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As of April 5, 2020, only nine states had not issued stay-at-home orders:  [[Arkansas]], [[Iowa]], [[Nebraska]], [[North Dakota]], [[Oklahoma]], [[South Carolina]], [[South Dakota]], [[Utah]], and [[Wyoming]].  

As of April 5, 2020, only nine states had not issued stay-at-home orders:  [[Arkansas]], [[Iowa]], [[Nebraska]], [[North Dakota]], [[Oklahoma]], [[South Carolina]], [[South Dakota]], [[Utah]], and [[Wyoming]].  

Penalties during the coronavirus crisis in 2020 were initially rare (so far), but have increased with the arrest of a pastor in [[ Florida]] for holding a church service in alleged violation of a stay-at-home order issued by Hillsborough County,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/us/florida-pastor-arrested-river-church/index.html</ref> even though he took numerous precautions against spreading the virus.

Penalties during the coronavirus crisis in 2020 were initially rare (so far), but have increased with the arrest of a pastor in [[Florida]] for holding a church service in alleged violation of a stay-at-home order issued by Hillsborough County,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/us/florida-pastor-arrested-river-church/index.html</ref> even though he took numerous precautions against spreading the virus.

30 to 50 percent of heart attack patients did not receive treatment.  85 percent of live organ transplants were not performed.  "We have been uniquely willing to sacrifice our children out of fear for adults," said  Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] and former [[White House]] covid advisor.

30 to 50 percent of heart attack patients did not receive treatment.  85 percent of live organ transplants were not performed.  "We have been uniquely willing to sacrifice our children out of fear for adults," said  Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] and former [[White House]] covid advisor.

==UK==

==UK==

Some British scientists have admitted that their committee exploited fear in totalitarian and “unethical” ways to control people’s behavior throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.  “Clearly, using fear as a means of control is not ethical,” said Gavin Morgan, a psychologist and member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behavior (SPI-B). “Using fear smacks of totalitarianism. It’s not an ethical stance for any modern government. By nature I am an optimistic person, but all this has given me a more pessimistic view of people.”

Some British scientists have admitted that their committee exploited fear in totalitarian and “unethical” ways to control people's behavior throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.  “Clearly, using fear as a means of control is not ethical,” said Gavin Morgan, a psychologist and member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behavior (SPI-B). “Using fear smacks of totalitarianism. It’s not an ethical stance for any modern government. By nature I am an optimistic person, but all this has given me a more pessimistic view of people.”

SPI-B, according to ''The Telegraph'', is a subcommittee that advises the British government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). In one damning example of their unethical use of fear, the subcommittee said in March 2020 that “a substantial number of people still do not feel sufficiently personally threatened” by COVID-19 and that British leaders needed to increase the population’s “perceived level of personal threat.”

SPI-B, according to ''The Telegraph'', is a subcommittee that advises the British government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). In one damning example of their unethical use of fear, the subcommittee said in March 2020 that “a substantial number of people still do not feel sufficiently personally threatened” by COVID-19 and that British leaders needed to increase the population's “perceived level of personal threat.”

“In March [2020] the Government was very worried about compliance and they thought people wouldn’t want to be locked down,” one SPI-B member told Dodsworth. “There were discussions about fear being needed to encourage compliance, and decisions were made about how to ramp up the fear. The way we have used fear is dystopian.”<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/british-scientists-say-that-totalitarian-and-unethical-covid-19-response-used-fear-to-control-peoples-behavior/</ref>

“In March [2020] the Government was very worried about compliance and they thought people wouldn’t want to be locked down,” one SPI-B member told Dodsworth. “There were discussions about fear being needed to encourage compliance, and decisions were made about how to ramp up the fear. The way we have used fear is dystopian.”<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/british-scientists-say-that-totalitarian-and-unethical-covid-19-response-used-fear-to-control-peoples-behavior/</ref>

[[File:Social distancing arrest.PNG|right|300px|thumb|"I can't breathe!"  Arresting officer kneeling on the neck of the victim who allegedly violated fascist social distancing mandates.<ref>https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/coronavirus-blog/2020/05/06/controversial-social-distancing-arrest</ref>]]

[[File:Social distancing arrest.PNG|right|300px|thumb|"I can't breathe!"  Arresting officer kneeling on the neck of the victim who allegedly violated fascist social distancing mandates.<ref>https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/coronavirus-blog/2020/05/06/controversial-social-distancing-arrest</ref>]]

{{See also|Social distancing}}

{{See also|Social distancing}}

Former [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb claimed “nobody knows” where the six feet of social distancing separation recommendation came from.  On an interview with CBS’s ''Face The Nation'', Gottlieb indicated the rule was arbitrary and not necessarily based on [[science]].  “Nobody knows where it came from. Most people assume that the six feet of distance, the recommendation for keeping six feet apart, comes out of some old studies related to [[flu]], where droplets don’t travel more than six feet.”   

Former [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb claimed “nobody knows” where the six feet of social distancing separation recommendation came from.  On an interview with CBS's ''Face The Nation'', Gottlieb indicated the rule was arbitrary and not necessarily based on [[science]].  “Nobody knows where it came from. Most people assume that the six feet of distance, the recommendation for keeping six feet apart, comes out of some old studies related to [[flu]], where droplets don’t travel more than six feet.”   

“When it became three feet, the basis for the CDC’s decision to ultimately revise it from six to three feet was a study that they conducted the prior fall [2019],” he explained. “So they changed it in the spring [2020].”<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/former-fda-chief-nobody-knows-where-six-feet-of-social-distancing-requirement-came-from/</ref>

“When it became three feet, the basis for the CDC’s decision to ultimately revise it from six to three feet was a study that they conducted the prior fall [2019],” he explained. “So they changed it in the spring [2020].”<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/former-fda-chief-nobody-knows-where-six-feet-of-social-distancing-requirement-came-from/</ref>