Figures...selfish TB patient is a UGA grad...

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hiveredtech

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To top it all off...he is also a personal injury attorney!

You cannot get more selfish than this guy. What is really funny is that he is in Rome, Italy and decides if he cannot get back to the US he may die...and of course he knew he had TB before he got to that point. However....Italy is not a 3rd world country dude!!!...particulary strong is the medical expertise in Rome!!! Nonetheless...he decided to risk infecting thousands of others.

What a jerk! Another proud UGA alum!!!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276913,00.html
 
This does not reflect on UGA. They still suck, but not because of this idiot.

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Any person other than Michael Moore would prefer to be in the US for treatment. Italy may not be a third world country, but would you really want to take your chances? He had been told that he was not in danger of spreading it, so he did everything he could to get home.

It's easy to look from the outside and say that it was stupid of him. But I would be willing to bet a large sum of money that 99% of the population would have done the exact same thing.
 
SMoney said:
Any person other than Michael Moore would prefer to be in the US for treatment. Italy may not be a third world country, but would you really want to take your chances? He had been told that he was not in danger of spreading it, so he did everything he could to get home.

It's easy to look from the outside and say that it was stupid of him. But I would be willing to bet a large sum of money that 99% of the population would have done the exact same thing.
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It seems that the issue isn't that he took the flight to Europe. It is that once he was in Europe they told him not to fly on a commercial airliner. He knew that and flew to Canada and then drove into the US. That shows he did know that he was a danger to others.
 
WracerX said:
It seems that the issue isn't that he took the flight to Europe. It is that once he was in Europe they told him not to fly on a commercial airliner. He knew that and flew to Canada and then drove into the US. That shows he did know that he was a danger to others.
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Bingo. What he did was wreckless & borderline criminal. It still doesn't have any reflection on UGAg or its students/graduates.
 
Playing Devil's advocate here, the US is much better for treatments from specialists for rare types of diseases. People needing specialized treatment in Europe or Canade often get put on wait lists lasting months if the disease isn't immediately life-threatening.

But I have to ask, why the hell didn't he cancel his Europe trip. He knew he had this form of TB and he almost certainly knew that people exposed for eight hours or more, i.e. a transatlantic flight, will possibly get TB. His father-in-law worked for the CDC on TB afterall. I'm sure he set aside time for this vacation and all, but nothing's worth possibly spreading TB to other people.
 
ContactBuzz said:
It still doesn't have any reflection on UGAg or its students/graduates.
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This reminds me of the UGA fan that shut down Hartsfield for multiple hours because he ran past security (in his UGA t-shirt and hat) fearful he would miss his flight to the football game. The mug shot of him with his UGA gear is priceless.
 
hiveredtech said:
This reminds me of the UGA fan that shut down Hartsfield for multiple hours because he ran past security (in his UGA t-shirt and hat) fearful he would miss his flight to the football game. The mug shot of him with his UGA gear is priceless.
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Yeah, that guy's probably a little more representative of the UGAg sidewalk alumni.
 
floridajacket said:
Playing Devil's advocate here, the US is much better for treatments from specialists for rare types of diseases. People needing specialized treatment in Europe or Canade often get put on wait lists lasting months if the disease isn't immediately life-threatening.
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[FONT=&quot]Again, the issue isn't that he could get better care in the US. It was that he did EXACTLY what they told him not to do. He could have walked into the US embassy in Rome and said: "I'm on the no fly list because I have TB. How do I get back into the country?" My guess is they would have told him, "Since the CDC wants to quarantine you, we will drive you down to xxx AFB. From there, the USAF will fly you and your wife back to Dobbins on a medical transport jet, so you won't expose 200 random people to TB. Because those people could possibly spread that strain of TB all over North America."

If the guy is smart enough to fly to Canada to avoid the no fly list, he is smart enough to get back into the US legally. Shoot, he could have walked into the biggest hospital in Rome and told them. I am sure the Italians would have been happy to send him back to the US to get him off of their soil.


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Eight days later, does anyone have a different opinion of this situation to the one they first had before all of the facts were known?
 
LongforDodd said:
Eight days later, does anyone have a different opinion of this situation to the one they first had before all of the facts were known?
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Nothing I have read has given me reason to change. He may have not been clear on the trip out...but he was told to stay where he was when he was there. Since the beginning it was the trip back that has been questioned the most.

LongForDodd always bashing GT and protecting Dawgies....hmmmm.
 
LongforDodd said:
Eight days later, does anyone have a different opinion of this situation to the one they first had before all of the facts were known?
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Nope.
 
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