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(LifeSiteNews) — Tested positive for COVID-19? Failure to self-isolate could land you in prison if you live in Mississippi, according to an order put out by the state health officer on Friday.
Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs issued a statewide order August 20 threatening fines and prison time for COVID-positive Mississippians who fail to quarantine.
Mississippi has issued a COVID-19 isolation order that requires people who are infected with COVID-19 to self-isolate or face fines and possible jail time
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“All persons residing in Mississippi must immediately home-isolate on first knowledge of infection with COVID-19,” wrote Dobbs, who became the state’s health officer in 2018 and is an Associate Professor at the UMMC School of Population Health.
According to Dobbs, those who test positive for the virus must isolate at home “or [an]other appropriate residential location” for at least 10 days from the onset of symptoms or the reception of a positive test.
The order does not exempt those who have been “fully vaccinated” or who are asymptomatic.
While a negative COVID test
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