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Comment author: Lumifer 01 October 2014 04:33:53PM 4 points [-]

Yes it is imprisonment, however the term is misleading because it implies the quality of life isn't better than US prisons.

"Imprisonment" is about lack of freedom, not about quality of life. A luxurious prison is still a prison.

what do you think happens to people who have some strains of drug resistant tuberculosis?

Um, nothing? These people are mostly homeless and have developed MDR TB precisely because they do not stay at a medical facility (and take the prescribed antibiotics) long enough to actually kill the TB. I am sure that in some cases they are quarantined, but I don't know if that happens in the majority of cases.

It's also a different case because TB resolves quickly (compared to HIV) -- you either die or you respond to the last-line antibiotics.

Comment author: Azathoth123 02 October 2014 01:28:05AM 3 points [-]

It's also a different case because TB resolves quickly (compared to HIV)

During the time period under discussion AIDS also resolved quickly.

Comment author: Lumifer 02 October 2014 02:44:03PM 3 points [-]

Not really. AIDS resolved quickly, HIV-positive status did not.

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