Andrew Speaker,TB, The Law & Common Sense

Andrew Speaker is the personal injury attorney who has a rare, dangerous form of drug resistant tuberculosis. Characteristically as attorneys are found to do, he ignored the law and health officials in pursuing his own case of a wedding and honeymoon in Europe. His bride ignored the laws of common sense by marrying this moronic brat. Also the U.S. Border Patrol Agent ignored the laws of his job discription by not quarantining Speaker and his wife.

It seems that the only law abiding thing in this whole episode is the TB bug. It follows viral laws. That's why it not only survives but prospers.

Homo Sapiens Or Frivolous Primate ?

Recent discoveries at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany show the Neanderthal to be 99.5 % our equal in DNA. Excavated evidence leads to the theory that homo sapiens encountered the Neanderthal about 40,000 ago . About that same time the Neanderthal started on a road of extinction. Notably the Neanderthal had existed for 450,000 prior to their demise. In comparison Homo Sapiens has only existed for about 50,000 years. The reason that is speculated for the waxing of Homo Sapiens and the waning of Neanderthal was the advanced tool-making ability of Homo Sapiens. These tools were not only helpful for hunting and farming but also for war-making. I.E. Homo Sapiens killed Neanderthals.

Well here we are in the 21st century with scant hope that Homo Sapiens with his nuclear bombs , biological weapons, high-tech war machine and general degrading of the planet will last as long as the Neaderthals experience of 450,000 years. What's to be done? I suspect that the longevity of our species would be enhanced by looking to the low-tech model of the Neanderthal and adapting their more more basic and conservative approach to survival versus the high-tech arrogant approach of Homo Sapiens a.k.a. the frivolous primate.