Comments on: Inspector Ignored Warning On TB Patient

Man With Dangerous Strain Of Tuberculosis ID'd As Lawyer, Son-In-Law Of TB Expert

[erasmus6]

robert121 - the answer to your question is: NO

He needs to be strung up by his you know what and then everybody can take turns throwing stones at him.

[toldyouso21]

Posted by janem4 at 08:41 PM : May 31, 2007

By law, all cases of communicable diseases MUST be reported to the CDC and samples must be sent for testing. The diagnosis made by a regular MD is usually not by culture but by X-ray and a skin test.

[toldyouso21]

Talk about your conspiracy theories and paranoia--how is this for a movie plot:

1. Power hungry president and co want to stay in power so they plot a fake terrorist attack.

2. Knowing how skeptical Americans have become and how another 9/11 moment is unlikely, they decide to use bioterrorism. But first they have to set it up

3. They start by having a fake American Al Qaeda threaten greater 9/11 like attacks on our soil, they do this so we will at least see a connection

4. After that speech, they have a person who pretends to be infected show how easy it is to breach our defenses. Before the elections of 2008, a series of germs are released in America, this is done and the connection to the TB cases are made.

5. It turns out the US Naval Accademy turned lawyer is really an officer in the military working undercover and this was all a scam. No TB, NO breach but a series of events made to look like one

6. The super bug hits, Bush, er I mean the President declares a national emergency, Martial law and suspends elections indefinitely.

Oh yeah, prior to all of this maybe on May 9, 2007, the Prez signs an order which gives him the right to declare martial law and pre empt every state's power in case of an emergency.

Well...what do you think? Would the story line work? Or is it too way out there?

[jsilver2th]

If there isn't a first class investigation of this I'm movin to Canada-

[susanhelit]

It's not about class warfare - I'm not short myself. It's that this guy had no excuses. He's got everything - you can't say he was undereducated, and just didn't know, you can't say he has had any lack that explains his callousness to the lives of his fellow man.

[rhs648]

And that's outside of the criminal charges I think are very necessary so the next overprivileged idiot who gets a call about having something contagious takes it seriously (overprivileged - his dad is a lawyer, he's gotten through law school, a honeymoon in Europe - yeah, he's overprivileged, and thinks that makes him immune to laws of man and biology).

Posted by SusanHelit

Do we detect class war and resentment by describing this guy as overpriviledged because he is a lawyer, his father is a lawyer, and he honeymooned in Europe. That is like saying all millionaires would expose others to a deadly disease because they are wealthy. This guy may be a jerk for what he did. We can call into question his arrogance and disregard for others. Even if this guy were "overpriviledged", there is no justification for what he did. Right is right and wrong is wrong.

[robertr121]

Come on give the poor guy a break, he obviously was in need of some R and R and being that he is probably terminally ill with this dreadful disease don't you think he deserves a little bit of sympathy?

[hedonist3]

And that's outside of the criminal charges I think are very necessary so the next overprivileged idiot who gets a call about having something contagious takes it seriously.

Posted by SusanHelit

Actually, personal injury lawyers are the bottom-feeders of the profession -- the ambulance chasers. I'd bet my boots that the wedding (of course) and honeymoon trip were paid for by the dear old dad of the bride.

There are many needs for a competent attorney -- estate planning, business assets purchases, trademark registration, commercial lease negotiations, consighment contracts, business formations, adoption and on and on. To group all lawyers into one category displays a certain ignorance of the legal profession.

[bigsk8fan]

i can't help but wonder what this guy was thinking. even as a teenager, i knew tb was highly infectious and dangerous because it could be transferred via the air. as an attorney, i believe he thought of anything except how to comply with the law.

this also raises serious questions of how easy it would be to come into the USA with a dangerous and highly infectious disease, and a disease immune to antibiotics, to spread pandemic to the USA. still after almost 6 years, george w bush can't get border controls to protect america.

i am sure that there must be a neocon out there who is able to blame clinton for this.

[cpaide]

it's an awful strange coincidence that the father is law happens to be a researcher on tb ... hmmmm ... is there more to this story that we do not know?

Posted by bobnjersey

Yes, and I'd like to modify my comments questioning the intelligence of attorney Andrew Speaker and Dr. Robert Cooksey. They are both obviously highly intelligent, and their actions were not carried out with ignorance of the dangers involving other people.

I believe their actions were intentional and well-planned. This story is going to get MUCH stranger as the facts come to light.

[susanhelit]

I don't care where or how he got it. He knew what he had, he was told, while in Rome. To choose to expose so many others is purely criminal.

I really want to see him hit where it hurts a guy like this - in the wallet, and in public perception. I hope he's never, ever hired by anyone as a lawyer, and that he's charged and made to pay off all the money he's cost not only our government, and the other governments, not only the money the airlines may have spent, but also, and first, the money all of his victims, all of the people who were exposed and now have to wait through testing to see if they have it or not, every penny and inconvenience they have to go through, he should pay for.

And that's outside of the criminal charges I think are very necessary so the next overprivileged idiot who gets a call about having something contagious takes it seriously (overprivileged - his dad is a lawyer, he's gotten through law school, a honeymoon in Europe - yeah, he's overprivileged, and thinks that makes him immune to laws of man and biology).

[bobnjersey]

it's an awful strange coincidence that the father is law happens to be a researcher on tb ... hmmmm ... is there more to this story that we do not know?

[cpaide]

These studies have proven 10,000 iu's of Vitamin D3, per day, for 9 months, has a 100% cure rate. This is for all forms & susceptibility. Even MDR & XDR strains. We must educate & protect ourselves as a nation, & stop acting like hysterical, unprepared children.

Posted by Maat3

You sound like a bigger dumb-@ss than attorney Speaker and his quack doctor/father-in-law Cooksey.

If Vitamin D3 is such a great cure, why is Speaker being treated with 5 different antibiotics? What is it you and Dr. ***-head Cooksey know that the other CDC professionals don't?

I wish we would outsource our border security to the Chinese. I know how they would deal with Speaker, Cooksey and the border guard.

[rhs648]

And that's outside of the criminal charges I think are very necessary so the next overprivileged idiot who gets a call about having something contagious takes it seriously.

Posted by SusanHelit

Just because this guy is a lawyer doesn't make him an overpriviledged idiot. Many lawyers worked hard to put themselves through college and law school. This guy is certainly an idiot, an arrogant and selfish idiot. There are many lawyers who would never knowingly expose other people to a disease. This guy is a selfish and arrogant person who happens to be a lawyer. An auto mechanic could just as easily have done what this guy did.

[keps911]

Is anyone shocked that he is a 31 year old male who is an attorney?

I hope they go after him with the book.

[NAudra19]

Stop judging others. Most U.S. physicians- understand little about TB. This disease does not respect socio-economic boundaries!
The WHO claims 1/3 of the world population,is now infected with some latent(inactive), or active form of TB. To think we are somehow immune, as Americans- is ridiculous! Our biggest threat- unfortunately- is that HIV/AIDS patients are now living longer, more productive lives, thanks to current drug cocktails. Secondary infections are what kill people with AIDS- not AIDS itself. The more aggressive, deadlier forms of TB, are quickly becoming the biggest threat to them, & to us- their neighbors, families, co-workers, etc. All immune compromised people, are at high risk.
The deadlist form- is disseminated,extra-pulmonary TB, & this is not as contagious, as the pulmonary or laryngeal forms. We need to be a more alert, well educated nation. Recent studies have concluded that 1,000- 2,000 iu's per day of Vitamin D3, can prevent TB infections- altogether. These studies have proven 10,000 iu's of Vitamin D3, per day, for 9 months, has a 100% cure rate. This is for all forms & susceptibility. Even MDR & XDR strains. TB is the plague of the 21st Century- for the entire world- including all of us, here in the USA. We must educate & protect ourselves as a nation, & stop acting like hysterical, unprepared children.

[rudy654-2009]

Very good post Maat3! I am just a little tired of reading the amazing amount of ignorant comments being posted here. This superiority complex is incredible. I just wonder where everyone was and still is on the question of anthrax spores that deliberately got sent around through the mail??? Did it bother them as much as this one case when it was found out that the spores came from a lab right in our own country??? Hopefully, this case of TB is so early in its stages that all the needs to be done is brief check to make sure that everybody's okay. But still, the comments on this are beyond outrageous.

[NAudra19]

Stop judging others. Most U.S. physicians- understand little about TB. This disease does not respect socio-economic boundaries!
The WHO claims 1/3 of the world population,is now infected with some latent(inactive), or active form of TB. To think we are somehow immune, as Americans- is ridiculous! Our biggest threat- unfortunately- is that HIV/AIDS patients are now living longer, more productive lives, thanks to current drug cocktails. Secondary infections are what kill people with AIDS- not AIDS itself. The more aggressive, deadlier forms of TB, are quickly becoming the biggest threat to them, & to us- their neighbors, families, co-workers, etc. All immune compromised people, are at high risk.
The deadlist form- is disseminated,extra-pulmonary TB, & this is not as contagious, as the pulmonary or laryngeal forms. We need to be a more alert, well educated nation. Recent studies have concluded that 1,000- 2,000 iu's per day of Vitamin D3, can prevent TB infections- altogether. These studies have proven 10,000 iu's of Vitamin D3, per day, for 9 months, has a 100% cure rate. This is for all forms & susceptibility. Even MDR & XDR strains.
We must educate & protect ourselves as a nation, & stop acting like hysterical, unprepared people. TB is the plague of the 21st Century- for the entire world- including all of us, here in the USA.

[NAudra19]

Stop judging others. Most U.S. physicians- understand little about TB. This disease does not respect socio-economic boundaries!
The WHO claims 1/3 of the world population,is now infected with some latent(inactive), or active form of TB. To think we are somehow immune, as Americans- is ridiculous! Our biggest threat- unfortunately- is that HIV/AIDS patients are now living longer, more productive lives, thanks to current drug cocktails. Secondary infections are what kill people with AIDS- not AIDS itself. The more aggressive, deadlier forms of TB, are quickly becoming the biggest threat to them, & to us- their neighbors, families, co-workers, etc. All immune compromised people, are at high risk.
The deadlist form- is disseminated,extra-pulmonary TB, & this is not as contagious, as the pulmonary or laryngeal forms. We need to be a more alert, well educated nation. Recent studies have concluded that 1,000- 2,000 iu's per day of Vitamin D3, can prevent TB infections- altogether. These studies have proven 10,000 iu's of Vitamin D3, per day, for 9 months, has a 100% cure rate. This is for all forms & susceptibility. Even MDR & XDR strains.
We must educate & protect ourselves as a nation, & stop acting like hysterical, unprepared people. TB is the plague of the 21st Century- for the entire world- including all of us, here in the USA.

[NAudra19]

Stop judging others. Most U.S. physicians- understand little about TB. This disease does not respect socio-economic boundaries!
The WHO claims 1/3 of the world population,is now infected with some latent(inactive), or active form of TB. To think we are somehow immune, as Americans- is ridiculous! Our biggest threat- unfortunately- is that HIV/AIDS patients are now living longer, more productive lives, thanks to current drug cocktails. Secondary infections are what kill people with AIDS- not AIDS itself. The more aggressive, deadlier forms of TB, are quickly becoming the biggest threat to them, & to us- their neighbors, families, co-workers, etc. All immune compromised people, are at high risk.
The deadlist form- is disseminated, extra-pulmonary TB, & this is not as contagious, as the pulmonary/or laryngeal forms. We need to be a more alert, well educated nation.
Recent studies have concluded that 1,000- 2,000 iu's per day of Vitamin D3, can prevent TB infections- altogether. These studies have proven 10,000 iu's of Vitamin D3, per day, for 9 months, has a 100% cure rate. This is for all forms & susceptibility. Even MDR & XDR strains.
We must educate & protect ourselves as a nation, & stop acting like hysterical, unprepared people. TB is the plague of the 21st Century- for the entire world- including all of us, here in the USA.