Thread: Border inspector removed from duty after allowing tuberculos

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Border inspector removed from duty after allowing tuberculosis patient into US

Associated Press - May 31, 2007 5:53 PM ET

ATLANTA (AP) - A border guard who allowed the man currently quarantined at a hospital in Denver with tuberculosis back into the country has been removed from border duty.

Officials say the unidentified inspector disregarded a computer warning to stop Andrew Speaker and put on protective gear. Instead, they say, he allowed Speaker to cross back into the country because Speaker seemed perfectly healthy.

Speaker returned last week from his honeymoon in Europe and his new father-in-law is a Centers for Disease Control microbiologist specializing in TB and other bacteria.

He was quarantined a day after he was allowed to enter the US through the border crossing at Champlain, New York, along the Canadian border.

Doctors in Denver say Speaker is "doing extremely well." They say he is not coughing and does not have a fever.

He "seemed perfectly healthy"???? Was the guy supposed to have the letters "TB" painted across his forehead? Glad to know we are in such good hands!!!