While I’m spending the summer in Professional Responsibility, learning gems of ethical wisdom, like don’t accept sex as a form of payment from your clients, don’t steal their money, and don’t fabricate evidence, TB Andrew is out there exposing people to an extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis. What a great PR machine for the legal profession.
So, let’s see….
1. The guy knew he had TB *before* he left for Europe to get married.
2. He claims he didn’t know it was the drug-resistant strain, but you know what? YOU STILL HAD TB, JACKASS.
3. But what does he do when he finds out it’s a rare form that is really difficult to treat? He flies home. He’s exposed at least two trans-Atlantic flights, and four connecting flights in Europe. How many lives has this jerk put at risk?
4. Oh, and just in case you thought our border security actually meant something, the custom agent *_ignores_* the computer pop-up warning to hold and treat him as contagious and just lets him through.
There is so much that disturbs me about this story, I don’t even know where to start. First, I can’t believe the complete, utterly selfish and completely unethical behavior of this jackass.
He deserves to have his license to practice suspended at least, if not be disbarred. Second, if you had any illusions about airport security keeping us safe from terrorism, they should be shot to hell now.
Unreal.
Good point re the Professional Responsibility angle (too bad I had that class last semester, so no discussion of it could be had). I hope your summer semester is going well.