If people let their government get away with this then they are going to pay a heftier price than they realize in the long run. First of all this is just a stepping stone to more restrictions. And what if they decide cancer is a health emergency since almost all cancers have a microbial origin. And cancer has killed more people than all the flu strains ever combined.
If they really want to protect the public health then why don't they outlaw the biggest killer of people? Pharmaceutical drugs, tobacco and alcohol? Of course they are not going to outlaw these because killing people for profit is considered a good thing by our government!