Comments on: TB Patient: Quarantine Conditions "Insane"

Feds Frantically Search For 80 Passengers, 27 Crew On Flights With Infected Man

[swsoe]

Dont judge Czechs too fast guys. First take your world map and find where that country is. Second dont forget its our ally in the fight againts terrorists and support us where they can. Even on our movment againts Global-warming, only their president is tellig that there is no something like Global warming reminds me our Mr President. They build base as part of our protective shiled againts rockets even when most of Czech disagree with the plan of building that kind of base.

[swsoe]

Hmm few more informations. He is american was only taking diffrent plan in my country. So no harm there. Sorry even we do mistakes sometimes.

[mennowoman]

Anyone could be carrying any infectious disease on any plane. Last year my sister and I flew to Europe on a Czech Air flight and got a terrible case of the flu that almost ruined our trip. There was a woman four rows behind us that had a cough, but not bad enough to alarm us; we thought she had dry throat from the dry cabin air! If she had had a resisant TB, we would be cooked! The close quarters of an airliner lends itself to spreading germs, whether it is a mild case of impetigo or a major case of TB.

[csmith1948]

glb1969,
You're so quick to point out this person's rights, what about the unsuspecting public who was at risk from this selfish act. Don't they have rights? Next time you fly, just wonder if the person next to you isn't hiding some contagious disease.

[nolalou]

Insensitive jerk is exactly what this guy is! While I don't agree with his decision to disregard his doctors advice against travel, at the point he left the USA for Europe he may not have realized how bad his condition was, and the potential for infecting others.

Once he was contacted in Italy by the CDC and told to turn himself in to Italian authorities, and not to travel, he choose not only to disregard those instructions, but he plotted to 'sneak' back in by flying to Canada, and avoid US authorities.
I don't understand at that point why he is not being treated as a criminal! After his isolation and treatment, he should be charged with a crime!
I don't know what kind of treaties we have with Italy, but I assume he could have been arrested there! He actually has the gall to complain about an armed guard outside his room! He endangered not only those on his flights, but people at the hotels where he stayed, resturants where he ate, and any transportation he took in Europe! (they don't say, for example, how he got from Italy to Prague, if by train, all the people sitting around him may be at risk!)

I hope nobody contracts a fatal strain of TB from this jerk, but if anybody dies from it, he should be charged with manslaughter for each death!

[swsoe]

I must disagree Superchez1. The country he run from has the best treatment to those kind of illnes and has the best anti chemical team for weapons of mass destruction in the whole world ( your army use this team as part of NATO forces of first response ) and Im not saying this to lower USA ability or your level of medical care.

[glb1969]

I realize the need for containment in this situation, but it DOES NOT nor ever will trump out this individual's constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom. As usual, the governemnt blew it by acting too heavily handed adn not following the constitution.

[minminmin-2009]

Something about this story just doesn't add up. He was on his honeymoon?? Why is his wife consorting with him? Is she nuts? Or maybe the risk isn't as great as all that....it's very odd.

[frankinaz]

Its a wonder incidents similar to this one don't happen more often, given the fact that there are no disease or any health checks for illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants have re-introduced Tuberculosis two times during my working days in California: Once in Carson, CA and in the fields of Santa Clara County. The sad part of this story was that this "intelligent" yet infected man was
allowed to enter this country, despite his condition, and get past the security measures. His selfishness could have created a serious health problem that could have spread far and wide.

[frankscp]

I hope his honeymoon was worth endangering the lives of possibly hundreds of people. Especially at risk are infants, old, and ill people--who might die if they contracted the untreatable strain of TB this man carries. The CDC apparently was willing to do almost anything--i.e, have gov't transport home arranged--so his rebuke is especially contemptible.

Why should the US let this man avail himself to it's health care system, when this monster went out of his way to spit in its face????

[vancouverboo]

Who needs terrorists when we have "well-educated, successful intelligent" *ssholes?

[vancouverboo]

smb221,
You are EXACTLY right. Selfish and inconsiderate of others.

They should broadcast his name so he CAN suffer the stigma he has brought upon himself, not with the disease, but with his selfisness and inconsideration.

[consciousnes]

This man should be treated just like a terriorest. Anyone who would travel as he did with such a dangerous infection could have infected thousands of people.
He got married, did he kiss his wife? If so, there must have been other people there that would have had to have close contact with him, has he no feelings for his "Loved Ones"?

[smb221]

What a selfish jackass! He just put a lot of people at risk, and he thinks it's no big deal! They should throw the book at him!

[lucylovertoo]

Definition of this guy = Jerk !

He is willing to use our medical system when it works for him but is not willing to follow our laws... what is wrong here ?

I hope we (taxpayers) are not footing the bill for that flight to Atlanta or for his medical care.

[barbaraf4]

Sounds like the CDC needs a few teeth. They told him not to travel, so he gets on a plane and leaves the country; they contact him in Italy and tell him to turn himself in to local authorities for treatment; he gets on another plane and flys to Canada and drives into the US.

The TB thing is bad enough; however, what if he was an infected smallpox carrier terriorist? CDC and Homeland Security need to do some explaining.

[olebd]

So nice to hear he was able t "sneak" back in the U.S. so easily. Great job Homeland Security!!!! What this guy did is punishable, no doubt about it.

[ekucrew]

"I'm a very well-educated, successful, intelligent person," sez TB Tommy..why can't he just be throw off Stone Mountain, GA?

[sevenveils]

This man should face criminal charges if my understanding of this article is correct.

1. He was diagnosed by a medical staff and knew he had TB. He also had to know how contagious it is prior to his flights to and from Europe because of doctor consultations.
2. He knowingly gets on a plane and understands the risk he is imposing upon strangers fro his own selfish reasons. He KNEW what he was doing was wrong.
3. He also knew the US would prevent his entry into the US since he an active carrier of TB and had to sneak in, only to be apprehended by the CDC and flown to their main facility.
4. In his interview he mentions he was supposed to be in solitary confinement in Italy, yet disobeyed that order (there's a lot more to this story than we've been told here).

For someone who claims: "I'm a very well-educated, successful, intelligent person," his actions are minimally criminal neglect and endangerment of others with a life threating disease. His behavior is similar to someone who knowing exposed unsuspecting people to HIV.

[lambofgoth]

What a selfish, self-righteous butt. "I've cooperated with everything other than the whole solitary-confinement-in-Italy thing." Yeah... And with a "Who cares if I give it to other people" attitude.
Schmuck.