COVID-19, Emergency Powers Leave Freedom in Temporary Short Supply

COVID-19, Emergency Powers Leave Freedom in Temporary Short Supply
A National Guard soldier stops traffic as fellow troops distribute food to local residents at the WestCop community center on March 18, 2020 in New Rochelle, N.Y. John Moore/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
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As grocery store shelves are being stripped bare of toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and other essentials because of fear about the spread of COVID-19, people across the United States are also dealing with limited supplies of the staple of the American way of life itself: freedom.

About 80 million Americans, as of this writing, are being told to shelter in place, while images of the Italian army and Spanish troops enforcing quarantines circulate on the internet.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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