Unfortunately you are completely wrong with your arguments here. Steve Jobs is not a private person. He is a public figure, a CEO and the face of a multinational corporation. Therefore his health is not private but public issue as he clearly has exceptional value to the company.
And if that is enshrined in law then bring it on, lets have the health of every public figure - business, entertainment, sports etc made public, every 6 months.
If a major sports star is struck down with some ailment then it could have massive effects on the financial position of a club, so shareholders deserve to know.
If a director comes down with something in the middle of directing a multi million dollar blockbuster movie then it could have a massive impact on the financial performance of the studio behind it, so shareholders deserve to know.
If the principle of my kids school gets sick it could throw the school in to turmoil for the rest of the year, and effect my childs learning, so parents have a right to know (tm)!
Seriously this is starting to piss me off - where does it end. People whinging that Jobs was sick and may have impacted the price of their shares. Look at the financial results that have just been announced - do you think he could have done better?
Do you think his actual performance over the last 12 months has had any negative impact on the share price?
I still believe the only thing that has had an adverse effect on the price of shares though this is the press speculation and the wanna be investors who panic at the alter of celebrity and believe the stories written by journalists who have no contact with sources who actually have any real knowledge.
Which has had the bigger impact on the share price lately - Jobs and Apple apparently doing their job and the company delivery new products, or the press speculating about how thin he looks, or why he pulled out of presenting at MacWorld, or what some people think he should have done but didn't. Anything other than speculation.
Before everyone starts complaining that the speculation only happens because they didn't release any info. First up - it is a private health matter, so I don't think there was anything Apple had to release, and secondly, when they did release information all the people behind the speculation go into overdrive with more theories about what has been going on. They are a hiding to nothing, so I don't think there is anything Apple could have done to please everyone on this.
Bring on the SEC investigation. I'm prepared to accept its findings if they are negative and hope people are punished - but are the the share price whingers prepared to accept them if they show nothing wrong?
Now - if you can link his health to the decision to drop FW400 support from MBs and MBPs, then maybe you would have a case ....