[Jdog67]

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoliti...ncy-coronavirus-cases-triple-greater-new-york

Coumo calls out the National Guard to keep order, a "containment zone" is established.

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/fl...after-person-coughing-causes-passengers-panic

Flights diverted because a passenger coughed and sneezed, causing a near riot onboard.


This is getting surreal.

 

[Cornly2]

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoliti...ncy-coronavirus-cases-triple-greater-new-york

Coumo calls out the National Guard to keep order, a "containment zone" is established. This is getting surreal.

Or purely political.

Well, whether political or because it's actually necessary, it's surreal either way.

 

[The Old Coach]

Downstate New Yorkers can be very belligerent in the face of adversity. I know them; I lived in Orange County for six or seven years in the '70s and early '80s. Using the Guard will no doubt be necessary.

 

[InOmaha]

We all know that local, state, and federal government will have an impossible task quarantining areas of the country. So a show of force is needed for the first small area to make the larger areas go along with it later on. NYC will eventually get quarantined and after this "show of force", the state will have an easier time implementing it; with the media on one side and a handful of NG troops at the bridges and tunnels on the other.

 

[GrayFoal2]

This is the test case to see how well they can (or cannot) control things.

 

[cdevidal]

Or purely political.

Well, whether political or because it's actually necessary, it's surreal either way.

Exactly. Whether political or an act of concern for citizens or both is immaterial, both politics and virii exist in our world and both cause impact we don't like so a good threat assessment takes in all the facts and says, Okay, time to take action now :thumb: If this happened in my city I might just head to the BOL, but definitely if I were within the area to be contained.

 

[Prepgirl2]

That's a very wealthy community..I'm sure the residents will be quite ****ed!

 

[KoolAde2]

There goes the Civil Liberties and crash goes the Constitution!

 

[oneeyeross]

There goes the Civil Liberties and crash goes the Constitution!

Not at all. Medical quarantine is well founded in law. Not an assault on liberty at all. One person's liberty doesn't mean they are free to infect others.

People get confused about what the social contract is and all...

 

[darthwayne]

National Guard being deployed in New York

BREAKING:
A one-mile “containment” zone is being created in New Rochelle, NY, an epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak that’s just outside New York City. The state plans to have the National Guard clean schools and deliver food - NYT

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces containment zone around New Rochelle, lasting until 3/25; National Guard to be deployed to assist in food delivery, cleaning.

"This is the single greatest public health challenge we have in the state right now."

https://abcn.ws/33blccv

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/...tainment-area.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&smtyp=cur

I am in the city but havent been going to work and havent left my neighbourhood.

 

[Stinky]

I read a few of the rules for the containment area. Did I read it correctly, people can come an go in the area, just not leave it ? Only large gathering places were shutdown?
What real good does that do?

 

[DenimDave]

I read a few of the rules for the containment area. Did I read it correctly, people can come an go in the area, just not leave it ? Only large gathering places were shutdown?
What real good does that do?

It gets the Nat. Guard moving now, and heading for a ce3ntral position. We all know how the numbers will go, for the number infected, right? Starting them moving now makes sense, if its going to take 2 days..

 

[Cat wrangler]

Annnnd it is Cuomo, the only Gov I can remember to shut down interstates with a bad snowstorm. A blizzard, yes not a storm. There are crossing bars on some of the entrances to 81 indicating this is going to be a way of life.

Will have to go check out quarantine rules vs state of emergency. I think there are some differences, iirc.

 

[billwilla]

I'm going to wait for the video that will surely pop up on nazi tube before being taken down within a couple hours. Then we'll see how much NY'ers like kwomo.

 

[Mule Skinner]

Annnnd it is Cuomo, the only Gov I can remember to shut down interstates with a bad snowstorm. A blizzard, yes not a storm. There are crossing bars on some of the entrances to 81 indicating this is going to be a way of life.

Will have to go check out quarantine rules vs state of emergency. I think there are some differences, iirc.

Where I live some of the interstates have permanent gates that can be closed
for blizzards. This is not the same as a travel ban.

 

[OneFrugalPrepper]

Annnnd it is Cuomo, the only Gov I can remember to shut down interstates with a bad snowstorm. A blizzard, yes not a storm. There are crossing bars on some of the entrances to 81 indicating this is going to be a way of life.

Will have to go check out quarantine rules vs state of emergency. I think there are some differences, iirc.

Quite a few states do that. Truck traffic is actually the first thing they ban. First state highways then the interstates then they shut the rest down.

 

[The Old Coach]

Spent three nights and two days in Rock Springs, WY camped in my van once, waiting for I-80 to re-open. Not that much snow, either, but high winds. They didn't want to have vehicles off in the ditch fifty or sixty miles from any help. people would have died out there. (I myself was snug as a bug in a rug, in a Walmart parking lot. Had a thick sleeping bag, access to anything Walmart could offer, and was able to pirate wifi from a nearby Holiday Inn. Luxury! )

 

[InOmaha]

It's sort of ironic the first military quarantine is around a synagogue. When I saw a news article it showed a military quarantine ring around a Star of David. Seems like the Jews are always the first.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

It's sort of ironic the first military quarantine is around a synagogue. When I saw a news article it showed a military quarantine ring around a Star of David. Seems like the Jews are always the first.

Would you have preferred it to be a mosque instead?

 

[The Old Coach]

Well, yes. :taped: But not for this virus.