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In the present case, we are isolating everyone to protect everyone; and Quarantine can apply to entire populations and has. Ie, whole towns under _cordon sanit
by dleslie 7y ago
In the present case, we are isolating everyone to protect everyone; and Quarantine can apply to entire populations and has.
Ie, whole towns under _cordon sanitaire_.
- daveFNbuck 7y agoA sanitary cordon is not a quarantine. The Wikipedia article for cordon sanitaire [1] mentions quarantine as an alternative way to handle disease spread. > Public health specialists have included cordon sanitaire along with quarantine and medical isolation as "nonpharmaceutical interventions" designed to prevent the transmission of microbial pathogens through social distancing. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordon_sanitaire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordon_sanitaire