Kinda irresponsible, isn't he? Why go around exposing the public when you knowingly carry a deadly disease. Stupid eggnog. Someone should sue his ass.
TB Traveller ? We're not talking about TehBorken......are we.
No no there was this guy from the states who had to get married and had Tuberculosis a deadly strain. Officials told him not to travel and banned him from taking US flights. So he flew to Canada then drove through the border. He's in a quarntine in Denver right now.
Ohhh....that's right......I DID hear a little something about that. I've been tuning out the news lately, since they showed that idiot beat the heck out of a 91 year old man. I was so angry I was shaking. Sometimes I'm happier in my ignorance.
he is not stupid........he is an inconsiderate attorney. I hope all the passengers sue his arse.
[h1]TB Patient ID'd As Atlanta Attorney, 31[/h1] [p class="byline"]By GREG BLUESTEIN, Associated Press Writer[/p] [p class="date"]Thursday, May 31, 2007[/p] [div class="sidebar"][a href="vny!://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2007/05/31/national/a092631D77.DTL&o=0&type=printable" target=""][img alt="Andrew Speaker, 31, who has a rare and dangerous form of ..." src="vny!://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/06/01_t/mn_tbvictim114_t.gif" border="0" vspace="1"][/a] [a href="vny!://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2007/05/31/national/a092631D77.DTL&o=1&type=printable" target=""][img alt="A jet arrives at a hangar at Centennial Airport in Colora..." src="vny!://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/06/01_t/mn_tb_coder102_t.gif" border="0" vspace="1"][/a] [a href="vny!://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2007/05/31/national/a092631D77.DTL&o=2&type=printable" target=""][img alt="Dr. Michael Leonard, right, and Dr. Henry Blumberg, left,..." src="vny!://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/06/01_t/mn_tb_gawh101_t.gif" border="0" vspace="1"][/a] [a href="vny!://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2007/05/31/national/a092631D77.DTL&o=3&type=printable" target=""][img alt="Tracking TB Patient. Chronicle and Associated Press Graphic" src="vny!://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/05/31_t/mn_tracking_patient_t.gif" border="0" vspace="1"][/a] [/div] [div class="clear"][/div][/div][span id="articlebody"] (05-31) 11:05 PDT ATLANTA, (AP) -- [/p] [/p]The father-in-law of the tuberculosis patient under the first federal quarantine since 1963 works as a microbiologist at a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory that studies TB and other bacterial infections.[/p] [/p]Bob Cooksey said he gave his 31-year-old son-in-law, attorney Andrew Speaker, "fatherly advice" when he learned he contracted the disease.[/p] [/p]"I'm hoping and praying that he's getting the proper treatment, that my daughter is holding up mentally and physically," Cooksey told The Associated Press. "Had I known that my daughter was in any risk, I would not allow her to travel."[/p] [/p]The son-in-law has said he knew he had TB when he flew from Atlanta to Europe in mid-May for his wedding and honeymoon, but he said he didn't find out until he was already in Rome that it was an extensively drug-resistant strain considered especially dangerous.[/p] [/p]Despite warnings from federal health officials not to board another long flight, he flew home for treatment fearing he wouldn't survive if he didn't reach the U.S.[/p] [/p]Doctors plan to begin treating the man immediately with two antibiotics, one oral and one intravenous. He also will undergo a basic physical exam, a test to evaluate how infectious he is and a CT scan and lung X-ray, Allstetter said. Doctors hope to also determine where he contracted the disease.[/p] [/p]He will be kept in a special unit with two rooms and a ventilation system, Allstetter said.[/p] [/p]"He may not leave that room much for several weeks," Allstetter said.[/p] [/p] [/p] [/p] [/p] [/p]___[/p] [/p]Associated Press writers Lara Jakes Jordan in Washington; Mike Stobbe and Daniel Yee in Atlanta; and Collen Slevin in Denver contributed to this report.[/p] [/p]___[/p] [/p]On the Net:[/p] [/p]CDC:[/p] [/p]Public Health Agency of Canada:[/p] [/p][a href="vny!://www.cdc.gov/"][/a][a href="vny!://www.cdc.gov/"]www.cdc.gov[/a]/[/p] [/p][a href="vny!://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/"][/a][a href="vny!://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/"]www.phac-aspc.gc.ca[/a]/[/p][/span] [div]
No, no..... it's not dear TehBorken but that guy. The one that 49er pointed out.
Even if he wanted to seek treatment and is afraid he can't get it elsewhere, you should NOT EXPOSE your disease to your fellow passengers. Even then, you should at least take proper precaution, like wear a damn mask or something like that. Damn irresponsible of him.
Even then, you should at least take proper precaution, like wear a damn mask or something like that. Damn irresponsible of him.
What an idiot. It's beyond irresponsible.....it's criminally negligent at the very least.
I still don't understand why the US authorities did not inform the Canadian authorities at the Montreal airport to look out for this guy. I mean, with all the $$ going into security, shouldn't his picture be plastered all around the airport? I'm just so amazed that he manage to slip through all that airport security.
Sheesh. Just what we need. Another epidemic scare. You'd think we learnt all that we can from the SARS scare.