[TexasGunLover]

A selfish lawyer... what are the odds?

It's also possible that his story is true and they weren't stressing not traveling since they didn't know what strain he had.

Why believe the government over a citizen? To me it seems more likely, the government is trying to cover up what they said and when.

[Volunteer]

You may be correct.

But, even I would know not to get on an airplane if I was diagnosed with TB and I am not exactly House, M.D.

I also think that the Father-in-law who "just happens" to work for CDC on TB is too odd. Something isn't right here.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Yep. I think the CDC is 1) trying to cover its tracks, 2) overreacting wildly now, as part of its efforts to obscure its previous underreaction. This poor guy is little more than a pawn in the whole thing. The father in law is obviously quite knowledgeable about this stuff, and wasn’t alarmed enough about his daughter running off on a honeymoon with this guy to sound the alarm and try to stop that from happening. Translation: the guy’s potential for transmission is very, very, very, very low (as in the people who sat next to him on the planes should be more worried about getting hit by lightning on a sunny day), and when he left on the trip there was even less reason to be alarmed, since his TB strain had not yet been identified as an “extensively resistant” type.

[slowhandluke]

It's also possible that his story is true and they weren't stressing not traveling since they didn't know what strain he had.

Are there are any mild forms of TB? I would not want the person next to me on a plane to have an ordinary cold, much less TB of any kind.

[DanielLongo]

Why evade authorities in Italy? At that point, after he received the call from the CDC, there was a moral question. He flew to Prague and then to Montreal knowingly and secretly exposing others to what he knew at the time is a life threatening illness. But he does it to save his own skin at the expense of women and children. The guy is a creep of the worst order and a coward.

[junaid]

He was told to put off his wedding. He flew to Greece anyway. Also, the CDC probably did not get involved with the TB case until they found out what strain it was. Until then, it was probably handled by a private physician.

I’m wondering how he was ever diagnosed. As a lawyer, why would he need a TB test? Did he get diagnosed by a TB test or chest x-ray. He probably had something going on that required testing. He’s probably more infectious than they say.