When the Apollo 11 astronauts returned from the Moon, we put them in quarantine for a month or so, just in case they brought back from the surface of the Moon some hitherto unknown and incurable bacterial or viral organisms.
When I ponder upon the history of AIDS in this country and the world I always remember that cautionary quarantine. Had those three men brought back some disease of the magnitude of HIV, what would we have done with them? Gassed them, then incinerated the quarantine trailer? I wonder.
AIDS has been a tragedy of biblical proportion. It is also a public health issue that has been, from the start, horribly mis-managed. It seems that it still is.
Mis-managed is one way to describe public health policy on Aids in this country. Criminal negligence is another.
If this had been a disease that primarily affected hunters, nascar drivers, or conservative talk show hosts etc. etc.; their would have been cry from the liberal media, holywood crowd and democrats that they be quarantined for the good of the masses. Why haven't we heard not a hint of quarantine about this highly contagious and deadly disease? As for these nuts (bug-chasers) I say it sounds like a good thing for you to do. It's too bad the tax payers will have to pay for it though.
By the way Shawn Hannity had the author of the article on his show today.