TB patient infecting the world scare...

[Red Brown]

My Sharona,

We have seen a big part of traditional media saturated with images of the Atlanta attorney who went to Europe while infected with a hard-to-treat strain of tuberculosis. CDC health officials told him it was safe to travel. Now the CDC denies in ever saying that!

The lawyer who was quarantined this week (I think all lawyers should be quarantined!), said on the morning talk show that although the Centers for Disease Control knew he had TB and given him the green-light to fly to Europe for his wedding and honeymoon.

Anyway, does this story really scare you and does it surprise you that the CDC tries to pass the buck...

RB

[sherob]

Anybody with pulmonary TB should not be allowed general public access... let alone travel, period. This is pretty common knowledge, I thought :doh:

[ben1364]

Anybody with pulmonary TB should not be allowed general public access... let alone travel, period. This is pretty common knowledge, I thought :doh:

Agreed. To add insult to injury, I heard that he was on the 'no fly' list. I hope this isn't true!

[JoyRider]

I'm curious HOW an Atlanta attorney got TB in the first place and HOW did he find out about it if he had no outward problems? How many other people are walking around with this illness and don't even know it?

[sharkey]

Apparently how he found out he had it was an Xray of a rib injury. They found a spot in the lung and told him. It is a strain from Russia or E Asia so how he got is curious indeed.

I don't blame CDC, I blame him. CDC advised him not to fly. In hindsight, I guess they should have ordered him not to fly. It made no difference since he went anyway and even snuck into the US from Canada. The border inspector had him on his screen as someone to stop but he said guy looked fine so he let him back into the US?? That inspector should be fired.

I also want to know why he went to a Dr. in Europe to get another exam?
His new father-in-law works for CDC doing testing in TB????

I think a lot of info is being withheld.

[Sleepy Weasel]

It is a strain from Russia or E Asia so how he got is curious indeed.


Bachelor party in Thailand?

[kurt]

I haven't really followed the story, how do we know, other than this man's word, that CDC cleared him to travel? If his TB is active, I would find that very hard to believe.

[jcyuhn]

I've been following this story, and the guy really steams me. The CDC asked him not to fly, but also told him they do not have the authority to prevent him from flying. The CDC does have the ability to place him on the no-fly list, did so, and informed him of such. So he decided to go on his vacation anyway and simply booked the return flight into Montreal, knowing that he would not be permitted to board a flight arriving into the U.S.

The immigration officer has been suspended pending review. Apparently it's a bit of dumb luck on the part of Mr. callous-disregard-for-other-humans attorney that he was even admitted back into the U.S.

So what do y'all think are the attorney's responsibilities in this situation? If anyone gets sick as a result of his travel, is he liable in any way?

- JimY

[pdef]

So what do y'all think are the attorney's responsibilities in this situation? If anyone gets sick as a result of his travel, is he liable in any way?



Absolutely.

[M38A1]

I've followed it a bit and can only comment on what I've read so take that with a grain of salt.... I agree, there's a LOT more to this story than we know. Too many unanswered questions and strange coincedences.

This next comment is not meant to rile any attorney's here, but the fact that he's at personal injury trial attorney really chaps me. He KNOWS better, or simply has confidence in his ability to 'spin' it like a trial to win his case. That's why the immediate TV blitz, 'oh i'm so sorry', etc stuff. I'm not buying it. Try it in the court of public opinion first and see what happens is his approach. Unfortunatly, I think it will backfire as the majority of people following it think he's a moron. Yet in the same breath, the CDC didn't act with authority so I've got to say he was probably within his right to travel over there legally but not morally or ethically. Coming back is a different story as limits had been in place and procedures broke down.


YMMV-

[buck000]

When I first heard of this, and being uninformed to the max on any details, I thought, "Sheesh, what a jerk he was to get on a plane and go around with TB." Then I hear his claims that he was explicitly told it was ok to go and, more significantly, he recorded the conversation that is now being denied as having happened. Now I'm thinking, "Well, he did his 'due diligence'." Assuming, of course, that such a recording is genuine.

I still don't know any details, so I think I'll just hope that no one with whom he came in contact got infected. :shrug:

[Sleepy Weasel]

...Then I hear his claims that he was explicitly told it was ok to go and, more significantly, he recorded the conversation that is now being denied as having happened.


So let me get this straight... He's got TB, his father-in-law is some big CDC expert on TB, and yet he still has a little consultation with CDC before traveling, what, because the father-in-law doesn't tell him not to travel?

Ok, so that's not suspicious enough for me.

So then he decides he is going to need to record the conversation? How many people go to a doctor, or a mechanic, or anyone else, and record the conversation? You don't typically do that unless you think "I'm going to need evidence later." You don't typically think ahead of time "I'm going to need evidence" unless you expect someone to try and refute your claim. Why would he expect that, unless this is some kind of set up?

:wary:

[Chirpy]

Being a slimebag PI lawyer who knowingly made a deliberate effort to defeat the no-fly and watch lists...if he did infect anyone it should be an interesting lawsuit to say the least.

[focus frenzy]

what are the odds the TB expert father in law gave him the resistant TB.....intentionaly!?:eek2:

[Voltar]

I don't blame CDC, I blame him. CDC advised him not to fly. In hindsight, I guess they should have ordered him not to fly.

Listen, I don't know the details of the TB case. However, as somebody that has traveled to several 'questionable' places in the world I would have never left home if I took all the advise telling me not to travel.

If they thought he was unsafe to travel they should have grounded him. Not give him advise and them ***** if he doesn't take it.