Re: XDR-TB

From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Thu May 31 20:30:16 2007


...had been ordered by American authorities not to board a commercial transatlantic flight. But he slipped back into North America by flying through Montreal on May 24...

"I think that's a question that only he can answer," Dr. Martin Cetron, director of global migration and quarantine for the U.S. Centers of Disease Control in Atlanta said when asked if the man flew to Canada to evade a U.S. no-fly order.

"But we informed him how important it was for him not to take commercial flights, how important it was to stay put, what the options were for getting immediate assistance in Italy," Dr. Cetron told The Canadian Press in an interview.

The CDC even dispatched a doctor — a former CDC TB division staffer who now works for Italy's Ministry of Health — to meet with the man to discuss how he could be safely returned to the United States.

"When the ... ex-CDC physician went to meet with him and try to provide some reassurance — because we recognize it's a scary diagnosis — he had already left. Checked out of the hotel," Dr. Cetron said.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070529.wtraveltuber0529/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20070529.wtraveltuber0529

Art

At Thu, 31 May 2007, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: >
>In a message dated 5/31/07 5:08:55 PM, henrygregor@yahoo.com writes:
>
>> As the fat man himself used to say, "How sweet it is!"
>>
>Hey, don't gloat.
>
>The scenario is this: The guy is a plaintiff's attorney married to a law
>student. However, his father-in-law is a doc at CDC in the TB section. So I wonder
>where the TB might have come, don't you? And it might be a case of "I don't
>want this jerk-weed marrying/influencing my precious daughter."
>
>So before all the EVIDENCE is in (don't you watch CSI???), don't pick the bad
>guy. EVERYONE is a suspect, don't ya know? The truth will set you free.
>
>Joe P.
>

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art fougner, md
"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton




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