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| Authors: | George J. Annas Wendy K. Mariner Wendy E. Parmet |
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January 2008
The ACLU examines the relationship between civil liberties and public health in contemporary U.S. pandemic planning and makes a series of recommendations for developing a more effective, civil liberties-friendly approach. Part One reviews this relationship in a historical context, examining in particular the disastrous consequences of public health policies built around a vision of sick people as the enemy. Part Two summarizes post-9/11 plans intended to protect the nation against a possible influenza epidemic and how these plans rely upon the false premise that public health is a law enforcement or national security problem that can be solved by limiting the rights and liberties of affected individuals. Part Three provides a series of recommendations for an improved paradigm for pandemic preparedness -- one that protects both public health and civil liberties.
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