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Lindsay Wiley
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I've been speculating since Feb. abt whether CDC might push the envelope on what Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act authorizes. I didn't expect it to come in
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We're doing this all wrong. We've been doing it all wrong from day 1. Social distancing and face covering were never meant to be a strategy by themselves. They were
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To @paulkrugman: other states should follow CA’s approach - closing low-value, high-risk settings (like bars, indoor dining, & entertainment) statewide, while imposing tighter restrictions (on offices, schools, universities, & pla
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Theory: Epidemiologists & public health lawyers & ethicists who focus on HIV, substance use, NCDs & other areas where “behavior change” is a focus have had a leg up over
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The claims before the OR Supreme Court are remarkably similar to those the WI Supreme Court found compelling. Here's the trial court opinion granting the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction (it
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Here's the decision in WI Legislature v. Palm. The WI Supreme Court has invalidated the state's stay-at-home order and closure of non-essential business on both grounds asserted by the legislature.http://fox11digital.com/news/PDFs/WI%20Suprem
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Catch-all terms like "lockdown" and "reopen" aren't helpful ways of thinking about the months & years ahead.More helpful to think of a ladder or a dial. We'll need to gradually
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I've tweeted about whether people harmed by Covid can sue the government (w/ some side-tweeting on suits against nursing homes & hospitals). Next up.... 1/ Can the states sue the
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1/ Cuomo and others are starting to talk (in very vague terms) about their plans for gradually easing social distancing (eventually, not soon). This raises some important legal and ethical
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I’m hearing white folk rumblings like “Did they not get the public health advice? Did they not understand how dangerous it was?” No. Stop. All the focus on individual responsibility
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Can people harmed by #Covid19 sue the government for failing to keep them safe? A (probably very long because I'm a long-winded law professor) thread: 2/ Short answer: It will
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A panel of the Fifth Circuit has upheld the TX governor's order designating medical abortions as non-essential in a decision that relies heavily on Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a foundational Supreme
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