AP report presents a more cynical view of Andrew Speaker
By now, most readers have heard of Andrew Speaker, the attorney infected with a dangerous form of tuberculosis who left the U.S. to be married in Greece despite attempts by health officials to keep him from traveling. Speaker was portrayed but not named in our May 30 report of the incident.
Since that time, Speaker has testified before Congress by phone and apologized publicly for the health scare he caused, claiming that doctors had told him he was not contagious. Emails obtained a few hours ago by the Associated Press portray a different view of the story.
The AP reports that Speaker’s father, also a lawyer, claimed not to know how to reach him when contacted by the CDC. His then-future father-in-law was urged by a CDC researcher to stop the wedding. Instead, he flew to Greece to attend it. The father in law, Robert Cooksey, is a CDC microbiologist.
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