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A family of inconsiderate jerks

June 12th, 2007 by ktula

Jerk #1: Andrew Speaker. He was fully aware that he has a drug resistant form of TB and yet willing to risk the health of everyone else by traveling to Europe for his honeymoon. Even when notified that his TB was highly resistant to drugs and was told not to travel on commercial airlines, he decided to sneak back to the US via a commercial aircraft to Montreal and drove the rest of the way back. Even when being exposed as such a selfish and thoughtless jerk that he is, he tried to hit back at his critics by explaining his reason for speaking out was his concern about his law career:

“When I’m done with all this, am I going to have a practice to get back to, with the impression out there now that I’m this selfish, self-absorbed person? It’s not how I’ve lived my life. When I’m done with all this, I want to make sure I still have my life to get back to.”

It may not be how he has lived his life but this self-absorbing piece of shit knowingly risked transmitting his drug-resistant TB to all those around him does not deserve to have his practice to go back to. In fact, he does not deserve to have his life to get back to.

Jerk #2: Ted Speaker, Andres Speaker’s father. He was extremely combative with health officials when they tried to prevent his son from going to Europe for his honeymoon. When asked for the whereabout of Andrew, he refused to divulge the location of his son.

Jerk #3: Robert Cooksey. Being a microbiologist at CDC with focus on contagious diseases like TB, not only refused to stop the Greek wedding but went to the ceremony himself.

Jerk #4: Sarah Speaker, the newly wed wife of Andrew Speaker. Knowing that Andrew has a drug resistant form of TB and yet decided to go to Europe with her fiancee. Worse, even when she found out that his TB is highly drug resistant, she conspired with him to sneak back into the US, traveling on commercial aircraft, potentially affecting more passengers.

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