Really Sick

Ok, the TB guy is either evil or demented. He had TB, then left on a flight overseas from Atlanta, then came back to the US to get treated. Now, why would he put others in harm's way, traveling with a communicable bacterial infection in an enclosed space?

The man, however, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that doctors didn't order him not to fly and only suggested he put off his long-planned wedding in Greece. He knew he had a form of tuberculosis and that it was resistant to first-line drugs, but he didn't realize it could be so dangerous, he said.

Basically, he would put his bride-to-be in danger. Sure he's on drugs, but it's tuberculosis! Wouldn't it be more sensible to put off the wedding for a bit if you come down with some sort of disease like this if it's treatable?

What if he had more dire predictions of the severity of his own tuberculosis? What if he figured he was doomed to die, and he wanted his wedding, his wedding night, etc before everything was over? I'm inclined not to buy this fellow's account, and no way in hell he didn't think that TB was such a big deal given what he knew about. And while I don't see any point in prosecuting him if he's going to die anyway, clearly you've got to make some sort of policy considerations here. At the very least, release his name and the flights he took so that the other passengers can sue this obviously very wealthy man who put their lives in danger.