Stay at home order. This is apparently a new post to Wikipedia, the sources for the post reference the 2019-2020 corona virus epi/pandemic/hysteria.(1)
Quarantine. This is the restriction of movement of people or goods to prevent the possible transmission of pests or disease, but of those for whom there is no confirmed diagnosis. Medical isolation is the restriction when there is a confirmed diagnosis (rarely, if ever in modern times, used outside a hospital). (2)
House arrest. This is a legal term, implying from a judicial or other governmental authority, restricting an individual to limited/no travel outside their house.(3)
Marshal law. This s the implementation of military control of a civilian population in situations of temporary emergency, major disaster or invasion of another territory by a federal authority.(4)
So we find ourselves in one of these situations, above. Which one? Well, that depends on where you live, how you observe the order, how the local Power-Mongers (law enforcement, military, government) decide to enforce the order. IMHO, I choose to consider it marshal law by proxy, because even a few of my fellow Americans are unjustly being charged and fined, even killed, because of this unfounded hysteria and yet President Trump has not yet anounced marshal law.
Students returning from Europe this year, Spring Breakers, are being ordered to house arrest in fear of their being carriers of coronavirus. They are not allowed to leave their house for any reason. This meets the definition of quarantine because they have not necessarily tested positive for the virus, just possibly been exposed to it.
In almost every state, stay at home orders have been implemented. In many of those states, there have been fines implemented and served for supposed infractions. Qualification to disobey (exclusion criteria for) the orders include, shopping for food or medicines, applicable critical job requirements, doctor and hospital visits. But, many states have implemented border control, turning back travelers that don’t meet their individual guideline exclusions. If I live in a rural state, where there are few to no facilities for food, medicine or healthcare, and my sources are in the neighboring state, am I to be turned away from my medical home in the neighboring state because of some hysteria on the part of that neighboring state. Reminds me of the smallpox hysteria of the late 1800s. Definitely qualifies for the definition of marshal law.
An 86 y/o woman was pushed and fell down while seeking medical help in a Brooklyn Hospital. The assailant, another patient, did this because the woman was not observing social distancing guidelines during the coronavirus outbreak. This doesn’t meet any of the above restraining criteria but supports my calling this a hysteria as opposed to an epi/pandemic.(5)
Online credit card theft is at an all time high. Because of coronavirus. But what about the disobedience of the stay at home laws. Sure, the person at home is at home, ordering that 1000-count-linen-covered-goose-down duvet that they have been wanting since their stay at the Hollidy Inn Express, but some poor schmuck that is trying to make ends meet during the unlawful stay at home orders by working for some delivery service has to be out and about to deliver all these online purchased goods. Definitely qualifies as stay at home order.
Hypothetically, I might have broken a stay at home order. I might have gone on a road trip and in the process stopped at my local convenience store for my daily diet Coke. Unfortunately, the (national chain) company that runs this particular brand of store has implemented some really stupid rules. They have shut down their offering of fountain drinks, coffee and tea. You can purchase bottled drinks in a buy 2 get one free offer. But, the price of a 16 oz bottle has gone from $1.49 to $2.49. The company has also implemented social distancing by ordering that a yellow strip of tape be applied 3 feet from the cashiers counter, on both sides of the counter, effectively putting 6 feet between the tape strips. The cashier stands behind the tape , the customer puts the items to be purchased on the counter and steps back behind the tape on the customer side. The cashier then steps to the counter and rings up the customer’s intended purchase and steps back to the tape on the cashier’s side and tells the customer what the purchase total. The customer then steps to the counter and offers whatever form of payment and returns to the customer’s tape. The cashier returns to the counter, completes the transaction, lays on the counter the change and receipt and returns to the cashier tape. The customer comes to the counter, collects the change and receipt and leaves. The whole process takes about 10 times as long to occur as it took you to read this and few have figured out that 5 times during that transaction there was only 4 feet between the cashier and the customer blatantly violating social distancing because of stupid company hysteria rules.
As I, hypothetically, might have driven through a hypothetical local town, very lawfully observing the rules of the road, I might have had to slow my driving speed from the usual 35 mph to 20 mph because of a flashing of twin yellow lights on a School Zone sign. It was 4:00 pm when school usually lets out and there are numerous little Kansas kids running around happy to be free of the tyranny of organized learning. But with the current coronavirus hysteria, there is no school in session.
Like I’ve said, there is no shortage of posts to come. Your grumpy Uncle Dave.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay-at-home_order
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_arrest
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law
- https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-woman-86-dies-knocked-ground-violating-coronavirus-social-distancing
Weary.