More than 2,400 patients at hospitals around Portland, Oregon, may have been exposed to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV, because o

More than 2,400 patients at hospitals around Portland, Oregon, may have been exposed to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV, because of an anesthesiologist who may not have followed infection control practices What did he or she do? The article is vague, there is not enough information to know if or what crime there was. What does "may not have followed" mean? If the physician negligently failed to perform a procedure, it is still not known if anyone was actually harmed by the negligence. While these are very serious, Hepatitis A and B are preventable via vaccine, curable in many cases, and treatable. Hepatitis C is usually curable with antiretrovirals. HIV is clearly very serious but is manageable to a chronic condition with antiretrovirals. I don't like taking the other side of this, but it doesn't seem necessary to pull out the pitchforks and torches absent a lot more information.