[ExI] [Extropolis] tuberculosis

[William Flynn Wallace]

Does anyone know if walking around in public with a deadly and infectious
disease is illegal?  If not, how can they hold her in jail?  bill w

On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 7:06 AM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 4:52 PM William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Perhaps you have seen the story:  they finally caught up with a women
>> who has acuteTB and has refused treatment.  She was jailed for 45 days. I
>> will assume, awaiting your comments, that this is wrong according to
>> libertarian principles which include not being a harm to others. But
>> should she be held down and antibiotics forced on her?
>>
>
> I don't know the details of the story you're referring to but it sounds
> like a modern day version of Typhoid Mary. In general I think it makes a
> big difference if the disease in question is contagious or not. If the
> disease is not contagious then she certainly should *NOT* be forced to
> take the cure. But if it is contagious, as tuberculosis is, then the answer
> is more complicated. If she has the financial resources to put herself in
> isolation for the rest of her life then she should not be forced to take
> the cure, but if she does not have that much money then other people should
> not be forced to pay the cash needed in order to keep a fool safe. So she
> should be given a choice, either take an injection of penicillin or take an
> injection of cyanide.
>
> John K Clark
>
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