How coronavirus spread from patient zero in Seattle

Re:How coronavirus spread from patient zero in Seattle by chimeracoder on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @01:48PM (#22537659)

> Honestly, the scenario I had in mind was intrastate travel restrictions, especially around cities.

Also covered by the Commerce Clause, since 1937.

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Re:How coronavirus spread from patient zero in Seattle by Seenso on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @01:53PM (#22537738)

> Also covered by the Commerce Clause, since 1937.

So you're saying the commerce clause requires states to keep intra-state transportation infrastructure open, regardless of the public safety risk? That's unbelievable, since that infrastructure is regularly closed for public safety reasons (e.g. closing roads during blizzards):

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/12/01/blizzard-closes-hig...:

> To the west, the Minnesota Department of Transportation closed a stretch of Interstate 35 between Duluth and Cloquet. The Cloquet Police Department posted a photo of vehicles stranded along Highway 33 in that city late Saturday.

https://apnews.com/25d827c21bff49bba79339c51a6f3407:

> The Nebraska State Patrol has closed Interstate 80 from the Wyoming border east to North Platte as well as all state highways in the Nebraska Panhandle as a late-winter blizzard swept into the state.

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