Seems illegal to quarantine people for measles. They don't quarantine people for the flu, and that's a much deadlier disease.
You are confusing severity vs virulence (contagiousness).
Measles is an immuno-compromising disease (like HIV, unlike the flu) and very very virulent.
I would assume California has their own list. Are they just arbitrarily adding anything and everything to the list?
The state's power shouldn't be unlimited, and measles is not a justifiable disease for quarantine.
Of course, if you legit have the swine flu, you probably won't be milling about anyway.
Of course it is. The word "quarantine" does not automatically imply the threat of force.
Completely wrong on both counts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles
Also, we're not just interested in death rates (about 2 children out of every 1000 who get measles will die from it) but also long term harm, which can include deafness or brain damage.
Since the US had eradicated measles in about 2000 that's a lot of preventable harm that's happening because people fear vaccines.
Imagine if this kind of thinking prevailed in the HIV hysteria of the 80's/90's. It's relatively easy to follow this approach to its logical conclusion. When you order authoritarianism, it's very likely you'll get it. And not simply in the places you want it.
Are you good with a HIV+ person knowingly infecting others because it's their right to refuse antiviral medication? Measles and other highly contagious diseases can infect large populations without anyone knowing before it's too late.