From Michel Foucault's account of a 17th century "lockdown" in France.
Please stop opining about history without doing any research.
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Need a more recent example of how the state actively protected its citizens from contagion? Here's one from 1919 in New South Wales.
El Paso (TX) 1900.
San Francisco, 1900.
San Francisco, 1900.
San Francisco, 1900.
Philippines. 1900.
Texas. 1900.
New Orleans (LA) 1914.
Hawaii. 1900.
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