The 2007 scare tuberculosis occurred when the Atlanta personal-injured lawyer Andrew "Drew" Speaker flew from Atlanta, Georgia to Paris, France and to Greece and then Italy before returning on flight from Prague, Czech Republic to Montreal, Canada, where he crossed the border and returned to the United States when infected with drug-resistant TB. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe the speaker was suffering from drug-resistant TB extensively (XDR-TB). The incident sparked a debate in Congress about the failure of federal customs agents to stop it. Upon the return of speakers to the United States, the CDC placed it under forced isolation (similar to quarantine) using the provisions of the Health Service Act. With this action, Speakers became the first person to experience a CDC isolation order since 1963.
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In January 2007, the Speaker suffered a fall and went to the doctor, worried that he had bruised the ribs. Doctor X-rayed his chest and found an abnormality that required further testing. Andrew Speaker is suspected of having TB when a positive PPD test returns on March 2, 2007. A third CT scan was performed on March 3 and bronchoscopy was performed on 8 March. After 18 days of incubation, the isolates were sent to CDC to confirm the results of their vulnerability by the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR).
On March 28, 2007, doctors and health departments believed that the TB strain was a resistant speaker and communicated this to the CDC. On May 1, a clear MDR TB infection was discussed with the CDC laboratory by his doctors and they discussed the cessation of his treatment at the time. On May 9, suspected MDR TB was confirmed. A meeting was held with Fulton County Health Officer, his doctor, his fiancé and his father-in-law on May 10, 2007. At this point he is told that he is not contagious and not a threat to anyone but that he should go to Denver for treatment. It took several weeks to set this up. She recommended, or according to some accounts strongly recommended, not to travel.
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Order of travel
On May 12, 2007, the Speaker flew from the US to Paris. On May 14, he flew to Athens and, two days later, flew to the Aegean island of Santorini for his wedding (the Mayor of Santorini Angelos Roussos, declaring that the Speaker did not have the necessary documents for civil ceremonies.). The speaker then flies to Rome for his honeymoon.
Doctors say that only after the Speaker leaves the United States, they are aware of the possibility of him suffering from XDR-TB. The speaker said that he was informed about MDR TB before leaving the country, and that while officials prefer him not to fly, they say that he is not a threat and is not required to wear a mask. After the Speakers were in Europe, however, test results showed the tuberculosis strain was even more rare than previously thought, leading to public health officials to try to persuade Speakers to surrender to Italian health authorities. The CDC told him that there was no option for CDC to take him home, and that he had to arrange private transportation. The speaker instead flies with a commercial jet to Prague and then to MontrÃÆ'Â © al. Both the Speaker and his new wife claim that, if they are offered transportation, they will accept it and will wait in Rome. The speaker also said that the CDC told him that they would send officials to place him in the Italian quarantine for two years, and that he had not been told the special transport was arranged.
Once in Montrà © al, Speakers rented a car and drove across the Canadian-US border. A Customs and Border Protection Officer fails to keep him at the border, ignoring the warning after he passes the Speaker's passport through the Financial Enforcement Communication System (TECS) to hold the traveler, wear a protective mask when dealing with him, and contact the health authority because he "does not look sick".
Flight schedule
According to CDC, Speakers fly on the following flights:
Tuberculosis case note
On May 31, 2007, the Speaker was transferred from Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta to the National Jewish Research and Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, for further treatment.
It was reported that the Spouse's father-in-law, Robert C. Cooksey, works for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is a microbiologist who has conducted research on tuberculosis, according to a CDC biography posted on the agency's Web site.
Wearing a medical mask, Speaker was interviewed by Diane Sawyer on ABC's 1 July Good Morning America talk show and apologized to all the passengers, explaining that she did not mean to harm them.
According to an interview on Larry King Live, the Speaker said that he has not been informed that there is a risk of transmitting the disease to others, as well as a May 10 letter suggesting that he not make this trip, which the Speaker in any case have never received before leaving May 14th. His wife, with whom he stayed for five months without precautions, remains uninfected.
New diagnosis
On July 4, 2007, the National Jewish Medical and Research Center announced, and the CDC confirmed, that Mr. Di's early diagnosis. The speaker is wrong and that he or she even has multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB), a more treatable form of tuberculosis..
Isolation and law
Before the Congressional hearing, the Speaker and his father played an audio recording of the CDC and Fulton County health officials who said he was harmless to others. He asked such questions on five tapes repeatedly and was given the same answer even after stating on two records that he would be out of state and the CDC then admitted they were aware and waited until he was gone before taking further action.
The speaker was in New York when the CDC served him with an order of isolation but CDC director Julie Gerberding stated that the government was legally restricted before the order. A federal law that provides quarantine authority allows isolation or quarantine but only for individuals who come to the country from a foreign country or territory.
Georgia TB Law may require Speakers to be locked up for two weeks and only allowed to travel for medical appointments. A confinement order can isolate the patient only after the infected patient ignores the medical advice. This method can be ruled out by a public health emergency statement by the governor of Georgia.
In 2007, seven Canadians and two Czechs sued Speakers at the Montreal High Court; eight of the plaintiffs are on the same flight as Andrew Speaker and one associated with one of the passengers.
See also
- Progress of SARS outbreaks for comparison with international quarantine events that are eligible for the latest news, 2002-2004
References
External links
- Interview with Andrew Speaker
- Official transcript of CDC briefing session on Speaker case
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