Quarantines: Between Precaution and Necessity. A Look at COVID-19

摘要: The events surrounding COVID-19, combined with the mandatory quarantines widely imposed in Asia and Europe since virus outbreak, have reignited discussion of balance between individual rights liberties public health during epidemics pandemics This article analyses this issue from perspectives precaution necessity There is a difficult relationship these two seemingly opposite principles, both which are frequently invoked domain Although precautionary principle (PP) encourages use quarantines, including associated restrictive measures, (PN) puts break on such measures COVID-19 pandemic reveals once again different interrelations principles However, alleged conflict PN PP based superficial analysis relation far more complex, as will demonstrate