Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[seabass]

>>>When you think about it, AIDS is a far deadlier disease than TB and far more easily contagious to others, but you never hear of anyone being quarantined for AIDS.<<<


One of us is hopelessly misinformed here and I'm afraid it's you although I'm always ready to stand corrected.

Last I heard AIDS is ONLY spread through intimate contact while the TB germ is airborne and spreads much like the common cold. In other words, you can travel aboard an airplane full of AIDS patients with zero risk to your health so long as you refrain from sexual or intimate contact with the passengers. ONE single TB infected person on the other hand could theoretically infect an entire plane load of passengers simply by taking periodic strolls through the cabin, coughing while others are breathing. Making which disease more easily contagious? By the way......the TB strain carried by the guy now quarantined has a fatality rate of between 33% and 50% from the reports I've read.