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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by LocalH on Monday March 23, 2020 @02:04PM (#22666809)
Enforcement should be limited to congregations of people. If I am walking outside by myself, and nobody is nearby, then the government should not have the right to tell me I have to go inside. This isn't a disease you get by merely stepping outside of your home.
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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by saila on Sunday March 29, 2020 @09:54PM (#22724521)
I agree, to a point, and currently there are no such restrictions in the U.S. Hopefully things won't get bad enough that they become necessary--i.e., I hope people are finally starting to take this pandemic seriously.

But I think anyone can agree that if it becomes a question of, say, millions of people dying unless people stay home for awhile that it would be okay for government to exercise that kind of authority.

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