‘COVID 2.0’: Lawmakers push back on sweeping health 'police power' in key battleground state

Pennsylvania lawmakers are warning that proposed changes to the state’s public health rules could usher in "COVID 2.0," giving health officials sweeping "police power" over residents during future disease outbreaks.

Lawmakers opposing Pennsylvania's planned 502-page rewrite of state health code rules are urging the public to submit comments before the deadline, warning the proposal could serve as a roadmap to unfettered and intrusive restrictions and surveillance efforts, including the reported...