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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Dec-2021 20:11:09 EST GeniusMusing
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   WTAF?
   
   Missouri Ditches Covid-19 Measures After Court Ruling, Cease-And-Desist from Attorney General
   https://gizmodo.com/missouri-ditches-covid-19-measures-after-court-ruling-1848202938
   
   >Multiple health departments in Missouri have abandoned most or all of their covid-19 tracking and prevention work after a recent court ruling stripped state and local public health agencies of their powers to establish disease prevention measures.
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   >On Dec. 7, Missouri state attorney general Eric Schmitt issued cease-and-desist letters to local public health departments and school districts across the state that cited the court decision—which ruled the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or DHSS, can’t create and enforce health orders such as mask mandates and quarantine orders—and instructed these institutions to “stop enforcing and publicizing any such orders immediately.”
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   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Dec-2021 20:19:52 EST lnxw48a1

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      I'm surprised it wasn't appealed. Even though the state capital is in Cole County, there's got to be a state supreme court.
      
      In the meantime, I suspect that #GD1 and #GD2 will continue to be home schooled because of such idiocy. I know it is still a few years away, but I will recommend the same for #GS3 and #GS4 when they approach school age.
   2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Dec-2021 20:27:36 EST lnxw48a1

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      I did add "read the #MO state constitution" to my list because of this ruling. Because it doesn't make sense that the health department is not allowed to create and enforce regulations pertaining to health.
      
      I know the ruling said something about unelected bureaucrats making these decisions. I don't see how their constitution allows them to create health departments, but not for the health departments to do their jobs.