We hear about morality, accountability, legality, humanity, isolation, and the empirical and emotional cost of compassion. We commiserate, to a point, with the sick. We commiserate, to a much lesser degree, with the collateral victims, like family and friends. We blame the afflicted for their disease, and at the same time give them a pass for engaging in the activities that made them sick in the first place. We recognize "innocent" victims, like Ryan White, who was infected with AIDS through a blood transfusion, and the patients who became addicted to opioids because a greedy doctor overprescribed a trendy and lucrative new drug.