NationStates Jolt Archive

Do you think it's fair, necessary, or do you think it's a violation of civil rights?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070530/ap_on_he_me/tuberculosis_infection;_ylt=AgqRir5aorog9rEaeGFcM5pI2ocA

Especially with the nature of the disease in question - I think it was necessary, since it appears that he can't understand how lethal he is, and in Italy, apparently violated his confinement there.

I believe that a combination of lethal transmitted disease and complete dumbass requires indefinite solitary confinement.

I'm surprised he's not being charged for flying back when explicitly told not to.

Civil rights end at exactly the point when their exercize would endanger other people.

Quarantine is an extreme measure, one that should be resorted to only in extreme cases. It is also the single most effective means to stop transmission of disease ever developed. In certain circumstances, such as this one, it is not only justified, but mandatory.

people still catch TB?

people still catch TB?

Yes.

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/tb.htm

people still catch TB?
yep, and due to botched courses of antibiotics it's becoming tougher to treat. Pretty rampant in Russian prisons (amongst other nasty diseases) for eg.

Yes.

pfft I've been vaccinated *licks patients* :)

people still catch TB?

It's a plot by badgers

pfft I've been vaccinated *licks patients* :)

BCG (live attenuated Mycobacterium bovis BCG) represents the only vaccine currently available against tuberculosis. It is the most widely administered of all vaccines in the WHO Expanded Programme for Immunization, but has been estimated to prevent only 5% of all potentially vaccine preventable deaths due to TB [The Children's Vaccine Initiative]. It has been shown to protect against disseminated and meningeal TB in young children, and to provide some protection against leprosy, but its efficacy in preventing adult pulmonary TB, which carries the major burden of morbidity and mortality from this disease, has varied dramatically in carefully conducted studies throughout the world - from 77% in the UK to 0% in Chingleput, India.

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/tuberculosis/tbvaccine.htm

It's a plot by badgers

There's no other explanation. In fact, this man must be working for the badgers!

There's no other explanation. In fact, this man must be working for the badgers!

We must warn the world before it is too late.

We must warn the world before it is too late.

What eats badgers and how many can we get in 5 minutes?

He should be isolated, and provided proper medical treatment. He also should probably be charged with endangering others needlesly.

pfft I've been vaccinated *licks patients* :)

:eek: EW!! You don't know where that's been!

:eek: EW!! You don't know where that's been!

if its been in quarantine I do :p

if its been in quarantine I do :p

Even still.. ick! Didn't your mother tell you not to put those unholy things in your mouth? ;)