Volunteer your tongue to a tongue depressor that has been licked by someone waiting to see a doctor.
The risk should be really obvious and in no way is comparable to walking through a store.
You are joking right. I mean even your first sentence that you found the poll but no link to the story.
A simple internet search with this search terms pulls up 3+ pages of search results with the story.
“florida woman arrested tongue depressor”
The post linked to a poll - there was no link to the story.
As to what disease the girl may or may not have had, obviously that was not reported in any of the news coverage, because no one on the thread mentioned it, including you.
Like I said before, there should be punishment, but the actual disease and the risk of contagion needs to be taken into account, too.
By the way, have you ever noticed that most doctors and nurses pick up and reach into the tongue depressor jar with ungloved hands?