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The return of the sanitarium and things like leper colonies could be in our futures.


And they'll be absolutely necessary. The infrastructure exists now. As an example, if you contract XDR tuberculosis you will be quarantined under orders from the CDC, by force if necessary, until the infection is cleared, which can currently be done reliably only with surgery.




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