No patient consent or notification would be required. The names, addresses, and physical conditions of, and any other necessary information about, individuals suspected of harboring diseases or health conditions that might have been caused by bioterrorism or an epidemic would have to be reported immediately by doctors and pharmacists. Medical care could be rationed or withheld private property could be taken or destroyed compensation for loss of property would be limited and no person acting under the orders of government officials would be held liable for death, injury, or property damage. Quarantine, or isolation, could be imposed without a court order, although an order would have to be obtained “promptly” thereafter. Physicians and other health-care professionals would be required to perform medical procedures or be charged with a misdemeanor. Resisters would be charged with a misdemeanor and quarantined.
The 40-page proposal would require individuals to submit to state-ordered vaccinations, examination, testing, treatment, and specimen collection. And although there must be potential for a large number of people to be affected, there is no definition of “large number.” The governor, in consultation with health officials, would decide. An emergency could be declared with the occurrence or imminent threat of a health condition or illness that is believed to be caused by bioterrorism, or the appearance of a novel, previously controlled, or previously eradicated infectious agent or biological toxin. The new powers would be authorized during any declared public-health emergency. To promote the legislation, state officials and legislators have related it almost exclusively to the threat of bioterrorism. Existing laws and individual rights could be suspended.
#MEDICAL TYRANNY FULL#
Any new orders and rules issued by the governor would have the full force of law.
Once the emergency was declared, public-health officials would assume police powers, the militia would be mobilized, and the legislature would be prohibited from intervening for 60 days. The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act, proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), would provide a state’s governor with sole discretion to declare a public-health emergency.
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