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Where would you deport them to? Whatever your answer, I can assure you that the people over there don’t want measles people either.
by gnu8 7y ago
Where would you deport them to? Whatever your answer, I can assure you that the people over there don’t want measles people either.
- overcast 7y agoI guess the answer is that it should be required by law then? You either get vaccinated, or you go into permanent quarantine until you do. I don't understand how in this case, the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many.
- ccallebs 7y agoI appreciate your desire to solve the problem, and I'm certainly pro-vaccination. However, I really don't want to set another precedent of allowing the state to permanently detain people because of perceived public danger (real or otherwise). Imagine if this kind of thinking prevailed in the HIV hysteria of the 80's/90's. It's relatively easy to follow this approach to its logical conclusion. When you order authoritarianism, it's very likely you'll get it. And not simply in the places you want it.
- overcast 7y agoThe HIV scenario is not equivalent. It was new, people were frightened and ignorant. There is no cure, no vaccination. Measles is a well understood disease that had been eradicated. Openly putting others at risk because of some nonsense belief should not be tolerated. Are you good with a HIV+ person knowingly infecting others because it's their right to refuse antiviral medication? Measles and other highly contagious diseases can infect large populations without anyone knowing before it's too late.
- ccallebs 7y agoI don't disagree with you and I trust you to make the distinction between the two things. However, I don't trust lawmakers/police/military to have the same sense of nuance.
- Nasrudith 7y agoNot saying it was proportionate but we had colonies for infectious back then. Of course we were also idiots who used it mostly for Hansen's disease instead of far more virulent diseases like Smallpox because lepers were way more marginalizable as opposed to something which can infect anyone. Although stubborn cases like Typhoid Mary also got the same treatment.