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> I’m highly skeptical of the science around TB because of cases like this. This is a legal / law-enforcement story. How does is possibly affect your views on
by khazhoux 3y ago
> I’m highly skeptical of the science around TB because of cases like this.
This is a legal / law-enforcement story. How does is possibly affect your views on the science.
> We have laws that let people commit suicide, we sell alcohol (a known toxin), and why do we care if someone’s sick and doesn’t want treatment?
None of those are communicable, as you know.
> To put another way, I like to the think of the government as “we the people”. Would I be willing to restrain someone at gun point for being sick? Nah, that’s crazy.
It really sounds like you're questioning the communicability of tuberculosis...
- lettergram 3y ago> This is a legal / law-enforcement story. How does is possibly affect your views on the science. No evidence of spread was presented. Meaning, although there’s claims this spreads easily, no one appears to have caught it in years? Unless there’s something weird going on, you’d think they’d be pointing out all the people she got sick
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoWe don't have to have evidence that she spread it to anyone to know that TB is easily spreadable and to know that she was doing things that can spread it. This is why we have laws against drunk driving, rather than waiting until after a drunk driver hits someone. For exactly the same reason, courts do have the right to order people confined when they present a serious risk of contagion, rather than first demanding proof of contagion.