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The molecular typing confirms only that through the trade in live cattle, an East African type A strain was introduced, which was not contained at the quarantine station. Gonzales was Cuban, and her home also served as the Gulf Coast headquarters for Cuban insurgents who smuggled people and contraband between the United States and Havana, surreptitiously avoiding both the nearby Ship Island quarantine station and the Spanish authorities. Bush has signed an executive order triggering a 1917-era law that hands the Feds the power to appoint quarantine officers, create quarantine stations, and detain Americans 'reasonably believed to be infected' with SARS [Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome]. |
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