From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Fri Apr 11 2003 - 07:38:26 MDT
The NY Times is discussing the merit and attitudes towards
quarantines of people exposed to SARS.
April 11, 2003
Hong Kong Officials Resist Wide Quarantine for Mystery Illness
By KEITH BRADSHER
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/11/science/sciencespecial/11QUAR.html?pagewanted=print
I'm a bit surprised there hasn't been more discussion about
this on the list. Quarantines obviously run counter to libertarian
philosophy. After all -- governments effectively "imprisoning"
people??? But at the same time its hard to be a libertarian
if one ends up dead from exposure to the latest "nouveaux"
disease.
Also worth noting is that the SARS death toll seems to be running
about neck and neck with the "coalition" forces death toll in the
Iraqi Freedom war (IFW). But given a doubling time of ~15 days (at
least in recent weeks) one has to wonder *when* will the death toll
from SARS surpass the entire death toll in the IFW?
Robert
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