Op-Ed: A duty to the healthy and the sick

June 28, 2007

The multicountry odyssey of Andrew Speaker, infected with an ultra-rare type of tuberculosis that resists some of our best drugs – and the first person placed under a federal quarantine order in more than 40 years – has raised concerns about biosecurity, infection control, personal responsibility and public health powers. The incident set off an international uproar; accusations about right and wrong behavior are still flying back and forth across the oceans. (Baltimore Sun)