Yep and then a border guard ignored a warning to stop him because the lawyer "looked healthy".
don't you mean "was white and clean cut, so couldn't possibly be doing anything wrong"
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Vortex - May 31, 2007 4:49:00 pm PDT #287 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
askye - May 31, 2007 5:01:48 pm PDT #288 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Yes.
Cashmere - May 31, 2007 5:03:06 pm PDT #289 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Narrator - May 31, 2007 5:34:16 pm PDT #290 of 10001
The evil is this way?
I heard the reason he flew into Canada was because he knew was on a no-fly list for the US.
Yes indeed. He claims that once he was aware that he had a really bad strain he feared that he would die if he did not get back to the US and get treatment here. Right.
Yep and then a border guard ignored a warning to stop him because the lawyer "looked healthy".
That border guard is on desk duty now.
I'm sad to say that the only one likely to get punished is the hapless border guard. At a minimum the lawyer ought to be in trouble with his state bar. Disobeying an order not to fly, flying to Canada to avoid the no-fly list = bad. However, disciplinary boards tend to be more forgiving when the lawyer does a bad thing for a personal reason, rather than when he/she is harming a client. Still. Sheesh.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 31, 2007 5:42:11 pm PDT #291 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Since dude is currently in isolation under armed guard with an effectively untreatable strain of TB, I'm willing to pass on the legal payback. I suspect he's going to be forcibly quarantined (proven flight risk, after all) until a drug treatment that can cure him is invented.
Rick - May 31, 2007 5:46:02 pm PDT #292 of 10001
The 12 year old in me must note that besides Mr. Dong, one of the other two left has the last name Wang.
One of the most common surnames in northern China. It means 'king', naturally. Oh, and queen is 'nü-wang'.
Vang is a common Norwegian name, but W is pronounced with a V-sound in Norwegian, so many confused Norwegian immigrants ended up with an American name of Wang. In states like Minnesota and Washington, which have people of both Norwegian and Chinese ancestry, this leads to many supposedly amusing newspaper photos of “the Wang brothers,” one blond and 6’3”, and one dark haired and 5’4”. I know this because I have a friend whose real name (Vangstad) got pseudo-Anglicized to Wang, and he collects examples of this trope.
Vortex - May 31, 2007 5:47:09 pm PDT #293 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Since dude is currently in isolation under armed guard with an effectively untreatable strain of TB, I'm willing to pass on the legal payback.
I'm not. Reckless endangerment at the least.
I suspect he's going to be forcibly quarantined (proven flight risk, after all) until a drug treatment that can cure him is invented.
why should he suffer the same as the guy who voluntarily turned himself in and has been in isolation for 9 months?
aurelia - May 31, 2007 5:59:59 pm PDT #294 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Reckless endangerment at the least.
How about the cost to track down and test all the people who may have been exposed on the flights?
Vortex - May 31, 2007 6:04:54 pm PDT #295 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
How about the cost to track down and test all the people who may have been exposed on the flights?
yep. fines and civil liability as well. There was a woman on GMA this morning that was talking about how she was going to have to be tested monthly for the next two years. that's going to cost her money and the emotional stress is horrible as well.
brenda m - May 31, 2007 6:06:02 pm PDT #296 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Since dude is currently in isolation under armed guard with an effectively untreatable strain of TB, I'm willing to pass on the legal payback.
Reckless doesnt' begin to cover it. Turns out now (or so the elevator would have me believe) his father in law is in fact a TB researcher at the frikking CDC. Plus, the guy's a lawyer. So, not some dumbass who didn't understand what he was doing.
Do we have automatic spellcheck on here now? Me no likey.