the health of the people’ to the politically accountable officials of the States ‘to guard & protect.’” supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf…
In 2020, SCOTUS upheld state restrictions: “Our Constitution principally entrusts “[t]he safety & the health of the people’ to the politically accountable officials of the States ‘to guard & protect.’” supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf…
“While protestors in 1918 fought against the hated mask, their act of gathering, which was at the time entirely legal, was helping to spread the disease." time.com/5830265/1918-f…
The leaders who do not learn from American history doom their constituents to repeat it.
The leaders who do not learn from American history doom their constituents to repeat it.
In 1918, after the flu came roaring back in the winter, city & state officials enforced public health measures over the loud protests of businesses & churches. The cities that enforced them recovered faster after the pandemic ended. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17684187/
https://mobile.twitter.com/digiphile/status/1233739586473537537?lang=en
Important for @NYGovCuomo @mayorbyronbrown @BPDAlerts, & all governors & mayors to stand with & behind public health departments enforcing mask mandates, bans on bars, limitations on public gatherings, & business inspections in the winter ahead. This flashpoint won’t be the last.
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