Jun 1
When I was a little girl, I thought that ‘TB’ shots were ‘TV’ shots, which I got very excited about, because of course this meant that I would be famous and would finally get to meet Marshall, Will and Holly. But then I’d find myself in Dr. Rosenbaum’s office getting that little 4-prick (5-prick?) shot.
The fact that a thirtysomething attorney from Atlanta decided to board a plane to Greece after finding out that he had an extremely dangerous strain of tuberculosis just goes to show that you can’t trust people from the South. Andrew Speaker went to Greece to get married before his fiancee noticed that his lungs were expiring. When in Rome (OMG! LOL!), where he was honeymooning, Speaker discovered that he had the most lethal of TB strains which is resistant to most antibiotics.
Although the CDC instructed him to stay in Italy to prevent further spread of his TB, Speaker and Mrs. Speaker boarded a plane back to the U.S. and were allowed to cross the Canadian border despite warnings placed on both of their passports. I’m glad we’re shutting our borders to Mexicans while opening them up wide for TB-infected personal injury lawyers. Apparently the border agent ignored the explicit instructions to detain the couple, isolate Speaker and contact health authorities. You know why? Because they “looked healthy.” Meaning they didn’t “look Mexican.”
Speaker has sought medical care in Denver, where he will be isolated for months. However, his physician Gwen Huitt says he is in good spirits. “He’s very relieved to be in Denver and moving on to the next stage in his life,” Huitt said. Really? I’m glad Speaker has found some relief, despite the fact that he may have exposed hundreds of airline passengers to this severe form of tuberculosis.
I’m sure he’s smelling lawsuits. But not in a good way.
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Upon arriving in Denver, the consumptive Speaker coughed into a white lace handkerchief, exclaimed “Dear God…blood,” then swooned onto a chaise longue.
/I blame Jane Austen or Edith Wharton or one of the Brontë sisters.
My goodness, a lawyer putting his personal convienence ahead of all those other folks on the Air France and Czech Air transatlantic flights
/pull up the gangplank, he’s on board
//does Czech Air take bad checks?
International vacation gone awry?!
Mr. Speaker should hire Bill Messer and threaten a lawsuit.
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Why are Speakers such ass*holes?
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Speaker’s father-in-law is a microbiologist at the CDC in the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. Robert Cooksey issued a statement Thursday saying that he “wasn’t involved in any decisions my son-in-law made regarding his travel, nor did I ever act as a CDC official or in an official CDC capacity with respect to any of the events in the past weeks…. I would never knowingly put my daughter, friends or anyone else at risk from such a disease.”
Oh, Man. Talk about getting off on the wrong foot with the father-in-law.
yeah right. Father-in-law TB researcher in Atlanta, didin’t plan on attending his daughter’s wedding, PI attorney knows to go to Prague and fly to Montreal and cross at Champlain, NY,and there is no connection? Listen dad, even though you do not like my future husband, could you please not try to kill him, the future father of your grandchildren, says the new Mrs. Speaker.
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Re: 5. lush
Why do you hate the CDC?
Worst. Bachelor. Ever.
Is it just me, or does he look like Al Gore?
Re: 2. Pink Oilman
Oh, and as for you. Have you forgotten some of your best friends are lawyers?
Hope he’s got scads of life insurance. Notice the way the new Mrs is sneering/snarling at his nether regions….
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But I have to admit I feel slightly bad for him - a lot of the news articles really did make him seem like a terrorist. Maybe he did what he did accidentally?? Or maybe I’m being overly generous.
There’s some good news and some bad news for Andrew Speaker, the globe-trekking consumptive Atlanta personal injury lawyer.
First, the good news:
For confirming beyond all doubt what everyone in America thinks about personal injury lawyers and making the rest of them look okay by comparison, the American Bar Association has named Speaker their Man of the Year. That’s the good news.
Also, over the weekend Bill Frist watched a tape of Speaker’s Good Morning America interview from last week. Based on that viewing, Frist announced late Sunday that Speaker’s strain of tuberculosis is not contagious. So that’s good news, too.
The bad news: If Speaker’s treatment is successful the new missus won’t have to wear that mask anymore.
Is a 4-prick shot some sort of speaker procedural action?
Re: 5. lush
According to the NY Times, father-in-law used his CDC status to talk the Fulton County official into allowing his son-in law to be to make the trip, used “lawyerly prodding” to clarify whether warning was just advisory or if it carried any weight.
How do you suppose that honeymoon went — full body condom in use? Doubtful. So are they actually married, consumated?
Re: 14. West Texas Hillbilly
HA! Well played!
/Except I only counted 3 on the dais.
It took me a while, but he sort of favors Rep Eiland. ick.