Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by CHB0403085482 508 days ago
To me, TB is ultimate test of character. Stopping TB means you care for your common man:

https://youtu.be/GFLb5h2O2Ww?t=75
1 comments
tim333 507 days ago
I was shocked that that said 2bn people carry TB, though it seems from recent research the number is much lower https://www.iavi.org/iavi-report/upending-the-dogma-of-tb-la...

I'm surprised people put up with it when there's a vaccine.

link
mrguyorama 507 days ago
Nobody "puts up" with TB.

Poor countries and communities cannot afford the options on the market. TB wont be solved until we put people before profit.

link
tim333 507 days ago
>The cost of BCG is US$2–3 (£1.12–1.70) per dose (from https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2083037/)

Even for poor countries it's not much. In the UK when I had it they sent a nurse round to the school and all the kids lined up and they did like one a minute. Free to us lot of course on the NHS.

I think it was quite nasty and leaves a scar though.

link