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.
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.