[Harrier1962]

The virus appears to be primarily airborne, so wear a mask. Gloves are essentially useless. It's better to wash your hands and use hand sanitizer. Don't touch your eyes or your mouth.

We can't get too paranoid about this thing. Use common sense.

[JayCT]

Okay folks, I just heard something shocking. The son of a friend tested positive the other day. He lives in Missouri and today the County Health Department taped a notice on his door informing him that it s a Class A Misdemeanor if he leaves his home and he can’t leave his home without their permission.

I’m shocked. I never heard of this and wonder, besides the obvious HIPA violation, if this is legal. I know a couple people who tested positive here and none of them had anything like this happen. Anybody hear about this here in Connecticut or even New York? Jay

[jxzz]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Okay folks, I just heard something shocking. The son of a friend tested positive the other day. He lives in Missouri and today the County Health Department taped a notice on his door informing him that it s a Class A Misdemeanor if he leaves his home and he can’t leave his home without their permission.

I’m shocked. I never heard of this and wonder, besides the obvious HIPA violation, if this is legal. I know a couple people who tested positive here and none of them had anything like this happen. Anybody hear about this here in Connecticut or even New York? Jay

This is violation of law. No way CT or NY will do this.

[Stepfordct]

Well they do call Missouri the "Show me State".....so there's that...

[robr2]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Okay folks, I just heard something shocking. The son of a friend tested positive the other day. He lives in Missouri and today the County Health Department taped a notice on his door informing him that it s a Class A Misdemeanor if he leaves his home and he can’t leave his home without their permission.

I’m shocked. I never heard of this and wonder, besides the obvious HIPA violation, if this is legal. I know a couple people who tested positive here and none of them had anything like this happen. Anybody hear about this here in Connecticut or even New York? Jay

It can happen in Missouri:

Missouri Revised Statutes (RSMo) 192.320 states: Violation of law or quarantine — penalty. — Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of sections 192.010, 192.020 to 192.490, 192.600 to 192.620 or who shall leave any pesthouse, or isolation hospital, or quarantined house or place without the consent of the health officer having jurisdiction, or who evades or breaks quarantine or knowingly conceals a case of contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, or who removes, destroys, obstructs from view, or tears down any quarantine card, cloth or notice posted by the attending physician or by the health officer, or by direction of a proper health officer, shall be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by Harrier1962

The virus appears to be primarily airborne, so wear a mask. Gloves are essentially useless. It's better to wash your hands and use hand sanitizer. Don't touch your eyes or your mouth.

We can't get too paranoid about this thing. Use common sense.

The virus appears to be primarily transmitted through human contact with some amount of airborne transmission. A home brew cotton mask or surgical mask in close quarters isn't very effective unless everyone is wearing one. The mask protects everyone else if you have it and are asymptomatic.

[JGBigGreen]

Seems like an overreaction but, based on Rob’s post appears legal in Missouri. It’s also not a HIPPA violation to report Covid to local public health entities:

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/fi...onders-508.pdf

Originally Posted by JayCT

Okay folks, I just heard something shocking. The son of a friend tested positive the other day. He lives in Missouri and today the County Health Department taped a notice on his door informing him that it s a Class A Misdemeanor if he leaves his home and he can’t leave his home without their permission.

I’m shocked. I never heard of this and wonder, besides the obvious HIPA violation, if this is legal. I know a couple people who tested positive here and none of them had anything like this happen. Anybody hear about this here in Connecticut or even New York? Jay

[Stepfordct]

Originally Posted by JGBigGreen

Seems like an overreaction but, based on Rob’s post appears legal in Missouri. It’s also not a HIPPA violation to report Covid to local public health entities:

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/fi...onders-508.pdf

Seems extreme here in the US, but in other countries, mostly in Asia it's this that's helping keep the infection rate down.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by JGBigGreen

Seems like an overreaction but, based on Rob’s post appears legal in Missouri. It’s also not a HIPPA violation to report Covid to local public health entities:

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/fi...onders-508.pdf

Thanks for finding that. It clears up one question. I’m not sure I agree with it but I guess it’s legal. Jay

[robr2]

I had posted elsewhere the following image from a 1940's police log where the officer placed a Quarantine Scarlet Fever sign on someone's front door:

[IMG]BPD Police Log by , on Flickr[/IMG]