http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580 If someone is diagnosed with a particularly contagious and deadly disease, it only makes sense to separate them from the general population as much as possible.  But you're dealing with a sick person, not a criminal,  So shouldn't they be treated as humanely as possible?  That question is being answered now in Phoenix, Arizona where a 27-year-old <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/04/03/tuberculosis.confinement.ap/index.html">man with tuberculosis is staring at a future</a> de en-us Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:19:08 EST Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:54:39 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#15 I'm trying, but nothing seems to work. Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:54:39 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#14 Does anybody wonder if the loss of all of the hospital amenities could be due not to some grand policy on the part of the administration but rather the actions of a few (quite reasonably so) scared <beepless> guards? <p> I would imagine the brightest Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:23:05 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#13 <i>But the treatment of this prisoner is as if being sick was a crime.</i> <p> when being sick is a is crime, only criminals will be sick. Sat, 7 Apr 2007 16:26:03 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#12 Oh, that's actually Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, <a href="http://www.mcso.org/">America's toughest sheriff</a>.  The guy who likes to humiliate and degrade prisoners.  I guess he has no problem treating a guy with a communicable disease li Fri, 6 Apr 2007 16:15:16 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#11 <blockquote> Does anyone here think that someone who was fully integrated as part of his community -- a bill gates, or even a member here on TnT would be subject to the same treatment? If the society is going to restrict an individuals liberty for the reas Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:42:57 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#10 <br> Does anyone here think that someone who was fully integrated as part of his community -- a bill gates, or even a member here on TnT would be subject to the same treatment? If the society is going to restrict an individuals liberty for the reason the w Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:43:40 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#9 In the old days they had leper colonies, where sick and contagious people were quarantined.  <p> Can there be TB colonies that separate the sick with TB from general population?  I know we want to avoid a "typhoid Mary" situation, and this strain Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:42:31 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#8 rEv, if it spreads, maybe it can spread to YOU first so you can start the process of building an immunity to it.   Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:36:33 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#7 Well, if you want to be a pessimist about it... Fri, 6 Apr 2007 02:20:50 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#6 I understand the need for keeping him separated from the rest of society, but I find his treatment appalling.  I don't understand why not being allowed to shower or watch TV is relevant to keeping the strain of TB quarantined.  Does this new stra Thu, 5 Apr 2007 19:08:10 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#5 Obviously that should read: <p> <i>It is an age old question of morality -- the freedom of an individual versus the safety of the society. A rather similar question is considered in the old musical Brigadoon in which one desperate rebel wants to destroy Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:39:55 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#4 It is an age old question of morality -- the freedom of an individual versus A rather similar question is considered in the old musical <i>Brigadoon</i> in which one desperate rebel wants to destroy the magical town of Brigadoon by breaking the spell and r Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:19:06 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#3 Or..... if it spread the small part of the population that already has immunity to it will have to figure out how to deal with the mess of sick and dying people around them. Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:09:26 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#2 If the new virulent TB strain never spreads than we'll never develop immunity to it. Thu, 5 Apr 2007 17:48:47 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/4/3/163310/7580#1 with people being stupid with their own lives.<p> But when it starts to affect other people, that is a different story. If he was advised to wear a mask in public, but refused to, then to hell with him. I would have a problem with it had he been arbitraril Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:44:55 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/