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What does a state of emergency mean in the face of the coronavirus?

  • Written by Amy Lauren Fairchild, Dean and Professor at the College of Public Health, The Ohio State University
What does a state of emergency mean in the face of the coronavirus?Pence and Trump attend a coronavirus task force briefing.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Following Donald Trump’s declaration of a federal state of emergency nearly two weeks ago, every state except West Virginia had also declared a state of emergency over COVID-19.

States have statutes that give police powers to the government in situations like...

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