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> "We assess that balance between restricting somebody’s liberty and protecting the health of the community. We also want to make sure that we have time for the

> "We assess that balance between restricting somebody’s liberty and protecting the health of the community. We also want to make sure that we have time for the person to comply and try lots of different options that are short of requiring somebody to be detained," he added. "Incarceration detention is the very, very last option that we want to take and we don’t do that lightly. But occasionally that becomes necessary if there is a risk to the public." Also, as noted in the article: she went to the ER complaining of chest pain, knew she was TB positive, and did not tell anyone. She was a passenger in a car while sick with both TB and COVID. She's not disobeying because she doesn't have a support system. She's disobeying because she's a selfish asshole. Why after a year of her clearly being a plague rat the court is only just getting to threatening her with electronic monitoring or confinement is beyond me. She should have been given a court order, and then upon failing to follow it, involuntarily confined until she submitted to treatment. I am completely exhausted by our government's nearly endless toleration of people spreading highly contagious diseases.

vuln 4y ago
I'll at least play devils advocate. Due to lack of information about the individual I wonder if language is a barrier. If their reasoning behind not seeking treatment is due to historical systemic racism within the medical community. Perhaps is a financial decision like others have stated. From the documents we can see she is ordered to confine to "her residence" but according to the documents that location changed many times. Which leads me to believe this person may be without a home. The government can deem a shelter as her residence. Should she quarantine there or with family members or friends? I believe there is a lot of nuance to these situations which may be why the state government has treaded lightly.
dTal 4y ago
>She's not disobeying because she doesn't have a support system. She's disobeying because she's a selfish asshole. That might be satisfying to say, but it doesn't really solve anything on a systemic level. I think it's worth exploring how people become selfish assholes. I strongly suspect that a lack of trust in society, stemming from being repeatedly fucked over, is a primary cause. You can't expect people to show loyalty to a society that makes no secret of the fact it doesn't care about them. I'm not implying anything in particular about this case. I'm just encouraging you, in the most general terms, not to let your thoughts terminate there, and to keep pulling on that "root cause" string.

vuln 4y ago

I'll at least play devils advocate. Due to lack of information about the individual I wonder if language is a barrier. If their reasoning behind not seeking treatment is due to historical systemic racism within the medical community. Perhaps is a financial decision like others have stated. From the documents we can see she is ordered to confine to "her residence" but according to the documents that location changed many times. Which leads me to believe this person may be without a home. The government can deem a shelter as her residence. Should she quarantine there or with family members or friends? I believe there is a lot of nuance to these situations which may be why the state government has treaded lightly.

dTal 4y ago

>She's not disobeying because she doesn't have a support system. She's disobeying because she's a selfish asshole. That might be satisfying to say, but it doesn't really solve anything on a systemic level. I think it's worth exploring how people become selfish assholes. I strongly suspect that a lack of trust in society, stemming from being repeatedly fucked over, is a primary cause. You can't expect people to show loyalty to a society that makes no secret of the fact it doesn't care about them. I'm not implying anything in particular about this case. I'm just encouraging you, in the most general terms, not to let your thoughts terminate there, and to keep pulling on that "root cause" string.