Yes it is imprisonment, however the term is misleading because it implies the quality of life isn’t better than US prisons.
And this is why no it isn’t an euphemism, but the correct term. It is literally how a bunch of diseases where dealt with, pretty effectively, historically. How they still are occasionally dealt with, what do you think happens to people who have some strains of drug resistant tuberculosis?
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.
Yes it is imprisonment, however the term is misleading because it implies the quality of life isn’t better than US prisons.
And this is why no it isn’t an euphemism, but the correct term. It is literally how a bunch of diseases where dealt with, pretty effectively, historically. How they still are occasionally dealt with, what do you think happens to people who have some strains of drug resistant tuberculosis?
“Imprisonment” is about lack of freedom, not about quality of life. A luxurious prison is still a prison.
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.
During the time period under discussion AIDS also resolved quickly.
Not really. AIDS resolved quickly, HIV-positive status did not.
Hence the dangers of conflating the two.