Bioterrorism

Large-Scale Quarantine Is Not Recommended In Most Cases

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 23rd, 2001

Imposing a large-scale quarantine after a bioterrorist attack in the United States should not be considered a primary public health strategy in most currently imaginable circumstances.

In the majority of contexts, other less extreme public health actions are likely to be more effective and create fewer unintended adverse consequences than quarantine, according to an article in the December 5, 2001, issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

Joseph Barbera, MD, of the Institute for Crisis and Disaster Management, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and colleagues reviewed the scientific principles that are relevant to...

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