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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

‘It’s not science, it’s coercion’: health experts decry RFK Jr order on hantavirus quarantine

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Robert F Kennedy Jr in Washington DC on 16 April 2025. Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

The Trump administration is employing “authoritarian” and “unconstitutional” quarantine measures for at least one person who came into contact with a hantavirus patient, health law experts say.

The mandatory quarantine, reimposed without an offering scientific evidence, reveals how the US might approach future cases of Ebola and other pathogens in the US – and sets a precedent for detaining Americans with no scientific rationale.

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