U.S. Knew Man had Rare, Contagious Disease; Yawns as he Enters Border. "Homeland Security" Indeed

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A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS

New reports indicate that the U.S. government is to blame for an Atlanta man taking two transatlantic flights despite having a rare, potentially deadly type of tuberculosis that is highly resistant to treatment. The man – under the first federal quarantine in decades – says CDC officials knew he had the disease and even put him on a no-fly list, yet he was still able to leave and return to the United States.

The unidentified patient, who had been making regular hospital visits for treatment, told officials he would be traveling to Europe for his wedding but was never told not to go. Only when he was on his honeymoon in Rome was he instructed not to return to America and that he was on a no-fly list. He was also ordered to surrender to Italian health authorities for indefinite isolation and treatment. Fearful of the quality of medical care in a foreign nation, the man opted to fly to Canada and drive into America.

He was never stopped despite several passport checks.

Full article here: http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/216

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1. kick

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[BreweryYardRat]

2. Goddamn! Talk about gross incompetence!

Whoever neglected to stop him needs to be fired and charged with many, many counts of reckless endangerment.

And "fearful of the quality of medical care in a foreign nation?" WTF? Italy's a First World Country, just like the US, and its health care system is probably just as good as ours, maybe better. At the very least, they could have put him on a quarantined medical flight back to the US.