The Washington Post, April 5th, 2003
President Bush yesterday gave federal health officials standby power to quarantine anyone suspected of being infected with a new, sometimes fatal lung disease that is spreading around the world. Bush issued an executive order adding severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, to the list of illnesses for which the government can order someone held to prevent contagion. It is the first time in 20 years that the list of diseases subject to federal quarantine has been expanded. In 1983, the disease caused by the deadly Ebola virus was added. The last time anyone was detained in a federal quaranti...
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