History Main / QuarantineWithExtremePrejudice

* Standard operating procedure and the very reason for the existence of [[ArmiesAreEvil BlackWatch]] from Prototype. The Web of Intrigue indicates they had done this to innumerable towns prior the game and the very game itself takes place within a quarantined Manhattan.
* In the prologue of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', a soldier holds Joel and Sarah at gunpoint as they try to escape the Infected-overrun city. The soldier confers with his CO over the radio over the pair of civilians... and then reluctantly opens fire. The suggestion being that the military is gunning down ''everyone'' fleeing the city, as this is when the Infection was brand-new, everyone was panicked, and they didn't have reliable ways of detecting {{Zombie Infectee}}s just yet.

* ''Film/ResidentEvil'' series. In ''Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse'', Umbrella Corporation decides to quarantine Raccoon City as the T-Virus escapes the Hive. As a priority, they evacuate Umbrella [=VIPs=] when the zombies reach the blockade, they start shooting everything in sight.

* In the LostFleet series, the fleet charged with isolating the moon Europa and the engineered disease accidentally created on it have standing orders to destroy any ship that lands on the moon so it can't take off if they can't prevent it from landing. If the quarantine is broken and a ship does make it off and gets back to Earth or the the colonies on Mars, the fleet is to destroy everything man-made in the solar system that could possibly take the virus elsewhere, annihilate all life on Mars and on Earth, and then hurl itself into the sun.

** And this practice eventually gave us the word used to describe it, from the Italian phrase Italian ''quaranta giorni'', forty days.

* Standard operating procedure and the very reason for the existence of [[ArmiesAreEvil BlackWatch]] from Prototype. The Web of Intrigue indicates they had done this too innumerable towns prior the game and the very game itself takes place within a quarantined Manhattan.

SubTrope of GodzillaThreshold. Compare TheOnlyWayToBeSure, in which the entire population in the quarantined area is eliminated, as opposed to only those who are trying to escape.

* In the prologue of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', a soldier holds Joel and Sarah at gunpoint as they try to escape the Infected-overrun city. The soldier confers with his CO over the radio over the pair of civilians... and then reluctantly opens fire. The suggestion being that the military is gunning down ''everyone'' fleeing the city, as this is when the Infection was brand-new, everyone was panicked, and they didn't have reliable ways of detecting ZombieInfectees just yet.

There has been an outbreak of ThePlague. Despite any quarantine protocols and manouvers made to combat the spread of the disease, it's broken through every blockade, barrier and checkpoint. Curfews and emergency broadcasts are initiated. Carriers are mixing with the general population, and the breakdown of society is imminent.

* Standard operating procedure and the very reason for the existence of BlackWatch from ''Videogame/Prototype''. The Web of Intrigue indicates they had done this too innumerable towns prior the game and very game itself takes place within a Manhattan that rapidly gets quarantined by them.

* The entirety of Manhattan Island is made into a prison in ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', and thousands of convicts run around among the ruins preying upon each other. The opening scene shows a few convicts trying to circumvent the wall on a raft. A gunship helicopter spotlights them and issues one warning to turn back. When the response is unsatisfactory, the men and their raft are liquified by gunfire.

* In 2014, a politician suggested this method of handling any case of Ebola discovered on American soil or elsewhere. His ExactWords as tweeted: "People with Ebola need to be humanely put down immediately. The protocol for a positive Ebola test should be immediate humane execution and sanitization of the whole area. That will save lives. It's mathematical. Do whatever saves the most lives. But here's a fact: treating Ebola patients kills more innocent people. There's just no other way with Ebola. We need to be napalming villages from the air right now." %%'''The politician and his party are omitted INTENTIONALLY, to avoid FlameWars.''' Anyone who wants to look up the quote has the means to do so.%%

* ''Film/{{Outbreak}}'' has the U.S. military using this option to stop the disease, culminating with blowing up the town with a massive blockbuster. Played with because the GeneralRipper behind the quarantine wants the disease as a bio-weapon and this cannot be done if its publically known that there is a cure.

* Both ''Film/{{REC}}'' and it's American remake ''Film/{{Quarantine}}'' have a zombie-infested apartment which is quickly barricaded by heavily armed cops.

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* This happes in ''Film/TwentyEightWeeksLater'' after the infection gets back into the public.

* Both {{REC}} and it's American remake {{Quarantine}} have a zombie-infested apartment which is quickly barricaded by heavily armed cops.

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* In ''Series/StargateSG1'', whenever the SG-C is infected by a plague of alien origin, General Hammond phones his superiors to request a quarantine by outside troops, with orders to shoot on sight and burn the bodies.

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* In 2014, a politician suggested this method of handling any case of Ebola discovered on American soil or elsewhere. His ExactWords as tweeted: "People with Ebola need to be humanely put down immediately. The protocol for a positive Ebola test should be immediate humane execution and sanitization of the whole area. That will save lives. It's mathematical. Do whatever saves the most lives. But here's a fact: treating Ebola patients kills more innocent people. There's just no other way with Ebola. We need to be napalming villages from the air right now." %%'''The politician and his party are omitted INTENTIONALLY, to avoid FlameWars.''' Anyone who wants to look up the quote has the means to do so.%%

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* In the backstory to ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' a bloodfire epidemic broke out on the Romulan planet Kevratas, and Praetor Taris ordered the navy to blockade the planet as a quarantine measure. However, General Tebok defied Taris' order to put down the subsequent revolt by force, starting a long-running power struggle that eventually led to Sela and the navy overthrowing Taris.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' has the town of Springfield quarantined because of excessive pollution by EPA chief Russ Cargill. When the Simpsons manage to escape, Cargill goes mad with power and requests armed guards to maintain quarantine, a top-class manhunt for the Simpsons, and plans to turn the whole town into a canyon-sized crater via nuke.

* In 2014, a politician suggested this method of handling any case of Ebola discovered on American soil. His ExactWords as tweeted: "People with Ebola need to be humanely put down immediately. The protocol for a positive Ebola test should be immediate humane execution and sanitization of the whole area. That will save lives. It's mathematical. Do whatever saves the most lives. But here's a fact: treating Ebola patients kills more innocent people. There's just no other way with Ebola. We need to be napalming villages from the air right now." %%'''The politician and his party are omitted INTENTIONALLY, to avoid FlameWars.''' Anyone who wants to look up the quote has the means to do so.%%

* In 2014, a politician suggested this method of handling any case of Ebola discovered on American soil. His ExactWords as tweeted: "People with Ebola need to be humanely put down immediately. The protocol for a positive Ebola test should be immediate humane execution and sanitization of the whole area. That will save lives. It's mathematical. Do whatever saves the most lives. But here's a fact: treating Ebola patients kills more innocent people." %%'''The politician and his party are omitted INTENTIONALLY, to avoid FlameWars.''' Anyone who wants to look up the quote has the means to do so.%%

* In 2014, a politician suggested this method of handling any case of Ebola discovered on American soil. His ExactWords as tweeted: "People with Ebola need to be humanely put down immediately. The protocol for a positive Ebola test should be immediate humane execution and sanitization of the whole area. That will save lives. It's mathematical. Do whatever saves the most lives. But here's a fact: treating Ebola patients kills more innocent people." %%I am intentionally not naming the politician or his party to avoid FlameWars.%%

* TheSimpsonsMovie has the town of Springfield quarantined because of excessive pollution by EPA chief Russ Cargill. When the Simpsons manage to escape, Cargill goes mad woth power and requests armed guards to maintain quarantine, a top-class manhunt for the Simpsons, and plans to tirn the whole town into a canyon-sized crater via nuke.