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In 2010, the World Health Organization issued its own information note on biosecurity, stating that "The overarching goal of biosecurity is to prevent, control and/or manage risks to life and health," andechoing post-9/11 declarations about the need for global cooperation in the War on Terrorthat this goal can only be reached through "a harmonized and integrated biosecurity approach" based on "international standards."
What this predictably bland language obscures is the way that "biosecurity" is used to invoke emergency powers and install new security procedures. Just as the Homeland Security paradigm used the presumed threat of terrorism as an excuse to curtail civil liberties, so, too, does the biosecurity paradigm use presumed threats to public health as an excuse to curtail civil liberties.
NARRATOR: Chinese police officers are also seen in another disturbing video nailing in wooden planks to block the front door of an apartment with people inside who had just returned home from Wuhan. Afterwards, officials are seen staking a red sign beside the front door which reads: "The people in this house have just returned from Wuhan. Don't be in contact with them. The poor people inside are heard desperately screaming, "Open the door!"
MIKE AMOR: Melbourne is in full lockdown tonight as historic stage four restrictions take effect, forcing entire industries and shopping precincts to close. Health officials say it's the only option to stop the second wave and we'd be looking at twenty thousand cases if we hadn't shut down.
SOURCE: Coronavirus: Melbourne left desolate as stage 4 lockdown begins | 7NEWS
WOMAN: Can you, like, record this? I'm in my pajamas. I have an ultrasound in an hour.
MAN: Yeah, she's pregnant, so . . .
POLICE OFFICER: Take it easy.
MAN: What's this about?
WOMAN: But I have an ultrasound in an hour.
POLICE OFFICER: Let me finish and I'll explain. It's in relation to a facebook post, in relation to lockdown protests you put on for Saturday.
WOMAN: Yeah, and I wasn't breaking any laws by doing that.
POLICE OFFICER: You are, actually. You are breaking the law. That's why I'm arresting you.
WOMAN: In front of my children?
MAN: How can you arrest her? That's
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