Question

Say the epa discovers that a lake is contaminated by a bacteria that will kill people who swim in it, but they have no time to alert the public. they prevent people from getting to the lake until they can get the word out.

Answer 1

I believe, this would be an example of: Weak paternalism
Weak paternalism refers to the effort that made to prevent self-harming activity that created ONLY as a temporary measure before they could establish the primary strong intervention. This type of paternalism often conducted if there is not enough time to quickly establish the strong intervention.