John Green

And the reason we don't stigmatize strep throat is that it's not a big deal anymore. Tuberculosis shouldn't be a big deal anymore. It should be a rare disease if it exists at all. And so it's our failure to get the cure to the people who need it that really results in stigma.

And the reason we don't stigmatize strep throat is that it's not a big deal anymore. Tuberculosis shouldn't be a big deal anymore. It should be a rare disease if it exists at all. And so it's our failure to get the cure to the people who need it that really results in stigma.

And the reason we don't stigmatize strep throat is that it's not a big deal anymore. Tuberculosis shouldn't be a big deal anymore. It should be a rare disease if it exists at all. And so it's our failure to get the cure to the people who need it that really results in stigma.

Yeah, are we gonna listen to the fans or are we gonna listen to the powers that be? Are we gonna listen to the people who are suffering from tuberculosis or are we gonna listen to the pharmaceutical companies that say it's impossible to provide cost-effective care to those people?

Yeah, are we gonna listen to the fans or are we gonna listen to the powers that be? Are we gonna listen to the people who are suffering from tuberculosis or are we gonna listen to the pharmaceutical companies that say it's impossible to provide cost-effective care to those people?

Yeah, are we gonna listen to the fans or are we gonna listen to the powers that be? Are we gonna listen to the people who are suffering from tuberculosis or are we gonna listen to the pharmaceutical companies that say it's impossible to provide cost-effective care to those people?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I always say that tuberculosis is everything from geography to history. So it's geography in the sense that towns like Pasadena, California and Colorado Springs, Colorado only exist because they were essentially founded as tuberculosis colonies.

I always say that tuberculosis is everything from geography to history. So it's geography in the sense that towns like Pasadena, California and Colorado Springs, Colorado only exist because they were essentially founded as tuberculosis colonies.

I always say that tuberculosis is everything from geography to history. So it's geography in the sense that towns like Pasadena, California and Colorado Springs, Colorado only exist because they were essentially founded as tuberculosis colonies.

It's history in the sense that World War I was started by two boys who were dying of tuberculosis and knew they were dying and so assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand together. Very tragic, obviously, but also quite farcical.

It's history in the sense that World War I was started by two boys who were dying of tuberculosis and knew they were dying and so assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand together. Very tragic, obviously, but also quite farcical.

It's history in the sense that World War I was started by two boys who were dying of tuberculosis and knew they were dying and so assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand together. Very tragic, obviously, but also quite farcical.

As I write about in the book, it was, I mean, you know, a bunch of teenagers who were not particularly well-organized or well-equipped and then combined with the Archduke Franz Ferdinand's utterly, unbelievably incompetent support staff.

As I write about in the book, it was, I mean, you know, a bunch of teenagers who were not particularly well-organized or well-equipped and then combined with the Archduke Franz Ferdinand's utterly, unbelievably incompetent support staff.

As I write about in the book, it was, I mean, you know, a bunch of teenagers who were not particularly well-organized or well-equipped and then combined with the Archduke Franz Ferdinand's utterly, unbelievably incompetent support staff.

That's exactly right. Somebody said, like, what do you think? Sarajevo's full of assassins? And of course, Sarajevo was, in fact, full of assassins. Narrator. Yeah, the narrator comes in and says, like, there were more assassins.

That's exactly right. Somebody said, like, what do you think? Sarajevo's full of assassins? And of course, Sarajevo was, in fact, full of assassins. Narrator. Yeah, the narrator comes in and says, like, there were more assassins.