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She doesn’t apparently understand that rights refers to society as a whole as well as to the rights of others that you need to consider as well. Situations such as a deadly disease outbreak, or simply a precautionary quarantine as they did for the Apollo astronauts, actually do suspend rights of some people for a time, however, it protects other people’s RIGHTS TO LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

Additionally, yes, there are numerous suspensions of personal liberty, but things go back to normal on a normal basis.

Cops relaxed the curfew after the Boston Bombing, Habeas Corpus was reinstated after the Civil War was finished, etc.

She is focused on what seems inconvenient to her, without considering that in the long run, it’s no big deal, and it is about protecting other people’s rights, even hers if the quarantine allows early detection of symptoms for herself.

If she comes down with ebola...tell her she's on her own. We don't want to quarantine you...but we're not going to get near you either.

Yes...I'm angry. She's like the woman who says "its my body and I can do anything I want with it." Sound familiar??

She doesn’t apparently understand that rights refers to society as a whole as well as to the rights of others that you need to consider as well. Situations such as a deadly disease outbreak, or simply a precautionary quarantine as they did for the Apollo astronauts, actually do suspend rights of some people for a time, however, it protects other people’s RIGHTS TO LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. Additionally, yes, there are numerous suspensions of personal liberty, but things go back to normal on a normal basis. Cops relaxed the curfew after the Boston Bombing, Habeas Corpus was reinstated after the Civil War was finished, etc. She is focused on what seems inconvenient to her, without considering that in the long run, it’s no big deal, and it is about protecting other people’s rights, even hers if the quarantine allows early detection of symptoms for herself.

Are you sure that she's the one that doesn't understand? Rights are individual, not group. Habeus Corpus was and edict saying that one could only hold someone if if it was Constitutionally OK - removing it was a direct slap to the Constitution. How Constitutionally legal are curfews?

When can the government deprive one of this/her Constitutional Liberties "for the common good" on a "could be but may not be" situation?

I work with a guy who made the statement that if the government tells you to do something, you're supposed to do it - no questions asked. Sometimes the Constitution makes things seem a little scary, but you either follow it or you end up with an erosion/removal of all individual liberties if you start allowing the government to decide that the Constitution doesn't apply.