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by olliej 1109 days ago
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.