Disease control, civil liberties, and mass Testing - Calibrating restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 383, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 102-104

  Studdert, David M ^a   Hall, Mark A ^b  

^a STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY RATE; PANDEMIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUARANTINE; RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SOCIAL DISTANCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BETACORONAVIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ETHICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CIVIL RIGHTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85085639147     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2007637     Document Type: Review

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