Mississippi residents flouting the state’s newly imposed order for anyone infected with COVID-19 to isolate at home could face criminal charges and time behind bars. The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday issued an order (pdf), with immediate effect, requiring anyone infected with COVID-19, including those fully vaccinated, to isolate for 10 days at home or another “appropriate residential location.” “All persons residing in Mississippi must immediately home-isolate on first knowledge of infection with COVID-19,” State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs wrote in the “isolation order,” which notes two levels of potential punishment—one as a misdemeanor and the other as a felony. “The failure or refusal to obey the lawful order of a health officer is, at a minimum, a misdemeanor,” punishable by a $500 fine and/or six months in jail, Dobbs wrote in the order, adding that “if a life-threatening disease is involved,” the charges could rise to a …
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