Do you feel compassion for Andrew Speaker, the tuberculosis patient ?
I don't. After watching Andrew Speaker, the tuberculosis patient on Larry King, I'm even more convince that he knowingly risk the lives of several people due to his eagerness to travel. A passenger who shared the plane with Speaker said, 'I Wish He Hadn't Been So Selfish."
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I don't. After the whole bit about flying into Canada and driving into the US, it made me see what he is. A selfish man who could care less about others. But hey, he is a lawyer so that explains it!
2 :
None whatsoever! He belongs in jail!
3 :
He damn well did; I'm in the medical field and this hopefully won't infect anyone else. This guy is a narcisist (most lawyers are) and he was thinking only of himself. He belongs in Hollywood. If I was infected I would sue this guy. This guy is a joke and he could have infected thousands. I get sick often after flying rebreathing the air. Could you imagine if 20 people got sick; they went home infected their family, they went to school, etc.... What a lowlife.
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Well I think he didnt think he was contagious honestly. I dont support what he did and it was wrong. But it was partly the borders/Airlines fault for letting him pass (Canada). The reason I dont think he thought he was contagious is because he stayed in close contact with his wife and she never contracted it. It was wrong what he did though.... I dont think he should be prosecuted unless people get sick. Hopefully no one got it. But im sure someone besides him is walking arround out there knowingly spreading a contagious disease.
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None, he is selfish and needs to be in jail. He thinks his life's happiness is more important then the health of hundreds of thousands of others. He is a bad selfish man and needs a beating.
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Not in the least. This guy should be ridiculed and put in the public stocks where we can throw rotten vegetables at him.
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if the roles were reversed, and you exposed HIS family, what do you think he'd say to the jury about you, when he sued you?
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This man acted very selfishly and exposed others to this dangerous disease.
9 :
I think he is a turd, but I feel sorry for him in a way. After all, his father-in-law, the one who works for the CDC, the one who studies the exact kind of rare TB that Speaker is carrying, probably deliberately infected his future son-in-law to prevent him from marrying his daughter. Talk about your in-laws from Hell!
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Not at all insofar as his actions are concerned. He'd been advised to remain in the US and chose to ignore it. Then he was told not to fly home and ignored that, as well. He chose to put so many people at risk. No, I don't feel compassion for any consequences he will incur for his poor choices although I do have compassion for him as a human being suffering from TB. I do hope that he does incur some consequences for blatantly doing what he was told not to do and putting so many others in jeopardy. It doesn't matter how many times I listen to those interviews where he tries to justify his actions by talking about how scared he was to be in a foreign country and thought he may die there. I can understand that he felt frightened, but it didn't give him the right to do what he did. He made a tape of what the doctors recommended and then had them say that they "had to say that". Now really! What is the need for that unless you are pretty sure that you should take their advice and are looking for a way to cover your own poor choices because you simply don't want to take medical advice. He should have never left the states. Then he'd have had no problem getting back. He'd have never been "scared" that he'd die in a foreign country. He'd have never exposed all those people. And I think he knew better the entire time, even before leaving the States. Otherwise, there would be no need for the tape of the conversation with the doctors because he wouldn't have any need to manipulate technicalities. He was just too wrapped up in what he wanted to consider what was best for everyone...himself included.
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Yes, as I do for anyone with a serious illness. But, what he did was unspeakable. He's too smart not to have realized that this was a mistake. He didn't need doctors to tell him not to spread this.
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I feel compassion for him. I don't think he meant to harm anyone. On Larry King he said that if he had not flown to Europe he would have been in this country doing the thing he normally does, like going to work and hanging with friends. The doctors knew this and were not concern. The doctors only told him that they didn't recommend him flying. The doctors should have explained his condition thoroughly to him. I also think the media blew it out of proportion. I don't believe anyone's test has come back positive. The media just needed to boast their ratings a little. He did not make those tapes. His father made them because he is hard of hearing and he often records conversations on his cell phone.
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This guy is an attorney who is trained to garner sympathy when needed in a courtroom. And his father in-law works at the CDC in the Tuberculosis Unit. He knew EXACTLY what he was doing and didn't give a Sh*t about anyone but himself. He doesn't deserve any sympathy or compassion. He does deserve a lawsuit . He brings Narcissism to a whole new level.
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Do you honestly think that if the guy truly thought he was contagious, he would have knowingly exposed his fiance, family and friends? I just can't buy that...even if he is a lawyer (LOL). "Normal" TB is not that contagious with even a little bit of common sense precautions. I think that because the CDC didn't know at first just how serious his TB was, they didn't press him to not fly...they left it up to him. That is hardly breaking the law, is it? Now, coming back is a different story. At that point, he knew how serious...and communicable...his condition was, but again, the CDC dropped the ball by not giving him a viable option to get back to the states. He was...understandably...afraid at that point, that if he didn't get absolutely the best care, he would die. And the CDC didn't seem to be trying too hard to get him back to the states, so he took matters into his own hands. I don't agree with how he did it, but I can appreciate the fear he was feeling at that time. So, yeah, I can feel compassion for him, but I don't condone what he did.
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nobody told him don't travel.
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I feel no compassion for Andrew Speaker at all! I think he is a selfish, self-absorbed, arogant man...it seems to me that he does things his way...with no thought of the right way....I bet there was no telling him NO as a child either..An a Injury lawyer...he should be disbarred.
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He looked like a selfish little prick who felt entitled to do whatever the hell he wanted to do because his family has money. What an a-hole.
18 :
I suppose I feel compassion because Mr. Speaker has TB, but as far as his total disregard for other people's health, I have no compassion or understanding. He seems to me to be a rich lawyer who feels he can do whatever he wants, much like that blond out in Los Angeles. I have no time for those kind of people.
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after we all heard and watched what happened, what do you all thing will happen after words, nothing. it was just another news, another rich selfish s.o.b's, who got away from justice. that is all
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No I don't. I believe he is selfish and nothing was going to stop him from doing what he wanted to do. No matter the cost in lives of others!!
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I do have compassion for the man. Regular TB does not spread that easily. This, however, was not the regular strain. I know from personal experience that the medical community downplays a lot of conditions because the patient can get emotionally distraught and make the condition worse, much worse. We have all known or read about someone being diagnosed with a possibly fatal disease and dying the next week, month, etc. Doctors report people to the DMV for illnesses that do not allow them to drive in a safe manner, Seizures, diabetes, etc. They report contagious diseases like HIV, smallpox, etc. If the airlines were not notified or he was not given express written orders not to travel and his need was urgent, I can understand his motives. I personally would have questioned the doctors about the possibility of contagion. His decision was the incorrect one and many were subjected to possible illness, but there was not enough stress put on the possible consquences of his actions. All involved are liable in my opinion
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