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Legal Interventions to Counter COVID-19 Denialism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2022

James G. Hodge Jr. ,
Jennifer L. Piatt  and
Leila Barraza
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Abstract

A series of denialist state laws thwart efficacious public health emergency response efforts despite escalating impacts of the spread of the Delta variant during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords

COVID-19 DenialismLegal ChallengesConstitutional PrinciplesPreemptionLiability
Type
Columns: Public Health and the Law
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 49 , Issue 4: First Amendment Values in Health Care , Winter 2021 , pp. 677 - 682
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© 2021 The Author(s)

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About This Column

James G. Hodge, Jr., J.D., LL.M., serves as the section editor for Public Health and the Law. He is the Peter Kiewit Foundation Professor of Law and Director, Center for Public Health Law and Policy, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University (ASU).

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