I can totally see how this might be necessary in order to protect the wider public; however, this bit I found a little difficult to condone:
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Daniels has been living alone in a four-bed cell in Ward 41, a section of the hospital reserved for sick criminals. He said sheriff's deputies will not let him take a shower -- he cleans himself with wet wipes -- and have taken away his television, radio, personal phone and computer. His only visitors are masked medical staff members who come in to give him his medication.
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To be in solitary confinement is a terrible thing. This man's only crime is not to wear a mask. having accepted that the state needs to secure him somewhere for the protection of the public, how is it that the state is then willing to treat this man worse than your average violent criminal? Why not let him shower? Why take away his radio, his tv and his computer? Why, since he is unfortunate enough to have contracted a virulent and most likely incurable disease, and will therefore possibly be in custody for the rest of his life, is he being denied even those vicarious connections with the outside world?