Legislation introduced in New York proposes to grant the governor power to forcibly detain people infected with contagious diseases, those who have been in contact with those infected, or anyone suspected of presenting a “significant threat to public health.” In addition to that, state authorities could prescribe detained persons to receive any vaccinations or medical treatments deemed “necessary.”
Bill A416 reads like a playbook out of 1940s-era in Europe, but it actually will be considered by New York lawmakers in the next legislative session starting January 5, The National Pulse reports.
Per the text,
Removal and detention of cases, contacts and carriers who are or may be a danger to public health.… The provisions of this section shall be utilized in the event that the governor declares a state of health emergency due to an epidemic of any communicable disease.
The bill in its current edition does not provide a formal definition of “cases,” “carriers,” and “contacts,” but it does say that the governor or his/her representatives — including but not limited to the commissioner and heads of local health departments — will have wide discretion and the final say in deciding who would pose a “threat” to the public:
Upon determining by clear and convincing evidence [probably via “reliable” testing] that the health of others is or may be endangered by a case, contact or carrier, or suspected case, contact or carrier of a contagious disease that, in the opinion of the governor … may pose an imminent and significant threat to the public health resulting in severe morbidity or high mortality, the governor … may order the removal and/or detention of such a person or of a group of such persons. [Emphasis added.)
To remove those who may present a threat, the governor would have to issue an order, naming or “reasonably describing” the infected (or suspected of being infected) individuals or groups.
It also would be up to the governor to designate any “appropriate” facilities or premises where detainees would be held.
Though the bill states that no one shall be detained for more than 60 days, the language allows the court an additional 90 days to consider the prolonged detention of an individual. That cycle that can potentially last indefinitely, per the opinion of the local health department.
The bill prescribes that those detained “shall not conduct himself or herself in a disorderly manner” and shall not try to escape.
The bill continues by stating that the quarantine is not the only measure that the detainee may be required to undergo. At the “governors’ discretion,” a detainee may be ordered to “to complete an appropriate, prescribed course of treatment, preventive medication or vaccination, including directly observed therapy to treat the disease and follow infection control provisions for the disease.”
Since the language of the bill refers to individuals or groups who “potentially” pose a threat, while underlining the governors’ and his/her delegates “discretion” to decide on the “appropriate measures,” basically anyone could be locked up in a medical or any other facility where he or she would be forcibly medicated. If that sounds scary, it should.
Given that the official COVID narrative places an exclusive blame for the ongoing pandemic on the unvaccinated, however medically inaccurate that is, one may assume that at some point, any single unvaccinated New Yorker aged five and up or those who fail to receive their booster shots in a timely manner (if prescribed, which is likely) may be declared a threat and incarcerated. And also vaccinated. And possibly given any other medication or medical treatment. For whatever time deemed “appropriate and necessary.” The bill would allow for all of that.
There is no explicit definition of the “contagious disease” which could land one in detention, so that, again, leaves a lot of room for the government’s judgement.
While A416 is horrifying enough for any freedom-loving American, New York’s legislative initiatives do not stop there.
Covid-crime.org reports that there are other equally unconstitutional bills in the making:
Bill A08378 would require immunization against COVID-19 for attendance at school.
Bill A00279 would require a healthcare provider who administers an immunization to a person 19 years of age or older to report such information to the department of health or to a regional health-information organization — essentially establishing a statewide database.
Bill A02240 / S00045 would require mandatory influenza/flu vaccine for persons/children attending daycare.
Bill A08398 would limit exemptions from immunization requirements by local governments and private entities to medical exemptions; it repeals religious exemptions for certain post-secondary students.
Bill A03192 / S03041 would permit any child who is at least 14 years of age to have administered to himself or herself, regardless of parental consent, certain immunizations required or recommended by law.
Bill A00822 / S00937 would allow children to be administered STD treatments without parental consent.
In addition to that, New York State Assemblyman Patrick Burke (D-Buffalo) is proposing a bill that would give health-insurance companies the option to deny COVID treatment to the unvaccinated.
Detention of COVID “cases” and “contacts” is already practiced in such “civilized” countries as Australia and Germany, while other countries, by imposing various vaccine mandates and by barring the unvaccinated from public life, are paving the way to a totalitarian dystopia, which is already making its way to the Land of the Free.
Given the rapid advancement of federal legislation that would create a centralized database of all immunizations received by Americans, the prospect of the government’s targeted approach to “potential public threats” becomes palpable.
