Deboonked you say?
No FRiend, that bill was as real as a heart attack. Introduced in 2015, as you say. Inexplicably re-introduced year, after year, after year. Ebola was a long time ago.
It was pulled back just a couple weeks ago... after someone shined a light on it.
We should be looking at things like this. Why are you trying to draw attention from it?
Of course the bill was real. There is no dispute about that. It was intended for quarantine of Ebola carriers, but the sponsor admitted it *could* be construed to quarantine Covid patients,and he withdrew it. The point is, it is *no longer* up for a vote.
If you want to draw attention to this dead bill, that’s fine by me, but be honest about it and say it has been stricken. One would think you’d want to shout it from the rooftops that it’s dead, ding dong the wicked bill is dead.
Is there a lesson to be learned from said bill? Yes, be careful what you rush enact when something like Ebola comes knocking. No one would have minded if a few people exposed to Ebola were forcibly quarantined if they refused to do so voluntarily. Forcible quarantine for Covid? We the People would very much mind. The good news is, even the NY legislature had better sense than to enact such a measure. Perhaps if the bill had specified that it only applied to Ebola it might have been passed ... but, on the other hand, that might set a worrisome precedent.
These are issues very much worth discussing.
Why not post about these bills?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4025760/posts?page=12#12
The dead “concentration camp” bill is still listed there (because it is an old list) but if the other bills are still up for vote, they need attention. I am horrified at them, and if I lived in NY, I’d be all over my state reps protesting them.