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Old 03-29-2020, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
Huge difference between "checking", "knocking on doors", "handing out information", "asking them to self-quarantine" and DOOR TO DOOR SEARCHES (which is what the British did in the years leading up to the revolutionary war, as well as Stalin, Mao, and Hitler)
Well, according to the RI gov, they are taking contact information from those NY'ers they find. And your comment about "asking them to self-quarantine" doesn't match up with news stories:

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On Friday Raimondo said state police would be stopping cars with New York license plates and doing house-to-house searches to identify people who recently traveled from New York and ordering them to self-quarantine.
Source: NPR/WGBH Boston: Rhode Island Governor Issues Strict Stay-At-Home Order