Cook County judge: Health officials ordering quarantine must respect constitutional rights, prove medical basis – Cook County Record

In what may be the first decision of its kind in Cook County’s courts since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Cook County judge has struck down an effort by Cook County health officials to require a public school student to quarantine for 10 days, simply because the child may have been exposed to someone who later tested positive for COVID.

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