The way to protect yourself in that case is to not to live next to rental property.
However, if such an event were to occur, I would investigate, be cautious, warn my kids and take necessary actions if that person acted in a manner that concerned me.
But, I would not advocate laws that dictate to the landlord who he must rent to and who he cannot rent to.
Only good thing about the sex offendor is you can lock your doors.
If he sneezes near you as you are leaving you probably won’t die.
Both situations would suck.
Ebola is a whole nuther can of worms though. I would be very afraid if I were their neighbors. Hell, I live a couple thousand miles away and I’m afraid.
The thing is-they keep turnong all these people loose who were exposed. They were exposed to all manner of bodily fluid that is a certainty. In a very confined space. If that is true they are almost certain to be infected shortly.
Would you like to live next door to ebola victims? Don’t talk about property rights unless you’d be willing to live next door. Do the airline owners have a “right” to fly these people all over the world on their planes when doing so could spread the disease all over the earth?
This ebola thing is one area where we do have to act for the hated “common good”.