Public health issues seem to have been intended to be the pervue of the States. Just trying to comply with the original intent.
True. The States' traditional police power is defined as the authority to provide for the public health, safety, and morals. But if the threat comes from beyond state borders (from a country or another state), the courts have ruled that Congress may intervene and also provide this function.
"Just trying to comply with the original intent."
How noble. If so, then you would agree that the BOR only applies to the federal government, leaving these issues (eg., guns/speech/religion) to the purview of the states?