TB Patient’s Father-in-Law Is Top Tuberculosis Researcher at Centers for Disease Control
The father-in-law of the 31-year-old man under federal quarantine with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis is one of the leading TB researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, FOX News has learned.
Dr. Robert Cooksey, who is a research microbiologist in the CDC’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, confirmed to FOX News that he is the father-in-law of Andrew Speaker, a personal-injury lawyer who practices in his father’s law firm in Atlanta.
Asked by FOX News whether it was possible that he had passed along the dangerous strain to his son-in-law, Cooksey said, “Absolutely not.”
In a statement, Cooksey later said he is regularly tested for tuberculosis and has never had it.
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