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> It did nothing to restrict US citizens traveling to and from the affected areas unrestrained, which thousands continued to do I thought the federal governmen
by hintymad 5y ago
> It did nothing to restrict US citizens traveling to and from the affected areas unrestrained, which thousands continued to do
I thought the federal government does not even have the legal power to do so. Personally, though, I think giving local government more power is a genius design by the founding fathers.
> was the single action taken after the virus was already spreading uncontrolled in NY, Washington State, and Europe.
I'm not sure if this claim is true, either. Trump did at least two things: 1. Signed a deal with pharma companies to promise that the federal government would buy their vaccines to every American so the companieswould be all in to develop vaccines. 2. Promised to give resources to state governments. Both Cuomo of NY and Newsom of CA thanked government for keeping its promises.
- ravel-bar-foo 5y agoThe federal laws on trade and immigration actually have a lot of carve outs for infection control. The executive can quarantine any vessel, demand health documentation on passengers, and turn noncompliant vessels away.