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Re:US woman has walked around with untreated TB for over a y... by suprjami on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:29PM (#34686711)
Did you even read the first paragraph?

> A woman in Washington state is facing electronic home monitoring and possible jail time after spending the past year willfully violating multiple court orders to have her active, contagious case of tuberculosis treated and to stay in isolation while doing so.

This isn't some unfortunate incurable disease. This is someone wilfully endangering others for no good reason and disobeying a reasonable legal order not to do that.

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Re:US woman has walked around with untreated TB for over a y... by jojobas on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:36PM (#34686797)
The article doesn't seem to touch it, could it be that she couldn't afford to stay at home and get treatment?
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Re:US woman has walked around with untreated TB for over a y... by notch898a on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:34PM (#34686780)
I don't think dictating other people's health care is reasonable. At least give the option of exile so she can live her life in the outdoors with the disease if she likes.
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Re:US woman has walked around with untreated TB for over a y... by themitigating on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:45PM (#34686903)
By not dictating her health care you are potentially dictating other's health.

Insert quote about freedom and noses

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Re:US woman has walked around with untreated TB for over a y... by maxerickson on Monday February 06, 2023 @08:04PM (#34687072)
Exile to where exactly?

And what do you do when they violate the terms of the exile (which seems likely enough in this case)?

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Re:US woman has walked around with untreated TB for over a y... by notch898a on Monday February 06, 2023 @08:11PM (#34687139)
Something like swain's island or baker island. I guess worst case you could go back to the other options if they escaped. Swain's is technically outside of the immigration controls of most of the US so you'd be committing another crime to re-enter without presenting to immigration anyway.
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Re:US woman has walked around with untreated TB for over a y... by genewitch on Monday February 06, 2023 @08:47PM (#34687455)
new mexico, nevada, utah, colorado, texas...
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Re:US woman has walked around with untreated TB for over a y... by maxerickson on Monday February 06, 2023 @10:53PM (#34688548)
How is that exile when there are no border controls?
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