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'''Andrew "Drew" Speaker''' is the [[Atlanta, Georgia]] resident who has recently (as of May 31, 2007) been widely reported to have left the [[United States]] while carrying a |
'''Andrew "Drew" Speaker''' is the [[Atlanta, Georgia]] resident who has recently (as of May 31, 2007) been widely reported to have left the [[United States]] while carrying a strain of [[extensively drug resistant tuberculosis]] (XDR-TB). Speaker re-entered the United States by taking a flight into [[Canada]] and coming across the Canadian border; he did this because he was allegedly on a no-fly list due to his illness. It is currently unknown where he contracted the disease. He is the first person since 1963 to be under Federal [[Quarantine|quarantine]]. |
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Andrew Speaker is an attorney who works in his family's law firm in Atlanta. He attended the [[United States Naval Academy]] and the [[University of Georgia]], and earned his law degree from the [[University of Georgia]] School of Law. He worked with the [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]] [[District Attorney]]’s Office and the [[Oconee County, Georgia|Oconee County]] District Attorney’s office. He is now in private practice, concentrating in personal injury [[litigation]] and [[family law]].<ref>[http://atlantadivorce.poweradvocates.com/about.html Speaker Law Firm web site: Andrew Speaker bio]</ref> |
Andrew Speaker is an attorney who works in his family's law firm in Atlanta. He attended the [[United States Naval Academy]] and the [[University of Georgia]], and earned his law degree from the [[University of Georgia]] School of Law. He worked with the [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]] [[District Attorney]]’s Office and the [[Oconee County, Georgia|Oconee County]] District Attorney’s office. He is now in private practice, concentrating in personal injury [[litigation]] and [[family law]].<ref>[http://atlantadivorce.poweradvocates.com/about.html Speaker Law Firm web site: Andrew Speaker bio]</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:14, 31 May 2007
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Andrew "Drew" Speaker is the Atlanta, Georgia resident who has recently (as of May 31, 2007) been widely reported to have left the United States while carrying a strain of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). Speaker re-entered the United States by taking a flight into Canada and coming across the Canadian border; he did this because he was allegedly on a no-fly list due to his illness. It is currently unknown where he contracted the disease. He is the first person since 1963 to be under Federal quarantine.
Andrew Speaker is an attorney who works in his family's law firm in Atlanta. He attended the United States Naval Academy and the University of Georgia, and earned his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law. He worked with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office and the Oconee County District Attorney’s office. He is now in private practice, concentrating in personal injury litigation and family law.[1]
Tuberculosis case
On May 31, 2007, Speaker was moved from an Atlanta hospital to National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado for further treatment. [2]
It was reported that Speaker's father-in-law Robert C. Cooksey, works for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is a microbiologist who has conducted research on tuberculosis, according to his CDC biography posted on the agency's Web site. [3] Andrew Speaker and his wife Sarah Cooksey (who is a third year law student at Emory University) were wed in Greece and Honeymooned in the Greek Islands.
On 30 May 2007, according a caller (alledgedly a friend of Speaker) to the "Neal Boortz Radio Show", Mr. Speaker contacted TB while on a trip to Vietnam.
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