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If anyone on the airplanes would die from TB in this episode, he could probably be charged with manslaughter.
This guy cost the U.S. millions.
He is saying khrap like he "didn't know", so yes the US Gov't is the cause. People are so stupid, and they have lawyers to back them. NOT that there is anything wrong with lawyers...he'll never be charged with squat. IDIOT.
Government is even dumber than I thought US Probes How Traveler Crossed Boarder
Ummm...ask 20 Million who illegally crossed in the last 10 years.
Ummm...ask 20 Million who illegally crossed in the last 10 years.
they should shoot and kill him.
same story..from msn.com the TB infected man said
“I’m a very well-educated, successful, intelligent person,” he told the paper. “This is insane to me that I have an armed guard outside my door when I’ve cooperated with everything other than the whole solitary-confinement-in-Italy thing.”
“I thought to myself: You’re nuts. I wasn’t going to do that. They told me I had been put on the no-fly list and my passport was flagged,” the man said.
they will not prosecute this guy.
“I’m a very well-educated, successful, intelligent person,” he told the paper. “This is insane to me that I have an armed guard outside my door when I’ve cooperated with everything other than the whole solitary-confinement-in-Italy thing.”
“I thought to myself: You’re nuts. I wasn’t going to do that. They told me I had been put on the no-fly list and my passport was flagged,” the man said.
they will not prosecute this guy.
same artic from msn.com
He flew to Paris on May 12 aboard Air France Flight 385, also listed as Delta Air Lines codeshare Flight 8517. While he was in Europe, health authorities reached him with the news that further tests had revealed his TB was a rare, “extensively drug-resistant” form, far more dangerous than he knew. They ordered him into isolation, saying he should turn himself over to Italian officials.
Instead, the man flew from Prague to Montreal on May 24 aboard Czech Air Flight 0104, then drove into the United States at Champlain, N.Y. He told the newspaper he was afraid that if he didn’t get back to the U.S., he wouldn’t get the treatment he needed to survive.
He is now at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital in respiratory isolation.
He flew to Paris on May 12 aboard Air France Flight 385, also listed as Delta Air Lines codeshare Flight 8517. While he was in Europe, health authorities reached him with the news that further tests had revealed his TB was a rare, “extensively drug-resistant” form, far more dangerous than he knew. They ordered him into isolation, saying he should turn himself over to Italian officials.
Instead, the man flew from Prague to Montreal on May 24 aboard Czech Air Flight 0104, then drove into the United States at Champlain, N.Y. He told the newspaper he was afraid that if he didn’t get back to the U.S., he wouldn’t get the treatment he needed to survive.
He is now at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital in respiratory isolation.
Prelude to possible bird flu patient #1. Got Tamiflu?
Kestas
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The fact that he chose a route to evade the no-fly restriction put on him makes him guilty of endangering other passengers. He chose to fly to Montreal instead of New York, and New York is a major hub for New Yorkers who fly transatlantic flights.
The only reason they can't pin anything on him is because his conversations with the health authorities weren't documented and notarized. He can lie all he wants and nobody can do anything about it.
The only reason they can't pin anything on him is because his conversations with the health authorities weren't documented and notarized. He can lie all he wants and nobody can do anything about it.
He has been identified as a personal injury trial lawyer, normally very slippery profession.
Andrew Speaker is his name. Probably got it by trying to shark out an illegal immigrant's case. Illegal immigrants are prone to carrying strong strains of TB.
This is one situation that need a specific law on the books. I'm not one that yells gun control every time some gets shot, but in cases like these something specific is needed. We also need to apply it to all those illegal visitors that bring us stuff that there is no treatment for. These surprises are crossing our borders every day and our government does nothing to protect us. You are sending your children to school with illeagals that carry a vast array of these problems such as drug-resistant tuberculosis, malaria, leprosy, plague, polio, dengue fever, and chagas disease, no of which is treatable. Forget the terriorists for a moment, ur borders should be closed because of this, alone. You will read that 84+ hospitals in California are being closed so far this year because of expenses the govenment won't cover, expenses generated because of their laws. Dig into this and there are more problems. The hospitals are having insurance problems with their own operation because of exposure to these untreatable diseases. But if you don't mind paying the taxes and don't mind exposing your family to these diseases then just keep on keeping on. And that neighborhoos hospital you go to for care. Get in line because there are others ahead of you that know they can be treated for free. When you have a family crisis and opt for treatment, get socked for a big bill and turned over to collection just remember, your paying for a lot more that your problem.
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Update: http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/05/31/tb.flight/index.html
Another thought... if he was infected and went to his wedding and honeymoon, I wonder how his wife is faring at the moment.
To add to the intrigue, the above story reveals that the infected person, Andrew Speaker, has a (presently?) father-in-law who is a microbiologist and has conducted research on tuberculosis for the National Center for Infectious Diseases. His father-in-law knew about his condition and talked to Andrew before he traveled.
Wouldn't his father-in-law have been extremely concerned that his daughter could get infected?
Another thought... if he was infected and went to his wedding and honeymoon, I wonder how his wife is faring at the moment.
To add to the intrigue, the above story reveals that the infected person, Andrew Speaker, has a (presently?) father-in-law who is a microbiologist and has conducted research on tuberculosis for the National Center for Infectious Diseases. His father-in-law knew about his condition and talked to Andrew before he traveled.
Wouldn't his father-in-law have been extremely concerned that his daughter could get infected?
Well, he should appreciate all the people infected by his decisions right to bring personal injury suits.... Too bad the incubation period is years.
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Who in this country gives a rats a$$ as long as we save 17 cents on a head of lettuce.
"...drug-resistant tuberculosis, malaria, leprosy, plague, polio, dengue fever, and chagas disease, no of which is treatable."
I may be mistaken, but I believe most or all of these are indeed treatable.
I may be mistaken, but I believe most or all of these are indeed treatable.
"...drug-resistant tuberculosis, malaria, leprosy, plague, polio, dengue fever, and chagas disease, no of which is treatable."
'I may be mistaken, but I believe most or all of these are indeed treatable."
Wrong. Not any of the current versions of these diseases have any treatment other than supporting the symptoms, and nothing in sight. There have been no advances in antibiotics in the recent past and nothing of any promise in test right now. If you have children that have strong immune systems you might just receive a gift from school, if not you might find some new bugs living in your family. Some of these problems might not kill you, but they can certainly hold your attention for a long, long time. The cost of treating TB twenty years ago was about $600 in the worst cases, total expenditure, now it's about $25,000 every year, for however long you last. Or you could try chagas. Do a google search and take a look at what's comming, almost a thousand new cases since the first of the year. It's a wonderful guest that loves your face, and it comes from one area and it's not the US. Do a search.
'I may be mistaken, but I believe most or all of these are indeed treatable."
Wrong. Not any of the current versions of these diseases have any treatment other than supporting the symptoms, and nothing in sight. There have been no advances in antibiotics in the recent past and nothing of any promise in test right now. If you have children that have strong immune systems you might just receive a gift from school, if not you might find some new bugs living in your family. Some of these problems might not kill you, but they can certainly hold your attention for a long, long time. The cost of treating TB twenty years ago was about $600 in the worst cases, total expenditure, now it's about $25,000 every year, for however long you last. Or you could try chagas. Do a google search and take a look at what's comming, almost a thousand new cases since the first of the year. It's a wonderful guest that loves your face, and it comes from one area and it's not the US. Do a search.
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