cordon sanitaire is set up to contain an infectious virus in Atlanta, Georgia. In the 2019 novel The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker, the fictional California town of Santa Lora is placed under cordon sanitaire due to a sleeping sickness that infects its residents. See also Buffer zone Curfew Isolation (health care) Protective sequestration Quarantine Social distancing References Epidemics Infectious diseases Quarantine Public health Prevention