Comments on: The Tuberculosis Saga of Andrew Speaker

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By: Blue Star Chronicles

Blue Star Chronicles — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:44:58 +0000

Mexican National with Drug Resistant Tuberculosis to Cross US Border 76 Times…

Webloggin’ is reporting on a Mexican national, Amado Isidro Armendariz Amaya, who has crossed the border to and from the United States 76 times who has a drug resistant form of tuberculosis.
A Mexican national infected with a highly contagious fo…

By: KB

KB — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:56:21 +0000

Andrew Speaker is a weapon of mass destruction and should be treated as such. Any actions necessary to contain this threat are justified.

Further, his premeditated actions of boarding an airliner with ANY strain of TB qualify him for first degree murder charges if anyone affected by him dies.

Extenuating circumstances may justify unusual certain actions in certain cases, however, this is clearly not one of them. There is no justification for placing other peoples lives in jeopardy when satisfying one’s own needs.

By: Recovered TB patient

Recovered TB patient — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:56:52 +0000

you all cannot understand until you have been through it. i think you would have done the same thing. this canadian lawsuit is absolutely ridiculous. have any of these passengers even tested positive for tb? and if so, who’s to say they didn’t catch it elsewhere? it is not that easy to catch tb…just being on an airplane with someone who has it is not likely to result in infection. and the doctors said he had a low tb count in his sputum. he was not spewing forth a multitude of tb bugs. leave it alone, people.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:47:16 +0000

I’ve read many comments about Andrew Speaker. Yes, I understand that he’s done a very dangerous thing, putting thousands of people in danger. This cannot be forgiven but it can be understood. I’ve noticed that none of the comments have noted that this man was traveling to his own wedding.
Perhaps this was a great love and in the history of all the foolish and criminal things men have done for love, this is hardly one of the worst. It does not mean that love excuses crime or foolishness. I’ve found this SCI-FI book called It Is Not Too Late at itisnottoolate.com that talks about biological war and this type of spread of infections. In the end, even as we blame him, we have to also understand him.

By: drdisaia

drdisaia — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:48:50 +0000

TB resistant to all known forms of treatment was very unlikely contracted outside the healthcare arena. Either he has been treated before or got it from someone who has had extensive treatment. That’s where the “got it from the lab” theory came from.

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:26:09 +0000

Actually TB is not that rare. It just doesn’t get much press. And there are no coincidences - or so I’ve heard.

BSC: Yes, I’ve heard that too. I’ve got a theory (of course!) but I’ll keep it to myself seeing as he’s a personal injury attorney

By: drdisaia

drdisaia — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 06:52:55 +0000

Actually quite interesting is the possibility he got this rare form of the disease by contact with such a bacterium in his stepfather’s lab. Multiply resistant mycobacteria just don’t grow on trees you know.

The ACLU’s position is no surprise. Since when were they ever concerned with public safety?

BSC: I’ve heard he might have contracted it doing charity work in Vietnam. But I agree that it’s an interesting possibility that he came in contact with it through his father-in-law’s lab ….

By: sue

sue — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:56:44 +0000

this self-absorbed , selfish twit, who seems to have found his soul mate in the questionably new mrs.speaker, should be quarantined for a long time, if nothing else than to not to subject the rest of us to such a poor excuse for a human being, let alone a drug resistant disease, which he was completely aware of, despite all his protests to the contrary.

BSC: Of course he was aware of it! He just wanted to get back to the United States for treatment regardless of the danger he put others in. He was afraid for his life if he were hospitalized in Italy. His ‘wife’ as much as said it. Complete selfishness. I imagine he’ll be quarantined for quite some time.

By: Janette

Janette — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:48:43 +0000

Oh, great! I had no idea the ACLU had gotten involved. A personal injury lawyer and the ACLU - this should turn out just peachy.

Thanks for the link!

By: Raven

Raven — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:13:37 +0000

Thanks for the link Beth!!