# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [February 11, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758 "2020-02-11T01:16:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/902 "2020-03-15T02:45:05Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> This is flat out illegal in at least some states, and some district attorneys are starting to take notice.

A second thought on price gouging by those on-line entrepreneurs: If they are selling stuff across state lines (which they are), do the states have any authority to regulate it?

Is this something that only Congress can crack down on, under the Commerce Clause?

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