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Why did this take so long? I'm 100% in favor of people refusing medical care that affects only them, but if you have some significant disease that's a populatio
by ALittleLight 3y ago
Why did this take so long? I'm 100% in favor of people refusing medical care that affects only them, but if you have some significant disease that's a population level threat - your choices should be accepting treatment or MAID.
Related, was this infection actually a significant threat? I ask because the woman seems to have been in public and not taking precautions for over a year - did she infect anyone? Why not?
If the infection was a serious threat, then the medical and court systems have failed by allowing her to be in public for over a year. If the infection was not a significant threat then NPR has failed by reporting it as if it were.
- amluto 3y ago> Related, was this infection actually a significant threat? Good question. Tuberculosis is weird. The CDC estimates that 13M Americans have latent infections. Asymptomatic people are only tested in the US under special circumstances. As far as I know, no widespread surveillance or treatment program exists. And yet the actual burden of disease caused by TB in the US seems quite low.
- qingcharles 3y agoThe only population that is probably tested routinely are those entering jails and prisons (in the USA), where testing is near 100% as you don't want to let someone into such a crowded situation who is potentially infected.
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