>The sickness prevented him from seeing parts of Syria, but he still found a cause to laugh: It was “a good excuse to lie there on that wide divan and take an honest rest.” He recovered, and the trip continued.

All in all, cholera doesn't sound that bad according to this.

The problem is, at this day and age, any editorial choice seems to have a political angle. From this particular organization, that angle will be conservative at best.

Maybe the world is making me paranoid. Maybe not everyone has an agenda in media and politics. But I genuinely believe this type of article is meant to further a larger message. This one is 'quarantine = bad and breaking the quarantine = good'. It's subtle, but it's there.