Lost in the Human Interest: the ‘TB Patient’

Dave Schuler · Friday, June 1, 2007 · 1 Comment

Does it look to you as though the larger issues were being lost in the story of the globe-hopping Atlanta lawyer infected with drug-resistant tuberculosis? The focus seems to be completely on the human interest aspect of the story but aren’t there other issues here? I certainly think so.

The first issue is that low-level government officials are making policy decisions that may affect your health and security. The second issue is that, from a contagion standpoint, it’s getting to be a more dangerous world and we’re not taking it particularly seriously.

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About Dave Schuler
Over the years Dave Schuler has worked as a martial arts instructor, a handyman, a musician, a cook, and a translator. He's owned his own company for the last thirty years and has a post-graduate degree in his field. He comes from a family of politicians, teachers, and vaudeville entertainers. All-in-all a pretty good preparation for blogging.

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Bill Hartzer says:

Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 09:38

There are definitely some “large issues” being lost in this whole fiasco. It’s definitely a fiasco..how is it that we couldn’t track this guy down?

And what about Andrew Speaker’s father in law? Is it such a coincidence that his father in law works for the CDC–in the TB section?

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