Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Israel starts surveilling virus carriers, sends 400 who were nearby to isolation
timesofisrael.com ^ | 18 March 2020 | JUDAH ARI GROSS and TOI STAFF

Posted on 03/18/2020 11:35:23 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

The Health Ministry announced Wednesday it has begun using mass surveillance tools to retrace the movements of coronavirus carriers and has already informed 400 people in contact with them that they must enter quarantine.

The electronic tracking program, which is being conducted by the Shin Bet security service for the ministry, has faced harsh criticism, including by members of the government, and its legality is currently being challenged in the High Court of Justice.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Israel
KEYWORDS: chinavirus; israel
'YOU WERE CLOSE TO A CORONA CARRIER... GO INTO ISOLATION'
1 posted on 03/18/2020 11:35:23 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper
Younger Adults Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3825983/posts

Italy reports 475 coronavirus deaths, the highest single-day death toll for any country since the outbreak began
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3825984/posts

And for those who can see the map,...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

Sorry, but all of the other maps that I've seen (including the CDC's) have been too far behind.

2 posted on 03/18/2020 11:44:56 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper

The amount of totalitarian being practiced now by western democracies is terrifying. I’m more scared of that than the virus.

Everyone is trying to one-up China.


3 posted on 03/18/2020 11:46:04 PM PDT by david1292
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Didn’t they make a vaccine a few days back?


4 posted on 03/18/2020 11:46:37 PM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper

Israel doesn’t mess around.


5 posted on 03/18/2020 11:48:27 PM PDT by nbenyo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nbenyo

6 posted on 03/19/2020 12:07:01 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper

Wwz


7 posted on 03/19/2020 2:04:50 AM PDT by Eagles6
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper

THAT is how you do it, not by telling everyone in the population to go hide from everyone else.


8 posted on 03/19/2020 9:07:56 AM PDT by Wuli
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson