Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Fearful new world

Here's the Atlanta Journal-Constitution article which includes an interview with the man who has caused a TB scare on at least two continents. His Jason Bourne-like travels in Europe should surely raise some eyebrows. For one thing, why Prague? It also highlights that if infectious diseases do become a serious issue for air travel within industrialised countries, the passport/visa/identity check regime is going to be far more transnational in scope that it is now.

UPDATE: More determined people would be looking through the same newspaper's wedding pages just in case the wedding that was the reason for the trip was announced there. But we're not determined enough.

FINAL UPDATE: He's been identified. Andrew Speaker. A personal injury lawyer. One wonders if his fellow passengers have a personal injury case?

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