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Principles of Risk Communication 69

What are the legal bases for quarantine and isolation?
How effective is quarantine and isolation for preventing spread of the disease?
How will bills be paid while people are in quarantine or isolation?
How will people get healthcare, water, food, and other services while in quarantine or
isolation?
Where will people in quarantine or isolation be put?
Will people in quarantine or isolation be isolated from each other?
Under what circumstances will people be put in quarantine or isolation?
What are the legal rights of a person who is quarantined or isolated?
Are there alternatives to quarantine and isolation?
How is quarantine or isolation done?
What is life like in quarantine or isolation?
Under what circumstances would a large-scale quarantine or isolation effort be
started?
If someone becomes sick in quarantine or isolation, who will care for them? How
good will the medical care be?
Will people in quarantine or isolation be able to communicate with family and
friends?
Will a person’s job be protected while in quarantine or isolation?
What happens to people who refuse to be quarantined or isolated?
Can people get sick when in quarantine or isolation?
What happens if someone dies in quarantine or isolation?
What happens to facilities after they are used for quarantine or isolation?
Can people bring their pets, family, and friends into a quarantine or isolation
facility?
Can a community refuse to have a quarantine or isolation facility located nearby?
How will quarantine and isolation affect community life, including transportation?
Are there differences of opinion among experts about the need for and effectiveness
of quarantine or isolation procedures?
After release from quarantine or isolation, will people be able to go back to work?
What are the personal, family, and job consequences for people in quarantine/
isolation?
In quarantine or isolation, will special provisions be made for cultural, religious,
and ethnic beliefs and values?
Who will pay the costs for quarantine or isolation?
Who will pay the costs for lost wages of people in quarantine or isolation?