Gov. Lamont announces new restrictions on visitors to Connecticut arriving from states....

[George II]

Source: Hartford Courant

Gov. Lamont announces new restrictions on visitors to Connecticut arriving from states with COVID-19 outbreaks

HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont and nearby governors announced a regional approach on travel plans Wednesday in a joint effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, requiring a self-quarantine for travelers who arrive in Connecticut from states with surging COVID-19 infections. The quarantine will last for 14 days.

Lamont joined with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy in a three-way video conference to warn travelers from “hot spot'' states like Florida that they should be tested before entering the Northeast states.

“There were no states that were handed a worse hand when this started than our states,‘' Cuomo said during the news conference Wednesday. “We had the highest numbers to deal with in the country. ... No one else had to accomplish as much as we had to accomplish'' in a short period of time.

The compliance initially will be voluntary, but Lamont said he is expecting a high level of cooperation. If the compliance levels turn out to be insufficient, Lamont said he would consider other measures of enforcement.

Read more: https://www.courant.com/coronavirus/hc-news-coronavirus-lamont-governors-traveling-20200624-2m74qso7rfcxfgpxjxipeiacpi-story.html

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Glad they're doing this. This is what's been worrying a lot of people - idiots in those southern states not giving a damn about anyone else and then going to states that have the outbreak well under control.

[Yonnie3]

1. Sources say these are the states

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Utah, Texas

one source is https://www.necn.com/news/national-international/lamont-to-make-announcement-with-gov-cuomo-gov-murphy-on-covid-19-pandemic/2289866/

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. "Compliance initially will be voluntary?"

Why why why?

[soothsayer]

5. Because it's hard

[cstanleytech]

9. Maybe because there are potential Constitutional problems with involuntarily doing it?

[fleur-de-lisa]

10. Apparently not.

CNN just reported that all three states will go into full enforcement if people refuse to comply.

[cstanleytech]

13. Just because the other states do it though does not mean it is Constitutional.

That is something the courts will have to decide and I am willing to bet someone will challenge it.

[fleur-de-lisa]

14. All three states are saying they will enforce it.

[cstanleytech]

15. They certainly can try it and I personally would not oppose it largely since it will not impact me

but the courts can also block it.

[fleur-de-lisa]

16. I live in New Orleans. We had a ton of cases early on, but got it under control.

At one point, my city had the highest per capita infection rate in the world. It was pretty damn scary.

My state has not yet announced that they will block people from Florida and other hot spots from visiting Louisiana, but I am all for it.

It's been really tough, but New Orleanians mostly followed the rules and the mayor has been cracking down on businesses that violate the orders from her office.

I don't want to see an increase of cases in my city and state because other states defied reason and logic. I want them to stay the hell away and I will back my governor and mayor 100% if they choose to keep the idiots out, by whatever means.

We suffered through some pretty stiff restrictions early on and I don't want to see us lose all that hard work because some morons in another state don't believe in science.

[cstanleytech]

17. Hey I can understand that but again we still come back to if doing this to people coming into

the state is Constitutional and I am simply pointing out that the courts could very well rule that doing that is not.

[fleur-de-lisa]

18. Don't care.

[brooklynite]

3. This was a joint announcement by NY-NJ-CT

The high risk States are Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Utah, Texas,

[soothsayer]

4. Those are current states, it's fluid on a 7 day rolling basis

They have a formula but it’s roughly 10% infection rate

[yaesu]

6. The EU is doing the same only it will be the entire US banned, Asia will follow. nt

[Devil Child]

7. Great, time to change my old AZ plates for local ones

Bringing unwelcome attention at this point.

[roamer65]

8. The governors have the full power to use their national guards to enforce it.

If they need to, do it.

[Lonestarblue]

11. This would seem very difficult to police.

Relying on self-quarantine is risky. The affected states are mostly ones with the highest resistance to wearing masks or doing anything at all to prevent the virus spread. Relying on those same people who think a haircut is more important people’s lives to honor a self-quarantine seems dubious.

I’ve read that some places in Europe that require self-quarantine require a specific address before a person is released, and they make unannounced checks to make sure the person is there. Stiff fines result when someone is found not be in quarantine. Maybe that could be used here.

[George II]

12. That's my thought, too. But at least it puts people on notice that they're being "looked at"...

There was a self-quarantine in effect a couple of months ago for anyone who went to another state. There's a store up in MA, five miles across the border, and I was nervous about going there in case someone "caught" me and I'd have to spend two weeks at home.

This is subject to being stiffened if it's not effective as is.

[CTyankee]

19. I feel sorry for people who might have to attend a family funeral or a family wedding, not something

frivolous at all. But I do understand why the governors feel they need to do this. Taking care of the people in their state is their primary responsibility.