In the Balance | BioAttack & City Under Siege | Quarantine | Your Turn

References for "Quarantine"

Your Choice: Yes

Joseph Barbera et al., "Large-Scale Quarantine Following Biological Terrorism in the United States," Journal of the American Medical Association 286, no. 21 (2001): 2712.

Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 US 11 (1905), http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=197&invol=11.

Lawrence Gostin et al., "The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act," Journal of the American Medical Association 288, no. 5 (2002): 627.

Joseph Kahn, "China Has Quelled SARS, World Health Agency Says," New York Times, June 25, 2003, late edition (East Coast), sec. A.

The Counterargument: Yes

Howard Markel, Quarantine! East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997), 61.

Joseph Barbera et al., "Large-Scale Quarantine Following Biological Terrorism in the United States," Journal of the American Medical Association 286, no. 21 (2001): 2713.

Lawrence Gostin et al., "The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act," Journal of the American Medical Association 288, no. 5 (2002): 623.

World Health Organization, "Summary of Probable SARS Cases With Onset of Illness from 1 November 2002 to 31 July 2003," http://www.who.int/csr/sars/country/table2004_04_21/en/index.html.

John Pomfret, "A Mistrust of Government Undercuts China's Effort," Washington Post, April 29, 2003, final edition, sec. A.

Ceci Connolly, "Laws Not Up to SARS Epidemic," Washington Post, April 26, 2003, final edition, sec. A.

Historical Examples: Bias in Quarantine

Howard Markel, Quarantine! East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997), 15, 62–5.

Joseph Barbera et al., "Large-Scale Quarantine Following Biological Terrorism in the United States," Journal of the American Medical Association 286, no. 21 (2001): 2713.

Paul Edelson, "Quarantine and Social Inequity," Journal of the American Medical Association 290, no. 21 (2001): 2874.

Your Choice: No

The Counterargument: No

Conclusion: The Debate Continues

Joseph Barbera et al., "Large-Scale Quarantine Following Biological Terrorism in the United States," Journal of the American Medical Association 286, no. 21 (2001): 2714.

David Brown, "The SARS Triumph and What It Promises," Washington Post, July 20, 2003, final edition, sec. B.

Lawrence Gostin et al., "The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act," Journal of the American Medical Association 288, no. 5 (2002): 622.

Lawrence Gostin et al., "The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act," Journal of the American Medical Association 288, no. 5 (2002): 626.

Lawrence Gostin et al., "The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act," Journal of the American Medical Association 288, no. 5 (2002): 626.

Ronald Bayer and James Colgrove, "Bioterrorism, Public Health, And The Law," Health Affairs 21, no. 6 (2002): 99–100.