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Coronavirus quarantines and your legal rights: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Latisha Nixon-Jones, Visiting Legal Research and Writing Professor, University of Oregon
A woman at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago gives the thumbs-up upon arrival from an overseas flight. Getty Images / Scott Olson

The unknown is frightening. And with the spread of a deadly and communicable disease – the coronavirus is both – individual liberties may be temporarily sidelined to protect the larger community.

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