Comments on: Andrew Speaker getting sued

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:41:00 +0000

someone said:”in exchange for protection from uncertain infections disease, society needed to indemnify Mr. Speaker from crippling financial costs of seeking care in a foreign country and paying for private air ambulance travel back to the US.”

The CDC told Speaker that he should NOT travel, and that if he did, it was against medical advice. He CHOSE to travel anyway, and now you propose we the taxpayers split his bill? Are you TB Andy Speaking?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:25:00 +0000

Present company excepted, medical professionals have a poor track record of making the right decisions for my care. Their theory was that one thousand people should be overtreated so that one person isn’t undertreated.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:44:00 +0000

CJD:
The more you reply the more foolish you come across. The CDC is not Dick Cheney et al. Do you think they would realistically issue an order for confinement (the first in 40 years) on a lark to a LAWYER. Diagnosing TB is not rocket science. If there was a realistic concern of MDR TB (especially in a non-compliant pt like Mr Speaker) then what the CDC did was right. Mr Speaker does not have the “right” to infect other people with a contagious disease despite what you might think.

PS: My “mind reading” about you utter lack of knowledge on public health and public health emergencies was spot on.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:25:00 +0000

yeah, I know you've got your finger on the pulse of "public health".

At the end of the day, though, my original point remains. You have no idea what the info the CDC relied on was. None whatsoever, your aspirations to public health genius notwithstanding.

You better limit your mindreading to guessing people's weight at the country fair.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:20:00 +0000

Earth to anon 9:25.
re: Changing the subject.
I am not trying to equate the CDC’s order with Saddam’s mythical WMD’s. In fact I mentioned the CDC’s public health role MDR TB and how it effects you. The fact is you don’t understand public health. Really, do try to get a clue or stick to law.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:25:00 +0000

I like how you’ve changed the debate since I pointed out your lack of knowledge on the subject. Classic move.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:59:00 +0000

“Are you a mind reader?”

As a matter of fact I can read your mind. You know next to nothing about Public Health and what constitutes a Public Health emergency. MDR TB is nothing to fool around with. In the big scheme of things the CDC was looking out for YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES HEALTH. You just don’t seem to grasp the concept.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:14:00 +0000

Can’t people accept a little inconvenience? If this guy didn’t give them XDR TB, then they are entitled to nothing, except an apology. To expect anything more just shows how far civilized society has sunk.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:52:00 +0000

The CDC may have well been acting on the best info available. Or maybe the best info was competing and they went with worst case scenario. The point is – you don’t know, you’re just assuming. Unless you’re a mind reader, that is.

Are you a mind reader?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:26:00 +0000

“You’re right – the government never makes hasty or ill informed decisions. That’s why we have located all of Iraq’s WMD”

What a poor rebuttal. What does on issue have to do with the other? Nothing. There was no solid evidence for WMD before the war and I certainly will not try to defend W. But that has nothing to do with the CDC decision on a man with KNOWN TB. Is this how you try to win court cases anon? You must starve. I guess I have a different perspective as a doc who has taken care of pt’s with TB (and converted myself s/p INH). Unlike you, I actually know what I am talking about.