[erickf1]

It is a terrible thing for individuals to face imprisonment due to their unwillingness to accept pharmaceuticals being administered to them without their consent. This situation represents a significant abuse of power by both the government and the medical community. This abuse of power will certainly spill into many areas of peoples lives, one of which, consequently, people will develop a profound fear of seeking medical assistance, akin to the fear experienced during World War 1/2.

[olliej]

She's not in custody because she refused treatment. She's in custody because she was not willing to stay away from other people despite carrying tuberculosis.

Despite being aware she had tuberculosis, and being told that she had to isolate she was seen using public transport, going to casinos, traveling in cars with others, etc.

We know about the last one because she got in a car wreck, and then she failed to tell the first responders she had tuberculosis, and then she was taken to an ER, where she didn't tell the doctors there she had TB either. They were trying to work out why her lungs were F'd despite her knowing exactly why, and intentionally putting everyone there at risk.

So don't put this down as "unwillingness to accept pharmaceuticals being administered to them without their consent". If you have a contagious disease you can either:

  * Get treated
  * Isolate indefinitely

Anything else means you've decided your personal freedom is more important than the life or freedom of everyone else.

[mjh2539]

When someone who has a highly contagious and potentially fatal disease (with significant sequelae if you happen to catch it and survive) refuses treatment or an order detaining them at their home, it is in the interest of the common good to either isolate them, or if that is not socially feasible, forcibly treat them.

[piloto_ciego]

Are you on crack? She could kill others by spreading it.

Your rights end when you start putting others at risk. It’s the same reason you can’t get hammered and go drive or build a nuclear reactor in your potting shed without a permit.

[friend_and_foe]

She wasn't forced treatment, she refused to self isolate after declining treatment.

To me it's akin to getting diagnosed with HIV and going out having sex with people. TB is no joke.