(10-09-2020, 10:49 PM)Jamies_fried_chicken Wrote:

(10-09-2020, 12:25 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: We only need to enforce slander and libel laws more effectively. 


There are already laws that cover someone intentionally trying to spread certain infectious diseases.

If you lower to that standard, then everyone with covid could be charged since any act could be an attempt to "spread it". Kiss your wife? Terroristic act. Go to the park? Terroristic act. Want McDonald's? Terroristic act.

Also, good luck proving they actually gave it to someone and that someone else isn't responsible.

So do you think there are some people who are not intentionally spreading the coronavirus knowing they wont be punished? 

I think it could be the exact opposite, if person A suspect person B infected them intentionally, all the police would do is ask for medical paperwork tp determine if or when person B became infected.

Oh, I’m sure there are some but probably nothing significant. 

You’d need more than just suspicion. You’d need a court order to look at that paperwork. If someone is intentionally infecting people, they’re not handing over anything willingly. Americus is right in that the police would need to prove that Person B was only around Person A or there will be no conviction. 

I doubt a judge would even issue a warrant irrefutable proof.  

But again, the police can already charge them for reckless conduct if they think they can convince a jury. That law is more subjective than a clear-cut (per se) law about spreading covid would be.

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