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Re:Coronavirus: South Korea’s aggressive testing gives clues... by baq on Friday March 06, 2020 @04:13AM (#22502097)
1) martial law will deal with eventual riots.

2) i wouldn't be so sure that quarantine measures would be such universally disliked. it'll take a couple deaths and a few tv interviews with medical personnel with an overwhelmed hospital in the background to sway the public emotion in the containment direction. it better be executed well, though, or riots become a serious proposition.

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Re:Coronavirus: South Korea’s aggressive testing gives clues... by pjc50 on Friday March 06, 2020 @05:57AM (#22502619)
This is France we're talking about. There's already been a recent series of riots where a number of people have suffered debilitating injuries from the heavy riot control tactics - 24 people lost eyes!

Where do you escalate from that? Machine-gunning people in the streets?

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