Monday, October 6, 2014

Homelessness complicates Ebola emergency

It was obvious to me years ago that homeless people in America constitute a public health hazard. Picture a sickly looking homeless man with filthy , fecal stained hands and a tubercular cough visiting your favorite fast food joint- touching everything that you might touch in there. Yesterday I read this NBC news report : " Authorities Search for  Homeless Man Exposed to Dallas Ebola Patient " ( Oct. 5 ).
      Is it not a lot easier to keep track of people-even suspected terrorists - who are not homeless ?  Homelessness is really a cruel form of social ostracism. Even depressed, exhausted homeless people living in their cars are a threat to public safety. We can't outlaw the Ebola virus, but we can make ourselves safer-or more worthy of merciful divine judgment- by ending homelessness in America.
      Without criminalizing the homeless, homelessness should be declared illegal. The guilty here should be sentenced only to a half decent place to live.( http://radicalrons.blogspot.com/  )

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