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Your liberty to swing your fist ends just where my nose begins.



Your kinda arguing my liberty ends when I catch a cold that scares you…

You see the problem?

Indefinitely detaining people without proving they hurt someone is not really something that’s supposed to be done.

In this case; there was no evidence presented that they spread TB. There are 13 million people with TB in the US and the vast vast majority aren’t undergoing treatment nor are they detained. It’s often in a dormant form, but even when it isn’t many many people go untreated.

This is why this case is a bit … much? I do get she had a trial, so there was due process, but im criticizing the judge here because the facts don’t back the judgement


Are you really arguing that an active TB infection isn't transmittable? TB is in fact the cause of 2.3% of all deaths worldwide.


Yes he is. He is and it's frightening.


TB is quite a bit more than just "a cold that scares us".

How many people do you want her to have the opportunity to infect while we wait for definitive proof that she was the source of infecting at least one of them?

> im criticizing the judge here because the facts don’t back the judgement

BS. Your false belief that TB isn't infectious and deadly is distorting your view of the judge and his ruling. You're wrong; the judge and the epidemiologists are right.


When someone's carelessness and disregard becomes a danger to others, yes. The mindset that TB isn't transmissible or a significant threat, when carrying it, yes that person is a threat to others. Continue dismissing, but it's a foolish take.




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