Andrew SpeakerOf course you do. It’s Atlanta attorney, newlywed and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis patient Andrew Speaker, currently being treated in Denver after an escapade across Europe and North America.

The question is, why do we know him? He’s a medical patient. What happened to the concept of confidentiality? Wouldn’t we be ok with exciting stories about “Patient Zero” without needing to know his name, see his face, and have him personally apologize on Good Morning America?

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