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0 pointsrobertk8y ago0 comments

That sounds like killing the poor but with extra steps.

Or the South Side of Chicago.

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> That sounds like killing the poor but with extra steps.

Doing quarantine does not kill the disease agent. That is not what quarantine is for. Quarantine is for preventing the further spread of the disease agent.

For killing the disease (agent) there is the immune system or drugs such as antibiotics or virostatic agents.

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wolfgke8y ago

> That sounds like killing the poor but with extra steps.

Doing quarantine does not kill the disease agent. That is not what quarantine is for. Quarantine is for preventing the further spread of the disease agent.

For killing the disease (agent) there is the immune system or drugs such as antibiotics or virostatic agents.

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