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"asked" being operative there. The college can absolutely say "either observe the quarantine or get off campus".

Well, that's not really a quarantine, then, is it? So, 'they' (meaning, the government) doesn't quarantine people with the flu.

> Well, that's not really a quarantine, then, is it?

Of course it is. The word "quarantine" does not automatically imply the threat of force.

It seems you're more interested in pedantry than a conversation.