Quarantine is only accepted under he most dire circumstances. Hell, they didn't even quarantine people with AIDS and how many did that epidemic kill, millions?
It is the acceptance of corporate tyranny, that seems to becoming the norm in first world nations, which is truly alarming. Do people really understand what it would mean to have mandatory vaccinations? Not only would it not stop all cases of any of these diseases, but pharmaceutical companies would be falling over themselves to create more and more marginally effective vaccines to add to an already large list. And prices would go through the roof. Be careful not to make the prefect the enemy of the good.
Hell, they didn't even quarantine people with AIDS and how many did that epidemic kill, millions?
Exceptionally bad comparison. If I have measles, I can infect dozens of other people in a matter of days without realising it, by walking around, in places and situations in which these people have every expectation of not being at increased risk. Once I know I have measles, I know I am a walking dispensary of disease and can expect to infect other people just be walking around near them, sneezing and coughing and touching things. If I get quarantined (and don't die), a week or so later I'm clean.
If I have HIV, I cannot infect dozens of people by walking around with it. Other people would have to be exceptionally unlucky to catch it from me, or be deliberating engaging in known unsafe practices. If I know I have it, I could take a few extra precautions myself and have every expectation of never infecting anyone. If I get quarantined, I'm there until I die. Decades maybe. That's not quarantine; that's life without parole.
- people with AIDS who knowingly have unprotected sex often get convicted of manslaughte
- measles killed millions
- we already have "mandatory" vaccines -- you're theoretically required to have them to go to school. And yes, some have criticized the expansion of that list.
- but a much more common criticism of drug companies is that they're not researching vaccines and cures -- it's much more profitable to sell a pill that you take every day than it is to sell something that you take once a lifetime.
People have been prosecuted under various existing laws for intentionally or recklessly transmitting HIV, and new laws have been passed criminalizing such behavior:
It is the acceptance of corporate tyranny, that seems to becoming the norm in first world nations, which is truly alarming. Do people really understand what it would mean to have mandatory vaccinations? Not only would it not stop all cases of any of these diseases, but pharmaceutical companies would be falling over themselves to create more and more marginally effective vaccines to add to an already large list. And prices would go through the roof. Be careful not to make the prefect the enemy of the good.