# Should People with HIV be quarantine  ??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-with-hiv-be-quarantine/799408>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 21, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-with-hiv-be-quarantine/799408 "2017-10-21T02:40:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-with-hiv-be-quarantine/799408/1 "2017-10-21T02:40:56Z")

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> **[Georgia lawmaker: Can people with HIV be 'legally' quarantined? | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/20/health/betty-price-hiv-aids-quarantine/index.html)**
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> Georgia State Rep. Betty Price, a physician and the wife of former HHS Secretary Tom Price, asks if people who are HIV-positive legally can be quarantined.

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**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-with-hiv-be-quarantine/799408/2 "2017-10-21T02:49:18Z")

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I hope the hell this never does happen ! I had 2 clients that had HIV and one had his own house and the other lived in an apartment . I had to give them both PC ,personal care and change the addressing for one that had an open wound on his chest . I most likely had other clients that had AIDS and I was very careful about wearing rubber gloves . I saw how importance it was for my clients to have contact with people and be treated with respect and not like some mad dog with rabies !

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-with-hiv-be-quarantine/799408/3 "2017-10-21T03:09:48Z")

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**purplehearingaid** , since this seeks opinion it is not appropriate for GQ. However, in any forum we prefer that an OP not consist of just a link. Therefore I am closing this. If you wish to start a debate on this topic, you may start a new thread in GD. However, please provide a more substantive basis for discussion.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator