Newly debated products of the War on COVID-19 are the state mandates, including stay at home orders, closing businesses that government officials don’t deem “essential”, and requiring masking. Assess these mandates on the trade-off between safety or security and civil rights. Have these mandates been effective, equitable, and ethical? Have governors overstepped their executive order authorities? Stay on the topic of the discussion. This week, that is analysis of the mandates created for the War on COVID-19.