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Justifications for Government Public Health Intervention
- The authority of the government to mandate public health actions, including quarantine, isolation, immunization, contact tracing, property seizures, and environmental regulation are justified by three factors
- Factors include when the health of the population is threatened, when government action is more efficient or more likely to produce an effective intervention, and when the government has unique powers and expertise related to an essential aspect of public health
- The government’s role is to strike a balance between autonomy and paternalism to eliminate a threat to the public’s health
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Updated 2021-01-04
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