[Lnc-business] Quarantine

[Joshua Katz]

I am struggling as to the libertarian/Libertarian response to this
issue.  Libertarians have been giving answers all over the map, and
some have been more permissive of government action on this than, for
instance, Obama.  Others have given 'absolutely not' answers - but I
don't know that the right answer is "your right to go to the movies
trumps us not wanting an epidemic."

Now, I think the panic about Ebola is based largely on
misunderstandings - some deliberate, some not - of its potential for
contagion, mode of transmission, and so on.  But that's also no answer
to the principle question.  What if a disease really was as contagious
as people think Ebola is?  What would be the answer then?

I'm bringing this up here because it's one of the most stark questions
about freedom in society at the moment.  I think the LNC should hammer
out some position, and that this position should guide staff in
interviews, publications, etc.  I don't know what that position should
be.

Joshua A. Katz

Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate
Libertarian National Committee

Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut