NOTE: This article was published on March 16th, 2024.
The policy morphed into a liberty-crushing horror with impacts that we are still feeling across the nation
As the nation is gearing up for another general election, Legal Insurrection is going to use the “Way Back Machine” to review what was happening at this point in the last presidential election cycle.
After reports surfaced about the surge of a novel respiratory disease that appeared to originate from Wuhan, China, President Donald Trump created a Coronavirus Task Force and utilized recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to essentially lockdown the country for 15 days on March 16, 2020….
[Source.](https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/03/four-years-ago-today-launch-of-15-days-to-slow-the-spread-from-which-the-nation-has-not-yet-recovered/)
**NOTE:** This article was published on March 16th, 2024.
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The policy morphed into a liberty-crushing horror with impacts that we are still feeling across the nation
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As the nation is gearing up for another general election, Legal Insurrection is going to use the “Way Back Machine” to review what was happening at this point in the last presidential election cycle.
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After reports surfaced about the surge of a novel respiratory disease that appeared to originate from Wuhan, China, President Donald Trump created a Coronavirus Task Force and utilized recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to essentially lockdown the country for 15 days on March 16, 2020…. [to slow the spread of the virus.](https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/articles/15-days-slow-spread/)
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