Damn, people, have some compassion.


"He said sheriff's deputies will not let him take a shower - he cleans himself with wet wipes - and have taken away his television, radio, personal phone and computer. His only visitors are masked medical staff members who come in to give him his medication."

"He said that he lost 50 pounds and was constantly coughing and that authorities locked him up after they discovered he had walked into a convenience store without a mask"

"Where I come from, the doctors don't wear masks," he said. "Plus, I was 26 years old, you know. Nobody told me how TB works and stuff."

I understand the threat for public safety, but this is outragous. If someone must be confined, then at the very least they should be made as comfortable as possible. Depriving this man of communication with the outside world, and entertainment seems cruel to me.
And while not wearing a mask was careless and negligent, maybe he really didn't know better. How would you feel if you were told you could never go out in public without wearing a mask that makes you look like a freak. I can understand that mistake.
I really think its wrong to be treating someone worse than some prisoners simply because he has a disease. They could be treating him a lot better. The house arrest someone suggested isn't a bad idea if he agrees to it, although there is no perfect solution to this kind of ethical dillemma.