Despite their idiocy, a local couple and the places they visited remain anonymous.
KTXS Coronavirus Patient

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An Abilene coronavirus patient and his wife are being forced to quarantine after refusing to do so.
City Manager Robert Hanna said the man -- who's in his 40's and tested positive on Sunday -- had traveled to New York with his wife.
Hanna said the couple did not self-quarantine when they returned even though he was symptomatic for Covid-19.
They even went about their daily lives after he was tested, said Hanna.

"This kind of behavior is irresponsible," said Hanna. "This is the kind of behavior that makes other people sick."
The couple is now being monitored 24/7 by law enforcement.

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The couple live only a couple of blocks from one of my best friends' home. Supposedly they are receiving ankle bracelets after a local policeman has been parked in front of their house to enforce their quarantine.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Should be arrested for public endangerment

It really sucks that the police have to watch them.

I totally get why, but it's sad they have to get baby sat.

FratboyLegend said:

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There is a serious civil liberties question with the COVID situation, generally. It needs to be asked and answered ASAP.

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How is this different than driving at night without brakes and lights on a crowded interstate?

FratboyLegend said:

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There is a serious civil liberties question with the COVID situation, generally. It needs to be asked and answered ASAP.

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This is how we end up with million dead instead of tens of thousands. As long as we don't go full Hungary everything is worth it.

krosber04 said:

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FratboyLegend said:

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There is a serious civil liberties question with the COVID situation, generally. It needs to be asked and answered ASAP.

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This is how we end up with million dead instead of tens of thousands. As long as we don't go full Hungary everything is worth it.

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This. One takeaway from Coronavirus crisis?

...Healthy skepticism of government can become full on paranoia

I can go shoot my guns any time I want to. Asking me not to shoot towards my neighbors house is not "restricting my civil liberties ". It's common effing sense.

A guy in Amarillo a few years ago decided to weld a pipe fence on his own property, in a field of tall dry grass, on a day with 50 mph winds. The result was 28 burned houses and several people seriously injured. Surely his right to be an idiot was built into the constitution, right?

Morons knowingly spreading dangerous diseases is no different.

When your actions endanger the lives of others, your actions are not constitutionally protected.

Why do they refuse to name them?

FratboyLegend said:

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There is a serious civil liberties question with the COVID situation, generally. It needs to be asked and answered ASAP.

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Not for the people who don't want to end up hospitalized. It's like smoking in public but amplified.

TxAG#2011 said:

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Why do they refuse to name them?

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It's stupid. If Hipaa is the reason maybe we need to modify Hipaa. You should lose your right to privacy of your PHI the moment you do stupid stuff like that.

Actually, it is more like having sex with someone without telling them you are HIV positive. Not an automatic death sentence these days, but do it enough and you will likely cause someone's premature demise.

Sid Farkas said:

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krosber04 said:

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FratboyLegend said:

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There is a serious civil liberties question with the COVID situation, generally. It needs to be asked and answered ASAP.

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This is how we end up with million dead instead of tens of thousands. As long as we don't go full Hungary everything is worth it.

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This. One takeaway from Coronavirus crisis?

...Healthy skepticism of government can become full on paranoia

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Yep.

RM1993 said:

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Actually, it is more like having sex with someone without telling them you are HIV positive. Not an automatic death sentence these days, but do it enough and you will likely cause someone's premature demise.

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Sex is consensual (right?) and with some degree of risk (STD, pregnancy, other is clingy), getting coronavirus is not.

FratboyLegend said:

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There is a serious civil liberties question with the COVID situation, generally. It needs to be asked and answered ASAP.

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Quarantining people with a communicable disease, and in this case a potentially deadly one, is well established under US law.

Now, the shutting down of entire counties, cities, and states, with threats of imprisonment and/or fines for even setting foot outside your house is a completely different issues and needs to be addressed in the courts and eventually with the voters. If the voters don't like it, we can vote these local tyrants out in the next election.

TXAggie2011 said:

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aggie-beta said:

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TxAG#2011 said:

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Why do they refuse to name them?

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It's stupid. If Hipaa is the reason maybe we need to modify Hipaa. You should lose your right to privacy of your PHI the moment you do stupid stuff like that.

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There are various public health and safety exceptions to HIPAA, including notifying someone who is believed to be at risk of contracting a disease. So, it is possible they've notified certain persons who may have interacted with them.

As to telling the general public, I don't remember if you can find an exception for that. But while I am curious, its also somewhat immaterial to me, up here many miles from Abilene, what their names are.

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Well those of us in Abilene sure would like to know. **** this guy.

deadbq03 said:

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FratboyLegend said:

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There is a serious civil liberties question with the COVID situation, generally. It needs to be asked and answered ASAP.

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I think the answer is easy, but I do hope for the sake of due process and establishing a precedent that this gets addressed.

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You and the poster you quoted seem to be confusing the quarantine of a confirmed infectious patient with generally quarantining people without knowing their status. These people are confirmed cases and the government has years of case law on their side in this situation.