Some authorities treat the sick as potential enemies in the pandemic preparations for example in Flu Pandemic. Experts call this approach as a misguided approach to pandemic preparation that relies on a law enforcement/national security approach, rather than a public health approach to the problem, and which exposes nations to unnecessary risk.
Professor Annas as one of the pioneers in Public health and human rights subject from Boston University School of public health and his colleagues published a report on their findings on this issue today. They proposed changing in policy from a security approach to public health paradigm. You can download the report by clicking here