John Green

Right. I mean, just from a financial perspective, think about how much money we used to spend on tuberculosis in the United States. I mean, at the height of the TB crisis in America in the late 19th, early 20th centuries, There were almost as many beds to treat people with tuberculosis as there were beds in hospitals for all other conditions combined.

Right. I mean, just from a financial perspective, think about how much money we used to spend on tuberculosis in the United States. I mean, at the height of the TB crisis in America in the late 19th, early 20th centuries, There were almost as many beds to treat people with tuberculosis as there were beds in hospitals for all other conditions combined.

We spent a tremendous amount of resources trying to address the TB crisis in that period of American history. And now we spend... far, far less because this is a curable disease that's infectious. And so we can just stop chains of infection and lower the burden of the disease, which in turn means that we have to spend less money on the disease in the future.

We spent a tremendous amount of resources trying to address the TB crisis in that period of American history. And now we spend... far, far less because this is a curable disease that's infectious. And so we can just stop chains of infection and lower the burden of the disease, which in turn means that we have to spend less money on the disease in the future.

We spent a tremendous amount of resources trying to address the TB crisis in that period of American history. And now we spend... far, far less because this is a curable disease that's infectious. And so we can just stop chains of infection and lower the burden of the disease, which in turn means that we have to spend less money on the disease in the future.

So Henry eventually, after failing a second line of antibiotics and being hospitalized for almost two years straight, losing the opportunity to go to high school, losing countless opportunities, he was eventually, thanks to the incredible efforts of his doctor, Dr. Jeroen Tefera and the Sierra Leonean government and this organization, Partners in Health,

So Henry eventually, after failing a second line of antibiotics and being hospitalized for almost two years straight, losing the opportunity to go to high school, losing countless opportunities, he was eventually, thanks to the incredible efforts of his doctor, Dr. Jeroen Tefera and the Sierra Leonean government and this organization, Partners in Health,

So Henry eventually, after failing a second line of antibiotics and being hospitalized for almost two years straight, losing the opportunity to go to high school, losing countless opportunities, he was eventually, thanks to the incredible efforts of his doctor, Dr. Jeroen Tefera and the Sierra Leonean government and this organization, Partners in Health,

All those folks came together to provide Henry with the kind of personalized, tailored response to his particular infection that you or I would have gotten on day one. And as a result, Henry was cured. He essentially got up off of his deathbed and lived. And now he takes care of his mother. He's a junior at the University of Sierra Leone. He's studying human resources and management.

All those folks came together to provide Henry with the kind of personalized, tailored response to his particular infection that you or I would have gotten on day one. And as a result, Henry was cured. He essentially got up off of his deathbed and lived. And now he takes care of his mother. He's a junior at the University of Sierra Leone. He's studying human resources and management.

All those folks came together to provide Henry with the kind of personalized, tailored response to his particular infection that you or I would have gotten on day one. And as a result, Henry was cured. He essentially got up off of his deathbed and lived. And now he takes care of his mother. He's a junior at the University of Sierra Leone. He's studying human resources and management.

I'm so proud of him. I'm so proud to be his friend. And, you know, in writing this story, Henry was so generous in sharing his story with me and asking me to share his story more broadly, asking me to use that megaphone that you referred to to share his story. That's a big part of the reason why I wrote the book was because Henry wanted me to.

I'm so proud of him. I'm so proud to be his friend. And, you know, in writing this story, Henry was so generous in sharing his story with me and asking me to share his story more broadly, asking me to use that megaphone that you referred to to share his story. That's a big part of the reason why I wrote the book was because Henry wanted me to.

I'm so proud of him. I'm so proud to be his friend. And, you know, in writing this story, Henry was so generous in sharing his story with me and asking me to share his story more broadly, asking me to use that megaphone that you referred to to share his story. That's a big part of the reason why I wrote the book was because Henry wanted me to.

He makes first-person content about daily life in Sierra Leone, about the challenges of gathering water, about what different neighborhoods in his community look like. You should Google Henry Ryder YouTube and make sure to subscribe to his YouTube channel. Every time we talk or every time he talks to a group of people, he's such a good YouTuber in this way.

He makes first-person content about daily life in Sierra Leone, about the challenges of gathering water, about what different neighborhoods in his community look like. You should Google Henry Ryder YouTube and make sure to subscribe to his YouTube channel. Every time we talk or every time he talks to a group of people, he's such a good YouTuber in this way.

He makes first-person content about daily life in Sierra Leone, about the challenges of gathering water, about what different neighborhoods in his community look like. You should Google Henry Ryder YouTube and make sure to subscribe to his YouTube channel. Every time we talk or every time he talks to a group of people, he's such a good YouTuber in this way.

This is a critical—this is something—we were talking about YouTube strategy before we went on the air. Yeah. This is something that I would tell you. Please. Every single time Henry talks to an audience, he says, Make sure you support Henry.

This is a critical—this is something—we were talking about YouTube strategy before we went on the air. Yeah. This is something that I would tell you. Please. Every single time Henry talks to an audience, he says, Make sure you support Henry.

This is a critical—this is something—we were talking about YouTube strategy before we went on the air. Yeah. This is something that I would tell you. Please. Every single time Henry talks to an audience, he says, Make sure you support Henry.