Did Andrew Speaker Intentionally Expose Others to Drug -Resistant Tuberculosis? What would you do ?
Did Andrew have all the information he needed to confidently fly to Greece without a second thought? What about his return flight? He knew which form of TB he had by the time he made his return to the U.S. Should he be held accountable, and if so, how? What would you do if you were in Andrew's place? How do you think it would feel to be him right now? How would you want others to treat you?
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First, I would have put off my wedding and waited for more tests from my doctors. I don't understand why they could not wait until end of year or maybe next year to get married, is she preggers? I couldn't care less about how he feels right now because what he did was stupid, selfish and wreckless. I feel sorry for all the people on those planes.
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I think it was very unethical of him to fly, to be honest. He had his own set of priorities, which did not include consideration of anyone else. He knew before he left he had a drug resistant type of TB, and the only advice he listened to was the sort he wanted to hear. His story of how frightened he was did not impress me a bit, nor the teary eyed whine of his bride. Italy is not some third world country, and I don't believe they would have left him on a corner to die. Perhaps at that point he was frightened, but it still never occured to him to think about anyone elses safety, did it? No, he only thought about himself. Sometimes, it's necessary to put the welfare of others above ourselves, a concept that seems to have eluded Mr. Speaker. I think he should be held accountable. I think he should pick up the tab for the testing that will have to be done on all those people for starters. And the people in Europe can't simply get skin tested, they will need x-rays for some time to come. Europeans get BCG vaccinations, which may not always be effective in preventing the disease, but which render skin testing invalid. They just have to wait with this hanging over their heads, possibly for years. TB is slow growing as a rule, and they will just have to wait to see if something shows up on the x-rays- a year, maybe two years from now. I personally don't care what he feels like right now, to be honest with you. He's a personal injury lawyer, so I doubt he has much sense of ethics to start with, but a nice class action suit ought to get his attention quite nicely. Had the tables been turned, you can bet that's what he'd be doing for the people who were exposed and himself. Had he done the right thing to start with, he wouldn't have to be worried about how people felt about him or treated him. Sometimes sorry just doesn't cover it, and in this case, it certainly falls short. It seems to me he's being treated pretty well at the moment, given what he's done. I don't feel a bit sorry for him. So far as how I'd want others to treat me, I wouldn't have done what he did, so it's really a non-issue. While I wouldn't have him jailed necessarily, I think there certainly should be penalties for him. Public endangerment on an international scale isn't something you say sorry for and walk away from thinking that's it. So I think I'd start with taking away his passport for starters, and having him pick up the tabs for all the treatment, testing and general chaos he's responsible for causing because he wanted to ignore advice. He made the choices, now let him pay for them.
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I agree with the person above me. Having him pay for any medical treatment required by those he exposed would be just.
4 :
this is getting exaggerated way out of proportion. its not as bad as media is making it out to be
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