thevaccinereaction--2020-04-03--ACLU on Preserving Personal Liberties During Disease Epidemics

American history contains vivid reminders that grafting the values of law enforcement and national security onto public health is both @ @ @ @ @ often , fears aroused by disease and epidemics have justified abuses of state power .
@ @ @ @ @ and quarantine measures adopted in response to outbreaks of the plague and smallpox over the @ @ @ @ @ rather than slowed the spread of disease , while fomenting public distrust and , in @ @ @ @ @ The lessons of history should be kept in mind whenever we are told by government @ @ @ @ @ ” liberty-limiting actions are needed to protect us from dangerous diseases .