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by senadir 590 days ago
This lecture from John Green is a great full summary on the history of TB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D-gxaie6UI

He's also publishing a book about it https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/312472/everything-i...

Recently, John Green lobbied to get certain pharma companies to lower the price of tests and vaccines

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-advocates-pus...

Tuberculosis is not a medical problem, it's an inequality and access problem. Tuberculosis is fully solved in advanced countries yet less developed countries still suffer from it. Pakistan has 260 death per 100k capita, the US has 2.6. The highest 5 countries have at least 600 per 100k capita.