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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by JulianMorrison on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:58AM (#22404470)
A quarantine that tries to prevent people getting food is a quick way to get riots. No government would be stupid like that.
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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by pmoriarty on Monday February 24, 2020 @11:12AM (#22405319)
If it gets bad enough, it's quite likely that there'll be martial law, and possibly food rationing enforced.
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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by mytailorisrich on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:01AM (#22404518)
Indeed. If a whole city is under quarantine then the supply of food has to be managed by the authorities.
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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by TomMarius on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:46AM (#22404992)
Show me a person who values their minimum wage so much that they will risk making pizza deliveries (or even bake the pizza) in a quarantined city, please. Typically, the government does it in these cases, and often it's not enough or not what you need or prefer, so it's advisable to prepare.
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