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Kleinman:

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Percy, the point here is that people do things that are risky or dangerous to themselves or others. It might be a speeder on the road, the example of a promiscuous person passing a disease to an unknowing partner, or a woman with tuberculosis that engages in behavior that increases the risk of spreading the disease. How should you as an individual and the society as a whole respond to such behavior?

Percy:

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Society has already made that decision. Intentionally spreading dangerous contagious disease is a crime. Some jurisdictions have specific laws about intentionally spreading disease, others handle it under "assault and battery" statutes.

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Do you think that spreading HIV is a public health issue, not a crime?

Forest fires are a public issue, deliberately staring one is arson.HIV is a public Health issue, deliberately infecting someone is crime.During COVID there were criminals that threatened to spit in a police officer's face if they attempted to arrest them for drug dealing - whilst shouting that they had COVID. Some of them did. During the HIV panic they threatened to bite. It was used as a weapon.The law is all about intent, if you know you are infected with a dangerous disease and deliberately or recklessly set out to infect another you're guilty of a serious crime.

What part of "intentionally" don't you understand?--Percy

Kleinman:

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Do you think that spreading HIV is a public health issue, not a crime?

Tangle:

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Forest fires are a public issue, deliberately staring one is arson.
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HIV is a public Health issue, deliberately infecting someone is crime.
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During COVID there were criminals that threatened to spit in a police officer's face if they attempted to arrest them for drug dealing - whilst shouting that they had COVID. Some of them did. During the HIV panic they threatened to bite. It was used as a weapon.
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The law is all about intent, if you know you are infected with a dangerous disease and deliberately or recklessly set out to infect another you're guilty of a serious crime.

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Not everyone thinks the way you do. Again, the following quote is from this website, California’s HIV Transmission Laws: Updated 2020 - Pride Legal : Is a person that knowingly has HIV (or any other STD) that has sex with another person and doesn't inform that person that he/she has that disease doing anything wrong?This is not a minor problem in society. The CDC at its website STI Prevalence, Incidence, and Cost Estimates reports that 20% of the US population has a sexually transmitted infection, many of them drug-resistant, and the WHO reports on its site WHO STIs that about 374 million new infections with curable STIs. That number is based on the assumption that there are no drug-resistant infections. That number also does not include incurable infections.

Percy:

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Society has already made that decision. Intentionally spreading dangerous contagious disease is a crime. Some jurisdictions have specific laws about intentionally spreading disease, others handle it under "assault and battery" statutes.

Kleinman:

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Do you think that spreading HIV is a public health issue, not a crime?

Percy:

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What part of "intentionally" don't you understand?

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Do you think that people with latent tuberculosis should be confined?

Yes, obviously.Did you perhaps intend to ask if it's a crime in California?If you read this article from late last year, Do I have to tell a sexual partner that I am HIV-positive in California?, you'll learn several things.First, in 2020 California Senate Bill 239 changed having unprotected sex and not disclosing HIV status from a felony to a misdemeanor, i.e., still a crime, but a lesser one.Second, but if such sex results in actual infection then it *is* a felony punishable by jail and/or a fine.Third, such behavior is still subject to civil lawsuits.Fourth, the original law caused people to become more reluctant to get tested for HIV so as to remain unaware of their HIV status. For this reason the law had little effect on the spread of HIV but criminalized and stigmatized the HIV-positive community.Fifth, most Republicans were against the change in law.--Percy

What part of "contagious" don't you understand?--Percy

Kleinman:

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Is a person that knowingly has HIV (or any other STD) that has sex with another person and doesn't inform that person that he/she has that disease doing anything wrong?

Percy:

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Yes, obviously.
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Did you perhaps intend to ask if it's a crime in California?
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If you read this article from late last year, Do I have to tell a sexual partner that I am HIV-positive in California?, you'll learn several things.
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First, in 2020 California Senate Bill 239 changed having unprotected sex and not disclosing HIV status from a felony to a misdemeanor, i.e., still a crime, but a lesser one.
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Second, but if such sex results in actual infection then it *is* a felony punishable by jail and/or a fine.
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Third, such behavior is still subject to civil lawsuits.
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Fourth, the original law caused people to become more reluctant to get tested for HIV so as to remain unaware of their HIV status. For this reason the law had little effect on the spread of HIV but criminalized and stigmatized the HIV-positive community.
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Fifth, most Republicans were against the change in law.

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Do you know of anyone prosecuted for this crime?

Kleinman:

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Do you think that people with latent tuberculosis should be confined?

Percy:

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What part of "contagious" don't you understand?

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So you think that anyone diagnosed with influenza should be confined?

In my townA man who said he was "riddled" with HIV and convicted of trying to infect 10 men has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years.Daryll Rowe jailed for infecting men with HIV - BBC News

Kleinman:

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Do you know of anyone prosecuted for this crime?

Tangle:

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In my town
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A man who said he was "riddled" with HIV and convicted of trying to infect 10 men has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years.
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Daryll Rowe jailed for infecting men with HIV - BBC News

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How many people in your town are infected with HIV?

How many do you need?The point is proven, people can be and are prosecuted for intentional infection.

Tangle:

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How many do you need?
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The point is proven, people can be and are prosecuted for intentional infection.

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So, HIV is no longer spreading in your town?

Would you like to explain the relevance of that, aside from the obvious attempt to change the subject?

Tangle:

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Would you like to explain the relevance of that, aside from the obvious attempt to change the subject?

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Did locking up Daryll Rowe stop the spread of HIV in your town?