TB Flier May Faces Charges

Andrew Speaker, now infamously known as the TB patient, may end up facing civil, if not criminal charges, according to legal experts in the medical field. So far there are no reports of any other passengers on his flights becoming infected, which makes the possibility that he will be punished low.

However, based on similar cases where HIV patients who knowingly infect others, flying while you know you are infectious may result in civil lawsuits if it leads to sickness, and possible manslaughter charges if there are any related fatalities. Just in case anyone still doesn’t get this: do not fly with an infectious disease.