Explanation:
Fear of infection can and has led to employment discrimination against groups of people, even when few people in those groups are actually infected or contagious.7 Of equal or greater concern is that employers might discharge or replace employees who missed work because they were in quarantine. Thus, without job security legislation, there is a real possibility that people might lose their livelihood during or after quarantine. In a 2006 survey, 1 in 3 Americans reported that they would be very worried about being treated unfairly after a quarantine period.10
