Blog 4: Quarantined vs. Isolation

In light of our project, I thought it would be good to research the difference between quarantined and isolation.

Quarantined means enforced isolation primarily to prevent the spread of a dangerous disease. Webster says it is the isolation of suspected disease bearers. Dictionary.com had nothing different to say.

Isolation is to keep apart, according to Webster and Dictionary.com

It seems as though to quarantine is specifically for disease prevention and is a very severe form of isolation. To isolate someone is to separate them from everyone else. In the case of a pandemic, it sounds as though quarantine would be the more appropriate term. Although, I do not understand how they would go about enforcing isolationism.