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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone with the disease can't control when the symptoms hit. That's the issue for a lot of folk

Can't hold these people legally. That's a fact. They are selfish as hell though, and I hope they are seen that way by the public.

Lying is beyond the pale[/quote]

No that's not a fact. Legally, you CAN hold these people.  Whether you should is a medical and policy question. [/quote]

What law can you hold them under?[/quote]

Federally, the us Public Health Service act.  States can hold them under general common law which allows states to regulate public health and safety. [/quote]

Only if they are actually sick[/quote]

Read the statute before you say that.  That's not the case.  You can hold them based on exposure to disease.  Not saying in this particular case you *should* -- that's a separate question.  But legally, totally kosher.[/quote]

If she wore proper equipment, she was not exposed either - rather, one dan't prove she was. I think she should quarantine, but there's a reason why she is not being held. Now, were there travel restrictions in place, one can put it as part of the legal contract[/quote]

Again, what you're saying is not based in law.  Also, we know people with proper equipment were exposed while treating patients in W.A. [/quote]

You are incorrect in the way you are interpreting this. Show me the specific law that says we can quarantine someone who trated an infectious patient, if that person doesn't have the disease [/quote]

No I'm not.  It has been done before.  Of course no law is written that specifically, but they have been interpreted to include exposures to disease during the incubation period.  For example, in meningitis and tuberculosis circumstances.  Show me anything that contradicts that.  [/quote]

PP, don't bother with the argument. Someobody demanding that there be a specific state law allowing quarantine under these specific circumstances is clearly not a lawyer, or if they are, are not a very good one. [/quote]

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