John Oliver
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I will.
I will.
Yeah, yeah. I mean, measles is an interesting case because, of course, it's completely vaccine preventable, right? Tuberculosis hasn't had a new vaccine in over 100 years. So, like, at least when people get tuberculosis, you know, you can say, like, well, this isn't a direct result of misinformation. But in the case of measles, it really is.
Yeah, yeah. I mean, measles is an interesting case because, of course, it's completely vaccine preventable, right? Tuberculosis hasn't had a new vaccine in over 100 years. So, like, at least when people get tuberculosis, you know, you can say, like, well, this isn't a direct result of misinformation. But in the case of measles, it really is.
So I am a little worried that measles, I mean, it's a bummer that measles is making a comeback, Desi. Yes, it is. I agree. It's definitely upsetting. Yeah. But, you know, tuberculosis, measles has a long way to go before it captures tuberculosis as the world's deadliest infection.
So I am a little worried that measles, I mean, it's a bummer that measles is making a comeback, Desi. Yes, it is. I agree. It's definitely upsetting. Yeah. But, you know, tuberculosis, measles has a long way to go before it captures tuberculosis as the world's deadliest infection.
So don't worry yet.
So don't worry yet.
The cowboy hat? Yeah, there was a guy named John B. Stetson who was living as a hat maker in New Jersey who got TB and was told by his doctor the only way to survive is to go west, which lots of people heard.
The cowboy hat? Yeah, there was a guy named John B. Stetson who was living as a hat maker in New Jersey who got TB and was told by his doctor the only way to survive is to go west, which lots of people heard.
He went west, and as he recovered from his tuberculosis, for reasons we don't understand, some people just recover, and he was one of the lucky few, he also noticed that the hats out west kinda sucked, right? Like, they had the coonskin cap that was all bug-infested.
He went west, and as he recovered from his tuberculosis, for reasons we don't understand, some people just recover, and he was one of the lucky few, he also noticed that the hats out west kinda sucked, right? Like, they had the coonskin cap that was all bug-infested.
They had these straw hats that folks from Mexico and Texas had brought up, but there was no hat for the American West, and he invented the Stetson. Isn't that crazy?
They had these straw hats that folks from Mexico and Texas had brought up, but there was no hat for the American West, and he invented the Stetson. Isn't that crazy?
Everything is tuberculosis.
Everything is tuberculosis.
Can I? Give me a second.
Can I? Give me a second.
Yes. So if I'm not mistaken, I heard you say, I believe, that that aircraft carrier is the Harry Truman.
Yes. So if I'm not mistaken, I heard you say, I believe, that that aircraft carrier is the Harry Truman.