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It is the buffer between the known and the unknown: quarantine is defined as “a temporary isolation and monitoring of potentially infected persons to protect the society from contagious diseases.” Quarantine is powerful in its uncertainty: waiting to see if something hidden will be revealed. It can be dangerous as well, assuming guilt: everyone is considered infectious until proven safe. Even being on everyone’s lips today, quarantining has a long history. Long before COVID.

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Quarantine. Relevant. Yes

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    2025年

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  • Sibylle Scholtz,
  • Myriam Becker,
  • Lee MacMorris,
  • Achim Langenbucher

摘要

It is the buffer between the known and the unknown: quarantine is defined as “a temporary isolation and monitoring of potentially infected persons to protect the society from contagious diseases.” Quarantine is powerful in its uncertainty: waiting to see if something hidden will be revealed. It can be dangerous as well, assuming guilt: everyone is considered infectious until proven safe. Even being on everyone’s lips today, quarantining has a long history. Long before COVID.