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Old 05-06-2020, 10:02 AM
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I'm just musing, but Florida has laws against knowingly engaging in behavior that might transmit STDs.

From criminaldefenselawyer.com: There are several Florida laws that criminalize specific types of conduct engaged in by people with sexually transmitted diseases. It’s important to note that these crimes do not require that a person with a sexually transmitted disease actually infect someone else. Engaging in the prohibited activity, even if that activity does not lead to the transmission of a disease, is enough to commit a crime.

Should it come to that, enacting similar COVID-related legislation would certainly be doable. At this stage, proving that people knew they were infected would be quite problematic, and the question of acquired immunity is still up in the air.

Just contemplating the possibilities. I honestly doubt Florida legislators would view such a law favorably, although other states might.

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