When we have power drunk governors issuing edicts that deprive people of their civil liberties, including mandatory house arrest, all in the name of public health, there needs to be some push back. The Constitution can't be made conditional on the basis of pandemics and the "public good." Who decides what is in the "public good." What are the limitations?
My biggest concern is how compliant the public has become meekly accepting these infringements on their civil liberties. And frankly technocrats like Fauci have made some poor public policy decisions. Now that we have more data, it is obvious that the schools should never been shut down. And our efforts should have been far greater in securing nursing homes and assisted living facilities where 25% to a third of the deaths occurred.
Varies state by sate. Maine just clamped down on that. No more conscientious objector, MUST have doctor note.
-- The Constitution can't be made conditional on the basis of pandemics and the "public good." --
That's position the courts have taken is that the current actions are not afoul of the constitution . The constitution applies, and this is what you get.
We don't know the limitations. This is the first time in history that an entire country has been declared under a public health emergency for an indefinite duration.
Who decides is interestingly, unanswerable. That authority floats around as time progresses. In this fiasco, the authority began with bureaucrat doctors advising governors/POTUS. Legislatures are proving they are worthless by being absent. Courts are proving they prefer control freaks to freedom and liberty. The press likes the shutdown, so the people aren't getting much moral support.
As for compliant public, one of the issues or questions CDC posed a decade or so ago was they didn't know how the public would react to shut-down orders, "social distancing" is NOT a new term, CDC has been using it for a long time. Now they know.
We live in interesting times, per the Chinese curse.