Tuberculosis Fighters Have a Posse
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2023
- In which John makes an unscripted video from an unusual room about how diseases need "a constituency," and how activists working together across the globe really can dramatically lower the burden of an illness and increase the availability of treatment. This week, I've been reminded of an old adage: Never underestimate nerdfighteria
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I deeply appreciate how John’s like “tuberculosis is my new special interest” and nerdfighteria was like “well, I guess this is our special interest now too”. Tuberculosis ain’t ready for this posse.
It's amazing how much having a charismatic spokesperson can do for a cause.
Wait, is John our collective son?
I mean it's weird but ok 😁
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special interest¿
does john green have autism¿
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I came from East Africa and I was orphaned by TB before the age of seven. I don’t think people living in first world countries truly realize what a nightmarish of a disease that TB is. Mr. Green, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your effort in bringing awareness to this problem that many third world countries are still struggling to deal with. I am happy to be in this journey with you and people of goodwill in this community. 😊
I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. With any luck, your loss may be one of the last of its kind. We're all in this together!
♥ Thank you for sharing your experience. Let's help stop TB!
I’m really sorry for your loss, and I also admire you for sharing your story. Thank you for raising your voice. 💖
My condolences for your loss, and the struggle you must have endured to be here now, but we're glad you are!
I'm so sorry for your loss, as a fellow African yes it is quite sad to see how the rest of the world doesn't seem to understand the pain of what many call "Neglected tropical diseases," like TB. John is doing amazing things in his efforts to bring awareness to TB and even his work in Sierra Leone with child mortality.
This has to be one of the most effective uses of a hyperfixation I've seen. Thanks John!
we're just getting started. -John
❤ yay!
I'd be ok if we knocked it from it's top spot of human killer, but only be happy when no one dies of it. We did it to Smallpox almost did it to polio and there's no reason why we couldn't get rid of TB.
@gillsmoke Johnson and Johnson: "you fool, obviously we shouldn't cure it. We can make money off it"
It's also an extremely logical one, kind if like Greta Thunberg with climate change.
I'm a junior doctor in Pakistan and unfortunately have personally seen young patients die from drug resistant tb. I wanted to thank you for raising your voice on such important issue. This will have great beneficial impacts for poor people.
Proud to be a nerdfighter
Thank you for your work!
Thank you for what you do. I can only imagine how painful that must be to see
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Thank you for your work ❤ Being a doctor in the global south is an incredibly hard job, as often we know there are treatments out there, we just can't afford them. Much love, from Latin America
Sending strength and solidarity from across the world.
I love the format of two johns one unscripted and tired in front of the camera, the other editing John coming in to correct any mistakes.
The secret third brother: Editing John
Dave's been editing these the whole time?
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I disagree. I am disabled and can’t read fast.
Haha, I was wondering whether the edit and annotations took longer than writing a script would have!
As a Peace Corps Volunteer in the early 1990's in central Africa the first person I saw die there, died from tuberculosis - although he had HIV/AIDS he died from TB and it was then I began to learn how prevalent TB still was worldwide, how stigmatized TB remained and how it was still looked upon as a disease of the impoverished and not to be taken seriously. I cannot tell you how pleased I am that you have taken this on as a cause to be taken seriously and how many have joined along with you. Thank you. Truly.
IIRC, Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death among people with HIV/AIDS, partly because they both tend to be super prevalent in the same areas
(Low key love that we've abandoned the 4 minute rule. These slightly longer regular videos are awesome :) )
Rules? Who needs rules in 2023?
This video would fall under educational
Yes, this would fall under eductional.
Mixed feelings about the 4-Min-Rule ... obviously, all rules were off during Hank´s chemo, but in the long run, that rule was supposed to protect the Greens from their own expectations, right? To keep the bar (relatively!) low. Do they not need that anymore?
HARD SAME. YES YES YES!
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This past week has been inspiring, I’m so proud to be a part of this community. Thank you for informing us about TB and encouraging us to decrease world suck.
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One of my best friends had her mother taken from her by lung cancer that started in a tuberculosis scar. So even after TB is healed it can still contribute to your death. It's bonkers to me that it still exists just like it's bonkers to me that polio and measles haven't been eradicated. We can do it, we just need everyone to get on board.
my grandma (now in remission) had lung cancer due to an old tb scar as well. it is indeed bonkers
You say, humbly, that you weren't a major part of spreading the word, but you are the one and only person that I have heard talking about this. Keep being awesome.
“not a major part of spreading the word”?? …as of my viewing this clip has been seen by 3.2k and you have 3.7 Million subscribers! Make no mistake John, You ARE spreading the word! And like ripples in a pond, it will grow! Bless you for your vigor and commitment!
Your persistence is admirable. I had no idea that TB was as bad as it was until stumbling upon your Shorts content, so the more visibility TB gets, the more people can take aim at it to try and crush it out of existence.
Keep at it c:
Same here. I did know that it was also called the consumption so I had a vague idea of how severe it is though
I hate your pfp with a passion
I'm Ecuadorian and I learned tuberculosis was a thing way older that I would like to admit because I was chatting with an acquaintance and she told me her mom was a nurse constantly trying to take care of people with tuberculosis+ dengue. So it was rough. In my own country and I didn't know. Thank you for this and for the awareness.
tuberculosis+ dengue !! ouch
Honestly, same. Brazil is also one of the countries with a high TB burden, we had SIXTY SIX THOUSAND cases in 2020, and I had no idea 😮
As an infectious disease epidemiology student who has been obsessed with infectious diseases since I was 15, seeing you talk about TB and raising awareness about it fills my heart with hope and joy. I have looked up to you guys and found comfort in this community for years, and this brings it all home for me. Thanks to this community for paying attention and lifting up causes that matter.
Thank you for being here in community with us.
Yeah, I'm finishing up my mph, seeing TB getting the attention it needs is heartwarming. But momentum cam be lost, especially against something like the pharmaceutical industry where profit is king. There is always more work to be done.
Your work is righteous and your nerdfighteria presence a blessing!
@@alexsitaras6508^this! Activism is a marathon, not a sprint
A few notes to my over-simplifying brain:
1. Fighting TB includes not only making its historical impact better know, but making its impact today better known.
2. A comprehensive response to the TB crisis includes (but is not limited to) early identifying and diagnosis of the disease, building networks for easier access to TB treatment as well as access to preventative medication for people living with someone going through the disease.
3. TB is, for the most part, a consequence of impoverished conditions and signals our urgent need to build more equitable communities around the world.
Thanks John, all these points bear frequent reminding !
Equity sounds too close to communism for my taste.
Is there any way we can do that stuff John said, in a way that makes the already wealthy ghouls slightly richer?
I don't think we are allowed to do any of that unless it also makes the already wealthy slightly richer.
I went in to see my pulmonoligist today. While discussing the possibilities for my abnormal lung CT scan, tuberculosis came in to the discussion (No, I don't have TB). I mentioned that I had recently learned that TB was the number one infectious disease killer in the world. My doctor was delighted at my knowledge, and I of course gave credit where it was due. We fangirled over John Green and Nerdfighteria and the events of last week for 5 solid minutes. And we were so proud of you! You're making a huge difference, John. Keep taking those steps - forward, one at a time. 💜
My wife and I watch these videos together, but she doesn't keep up with social media. When all of this played out last week, I had a difficult time telling my wife what happened without choking back tears. John, I'm so damn proud of you and this community. NERDFIGHTERIA!!!
I am a doctor in South Africa where we have whole wards dedicated to TB in middle sized hospitals, where HIV/AIDS is almost always also diagnosed with the TB, and I didn't realise that there were other countries that struggled with TB in the quantities that we do. I feel privileged to be a South African, because the situation in India is really scary to me and has given me perspective, to be thankful that SA is not in denial of the TB problem.
India is hard mode when it comes to healthcare.
You using the gremlins in your brain to do good in the world is awe-inspiring. Usually mine just make me finish binge watching shows I don't like, but yours led you to inform hundreds of thousands of people about a deadly disease and lead a boycott to save lives. I salute you, John.
It has taken him decades to master that skill. Don't be too hard on yourself, but do try to work over years to improve. It really is the best way to fight chronic issues.
now I really want to design a “tuberculosis has a posse” sticker, so inspired by you and this community John, I wouldn’t be nearly as aware of the issue without everyone here
Remember, it's "tubeculosis FIGHTERS have a posse."
Positive messages have more traction & longevity than negative ones.
Yes! But it’s lungs wearing John’s glasses.
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I’ll buy the heck out of that sticker
Do it do it do it!
An absolutely amazing book on the development of HIV and the early research is ‘And the Band Played On’ by Randy Shilts. It is a superb piece of writing which expresses in stark detail the dangers of doing nothing. But also, the change that can occur when people continue to fight for recognition and for governments and heath organisations to treat a disease with the seriousness it deserves.
The fury in this book is something that we should apply to Tuberculosis. A fury over inequality
and unfairness, even more so that TB is curable.
My first job out of college was working as a lab tech in my local hospital, and I remember being shocked that it had a dedicated TB lab, that regularly got samples to test. My home town, turns out, had a pretty high TB rate among the homeless population as well as testing all samples for our province (including many asylum seekers coming in). It was the first time I had any idea that TB was still an issue.
I had a similar experience because someone close to me is a social worker who was visiting shelters and encampments and had a TB scare.
He didn't actually "get" TB, but tested positive, which was scary. That was the first time I thought about TB as a present tense thing at all.
My dad worked as a volunteer for a homeless shelter before I was born but the reason he stopped was because one of their regulars was a TB carrier and he didn't want to risk it, only found out after I started at the hospital! It's genuinely wild how prevalent it is but so few people know it
In the US, a lot of jobs working with children, especially public schools, require a TB test. And in healthcare. Then a chest x-ray to see if it's latent TB or and active case.
I was proud to feel like I was doing something useful with my time/internet this week. Johnson & Johnson, and every other company putting profits over people when it comes to TB, need to realise that this is just beginning. Im far from the only autistic nerdfighter J&J, and we are not neurologically placed to simply let things go! Thank you for helping me pay attention John, I will continue to do so!
When I was homeless in Eugene, OR and lived in a shelter, we had to get a TB test every 6 months. It was mandatory. I never thought about how it was still a problem. I thought it was an archaic rule they still followed. Until one of our fellows got a positive and there was a panic. Wow did I learn a lot about it way back in the late 90s.
It's almost like the poor are subjected to harsher conditions.
Meh, that's probably a coincidence.
"Never underestimate Nerdfighteria" indeed - this community never ceases to amaze me. ❤️
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eff yeah nerdfighters
I have a friend who works in a lab in Chicago who is currently working on pathogen clearance of TB. She was following along with last week and she was so happy with the outcome. I'm thankful for your videos, because I, too, thought TB was a 19th century disease. I'll happily be in a pose for TB Fighters.
Yay for unscripted! You did great!
I have pretty bad depression and it's so nice to see people try and actively make changes to make the world better for people around them. It gives me hope and makes things seem a bit brighter
Me too. I hope you’re doing better.
When I worked in childcare in the Pacific Northwest (just 6 years ago) I had to get tested for TB before I was approved to actually be in the classroom. It hit me then that TB is still a contemporary problem not just an olden days problem (like I also mistakenly thought about polio).
I feel like this worked so well because not only did you bring it up constantly with interesting facts, but also gave very actionable tasks.
Its so easy to get overwhelmed by guilt and paralysis when it feels every problem in the world is huge and miserable and unsolvable.
You constantly speak about it but always make it interesting and highlight progress, and your expressed anger/disappointment always feels inspiring rather than hopeless?
Like, "come on guys. We're more than capable of this, this is ridiculous. Here's what we need to do, look."
Yes, yes! There are SO MANY voices saying "All is a disaster" (and of course others saying "all no problem" ...) but the connection to "This needs to hapen" is oft so vauge (or nonexistant). This was so good!
My great aunt had tuberculosis in the 80s. My mom grew up with her cousin living with them while she recovered, and the whole family had to be tested (including my mom). The first time I heard about this was three months ago and I’m 29 years old. Even those of us who know about tuberculosis first hand don’t talk about tuberculosis and their children know nothing about it.
Hey John. Happy Tuesday. I just want to say that you, Hank, and Nerdfighteria give me so much hope. I have been a Nerdfighter since I was eleven or so. I'm in my final year of law school now and am going into criminal defense. I see a lot of bleakness. But never from Nerdfighteria. All I see here is light. DFTBA
This is so awesome (as someone who has also been watching since I was 11, and hopes to go to law school one day). “All I see here is light” made me tear up. ❤
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I’m a TB survivor myself (having been cleared almost four years ago) and I didn’t know that it was Still A Thing until I was affected by it myself. It’s astounding how popular culture has relegated it to A Thing Of The Past when it very much still exists and still rampant. I was privileged in that my TB didn’t affect my lungs and I got full access to treatment, but I learned during my journey that some people weren’t so lucky.
In this video John put a phrase to what he's been doing by educating us about TB for the past year - building its (rich world) constituency. Now we're in the TB posse!
I'm so happy to be a part of a community that takes action on global issues like this. Here's to more of it soon!
I never really comment ever. but I just want to say that your empathy and how you put it to use has inspired me more you would ever know. Thanks John for making me believe that there is always hope 💖
This is one of the greatest things about the internet. It gives wonderful people like you a spotlight and a megaphone to disseminate ideas and information that change the world for the better. Nerdfighteria for life!
Thank you for never shutting up about this! ❤
I was diagnosed with dormant TB in 2000 and I still get shocked faces from health care workers when going over my medical history. Usually I am the first person they have ever met that has had TB. It really isn't discussed. I appreciate this.
I love this way of thinking about past ignorance - acknowledge it, embrace it, correct it, and help others do the same.
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I got TB when I was 13 and luckily my symptoms were very mild. Given my relatively privelaged position compared to where TB is the biggest problem, I got top quality care but it was a still a difficult process to get cured of.
For 2 months I had to take 11 tablets a day (as well as some drinks to fatten me back up after weight loss) which went down to around 6 tablets a day for the next 4 months. Missing too many days would make you resistent to the medicine. I can only image how difficult it would be to keep up a routine like this in a 3rd world country
Thank you John for your dedication informing us about TB. I'm from Sweden and TB is rare here now but I remember my grandmother telling us about friends and relatives who died of "the white death" when she was young, and how dreadful it was. Yes, the whole world must be engaged in the fight against TB - and poverty.
"Crowded living conditions" got me. We had an outbreak of TB on the Chinese university campus I teach at this past semester. The students live in dorms of 6-8 people (3-4 bunk beds) each and they were locked into their dorms during the end of 2022 because we were having the worst time from CoVid-19 (worst for the whole time we were dealing with the pandemic). The students have no choice. We were all sent for chest x-rays only but obviously that is not enough. One of my students was hospitalized for their TB and never returned during the semester. I have no idea how they are doing. That is terrifying for all of us. Also, the part about people in rich countries needing to stand up about this is so true. Before this semester, I had no idea that TB was still a problem anywhere. I appreciate these videos teaching us more and giving us resources to become an agent of change. Thank you.
My grandfather was orphaned by TB at the age of 7. His mother couldn’t get access to medicine before it killed her, his dad was a drunk and didn’t care. This was in haverill MA. She was an indentured Irish servant. This was in the 1940s. It’s still a disease servants,healthcare workers, and more are reckoning with. Thank you for giving voices to the lost ones and helping prevent more deaths.
I’m very close with a man who works as a project manager at a pharmaceutical company (he’s like my second father). His team is currently working on a vaccine for malaria that they hope to put into action in Africa within the next couple years, and I believe he said another team is working on another treatment (or vaccine maybe?) for tuberculosis. Thankfully, there’s research currently being done, and it’s not being totally ignored. Obviously it’s still a big problem, but there are people who both know of the issue and are capable of finding and developing a solution, which are the two most powerful things to have in human innovation.
The awareness you've brought to TB and urged everyone to pay closer attention to it is nothing short of amazing. In Cape Town ( where I'm from), TB cases rise the most during winter .
My goodness John. I am so proud to be a nerdfighter and so grateful to share the planet with you!
Also - who is making the stickers? Tuberculosis has a posse! I’ll buy them and get them out near me!
I find it very difficult to watch John’s videos, even after being a nerdfighter for 12 years, because I have such a low tolerance for anxiety-inducing topics, and John always wants to get philosophical and real. But i’m very glad I watched this one. And hopefully I’m getting to the point where I can go back and watch all the other ones I’ve missed. Because ultimately, John’s videos make me a better and more well-informed human being, and I can’t let my fear and anxiety get in the way of that.
I just want to say that I have learned so much from both of you Green brothers. Hank has taught me so much about climate change and both of you have worked extensively to lower the barriers to education. And now I am learning so much about global healthcare problems from you, John. The unique thing about this one though is that it gets a lot less attention from people. I don't think I would have any idea about the plight of infectious diseases without this channel, and now I am a part of this wonderful community that is engaged in activism for it. I'm very grateful, thank you.
My brain is not doing so good today, but even if I was at my Full Wording Strength, I think I’d still be in this feeling I’m in now: speechless, with a heart full of awe and joy and shock and hope. Collective action really can do something when we all make the commitment to be careful with our attention and lead with compassion, rather than react with fear and dismay. With any other community, I might be worried that we’d all move on swiftly and forget about this issue - but having seen how much we’ve committed to the PIH collab in Sierra Leone, for example? I know for certain that this is just the beginning of what Nerdfighteria are going to do.
God, I love this community so, so much. Thank you to John and Hank both for bringing us all together and leading by example… but thank you, too, to everyone here. You keep hope alive. I really do feel, with you all, that the power of imagining others complexly has never been stronger. ❤❤❤
I feel so proud to be a fan of yours John! This week has proven what we can do as a community can do, I hope you have a wonderful vacation!
Ive been fighting abdominal-TB-turned-lymphnode-TB since October of last year. It's nice to see John fighting for the cause with so much passion. He inspires me to do something about it as well:)
Thank you for this information WHILE on vacation! Great "Temporary C.E.O."! Hank knows you're holding down the fort!
Again, thank you for the knowledge and helping fight diseases. We should all be fighters against such, at times, uncontrolable diseases and help each other. World is too cold, though; in my opinion.
ENJOY THAT VACATION!
Hi John! I haven't actually watched you and Hank's videos since high school (2014 for me) watching the Crash Course History vids; I really got back into watching your content when Hank started his most recent new thing 😬🤕😭 But I just wanted to say that I am amazed with your work and with his work. I thought TB was a disease of the past! Until last week. And then three days after I learned that it is still a modern issue, watching the story with J&J come to a dramatic and incredible resolution; it was been a wild week for me! You, along with all of your fans and supporters :), have literally saved thousands of lives because of a personal passion for a certain medical condition. I am inspired by you and the work that you do :) I've got my own personal medical obsession, because of a large number of family members who have it; Lyme Disease. And you've given me hope that, even though I am one person, I can actually make a difference in the world on this issue that is important to me ❤
My Aunt Peggy spent 6 months in a sanatorium in the 50s for TB (I think in DC). She died of lung cancer in her 40s; TB contributed to it. My husband and I had to get tested in the early 2000s because our dental hygienist contracted TB on a visit to her Tibetan family in India. But I, too, am learning late that antibiotic-resistant TB is the most deadly infectious disease.
I was so moved at the response of Nerdfighteria in response to your video last week, John! I’m now part of this posse.
That "Andre the Giant has a posse" sticker was made by artist Shepard Fairey. It was the precursor to the famous "OBEY" icon face. I bet if John contacted Shepard, he would design a sticker for TB fighters. Shepard Fairey is cool that way.
A couple months ago I did my final project for my honors English class on tuberculosis (and got an A!!) because of you. You inspired me to learn more about TB, which quickly fascinated and terrified me. I was so excited to share my knowledge with my class (and anyone else who would listen, haha.) Please never shut up about tuberculosis; people everywhere need to care about this in order for us to beat it!
This has made me so happy all week! I literally cried when I watched Hank's video.
I know I'm preaching to the choir when I talk to Nerdfighteria, I do want to bring up that TB is still around in "first world" countries with money, it's just around in populations that are considered...less than desirable by society and are kind of naturally disjointed so it's hard for them to be the squeaky wheel, so to speak. People suffering from drug addiction, migrants, etc. It's obviously much easier to access treatment in a rich country than an impoverished one, but it's still hard. If you're in the states, don't forget to fight for medical justice in the US with your votes and your buying dollar whenever possible!
As someone who has worked in education for over a decade, I have had to get multiple TB tests in order to work in schools/around minors. I always kind of dismissed this requirement as some kind of bureaucratic nonsense and a frustrating waste of time to have to go to my dr office. I was also one of the people who felt like TB was a “problem of the past.” Thank you for shining such a bright and persistent light on this issue and for helping to change people’s perceptions and understanding
I have a distinct childhood memory of the friend in Anne of Green Gables dying of consumption (ie TB) and my mother, who was reading the book to me, saying it was a disease of the olden days. Your obsession has been so eye-opening for all of us, John - thank you for putting in the work!
Thank you for making us care about this, John. It would have been easy to group TB with all the other problems the world has and forget about it, but thanks to you bringing it up repeatedly over the past year, it has taken up space in my thoughts as the imminent and solvable problem that it is.
May I make accessibility suggestions for when you put text on the screen?
1. Make sure they're not in the bottom third of the screen so they are not covered up by CC captions.
2. Sans-serif font is much more legible than serif.
3. Larger font size, please. Bold helps, too.
4. Leave the text on screen a little longer so I can read them without rewinding. I'm trying to take in your words, the captions, and the additional on-screen text.
Thanks ♥️
Also, Thanks for making sure the on-screen text and background are contrasting colors. That's important, too.
I have to say, I was skeptical when all he brought to the issue was awareness. It felt crazy to talk about something this much. Seeing the events this week (and taking part in them) changed that for me. Thank you John and Nerdfighteria for making change with your attention
I test positive for Tb after working in hospitals in Nicaragua. There were patients every day that were sick or dying from Tuberculosis.
When I was in medical school, I had to treat patients with Tuberculosis, including antibiotic resistant TB. Spoiler alert, leprosy it's still around.
Another mycobacterium!
@@xSoupyTwist exactly. I also saw a few cases of leprosy.
and showing up in Californians without exposure to armadillos!
I discovered tuberculosis was still active in the United States when one of my coworkers explained that she had TB, had been treated in the 90's, and had to periodically go in for testing and report if any of her coworkers developed the symptoms. Later I worked in a hospital, and we had several rooms that were rarely used, but specifically designed for tuberculosis patients. So I knew it was floating around here, and presumed it was affecting vulnerable countries/populations substantially.
I've had some thoughts about this but hearing it in such a clear way makes it so much easier to understand and to explain to my family. I celebrated the generic bedaquiline with my mom yesterday it was extremely exciting
My grandad has TB in the late 1950s. He got it while in Malaysia, returned home to the UK was able to access treatment of medication and surgery to have part of his lung removed thanks to the NHS and lived to tell the tale to his children and grandchildren that he was able to go on to have. He said it was awful to have and the most pain he’s ever felt.
Keep shouting John, the information you’re sharing with everyone is invaluable.
TB is still horribly common in villages in the area where I was raised as a child (and this is the United States!). (As is hepatitis, but that is another story for another time.)
I got TB as a kid and fortunately was able to access a medication that did work (my mom used to crush up the pills and put them in marmalade, I still hate marmalade to this day). But the thought that medicines like that, that existed over 20yrs ago, are *still* not accessible to people even in the US that need them fills me with extreme anger.
We’ll keep fighting John, thank you for speaking out about this.
I live in what you called in middle or low income nations(India) and I didn't know the reach of TB. Thank you for informing us so very well John! But this also makes me wonder about all the things I have no Idea about that are happening in the world and maybe there are a few of those where we could make a positive difference if only we knew about them.
TB has long-lasting impacts much like long COVID that can result in chronic conditions and more issues later in life, so these efforts are highly significant because more research $$ could lead to findings that will aid the world's next pandemic. Thank you, John and Hank!
as someone working with organisations leading TB screening efforts in India and South East Asia - what Nerdfighteria achieved last week is HUGE. I cannot state how much it is going to help. SO SO proud to be a part of this community
For so long, I only knew TB as that disease that was mentioned in the warnings of virtually every drug commercial, which always seemed odd to me, but because I saw it as a disease of the past I never stopped to ask myself why TB would be so prevalent in disclaimers. So when you started talking about TB and educating us, that lightbulb clicked. TB was never gone but simply forgotten. Now I can proudly call myself a constituent of TB, and I am so glad that we can make real changes through advocacy.
thanks for everything you're doing, John. simply educating the world about hidden crises is an angel's work.
My late husband had tuberculosis when he was in his early 20s. He was in the Navy at the time.
His disease wasn't recognized by the corpsman aboard his ship, so he went undiagnosed for a month or more before an x-ray was taken.
He was immediately taken to Balboa Hospital in San Diego where they made the formal diagnosis and put him in isolation as they began treatment.
He was on "several kinds of pills and injections" before he started getting better after 3 months.
He was still in the hospital when they finally decided to discharge him.
His former shipmates were angry with him because he exposed all of them, but it wasn't his fault. He didn't know! How could he? So many people thought, as others do, that tuberculosis was a thing of the past.
I work in the corrections system in healthcare and TB is also becoming more prevelant. Thank you for bringing this issue to the forefront it really makes a difference
Like many others in the healthcare profession in the 80's, I was exposed to TB from geriatric patients. I get tested if I get a bad head cold, but other than that, I'm fine. I realize now, I'm one of the lucky ones - three generations of healthcare pros in my family, "professional courtesy", I never had to worry about a big hospital bill.
Nerdfighteria, we are a posse, and TB is our enemy. Let's go!
I hope one day to get to the point where people are talking about tuberculosis so much that it annoys me. Thanks for bringing it to my attention and for continuing to talk about it.
John, consider yourself blessed enough to be able to think (at one time) that Tuberculosis was a thing of the past. I live in Asuncion and I am acutely aware it is not. We have a medical center dedicated to the care of those with TB. It is lacking in almost everything, except people with TB. A friend of mine got sick with it a while back. She has thankfully healed and is now married and has beautiful kids. But there was time we thought she wouldn't make it. So, yes, I am very aware that bacteria is alive and well around the world. At least, around my world. But you know what I love? You didn't stay with a preconceived idea. You are educating yourself and trying to make something out of it. Thank you for that :)
I discovered this weekend that you are part of a proud tradition of authors fighting TB. This is from The Mount, Edith Wharton 's home in Lenox, MA: "Tuberculeux de la Guerre 1916. Wharton funded several convalescent homes for tuberculosis sufferers, and was particularly interested in what she called American-style clinics, which encouraged patients to take plenty of fresh air and practice good hygiene. Long after the war ended, she remained moved by the plight of tuberculosis victims; in 1930 she contributed to a new hospital to treat the disease."
As a holder of a Health Science - Health Promotion n Psych degree person.
I'm so very much grateful that you're doing what many try to do but don't have the platform to do it effectively from.
I'd say 3 mill + Nerdfighters is quite the posse - and I'm so proud to be a part of it!
Thank you John for using your powers for good - maybe you ARE the good version of Batman without realising it after all 😂, a Batman that doesn't hide his identity and realises he can't do it alone. ❤
DFTBA
When my husband became a teacher he had to take a TB test, that was in 2006 in Canada. I had never thought about the disease in modern times until then, and hardly at all since, until John started informing us. Thank you!
As a queer person who is well aware of the activism related to HIV/AIDS, I'm deeply ashamed that I didn't know TB was such a massive problem. Like you, I thought it was a disease of the past. But now that I know, I will definitely be spreading the word in the gayberhood and maybe we can form some common cause on this issue. Unfortunately we have a lot of issues of our own again at the moment (at least in the USA) so who knows how much we can help, but we can only try. Thank you for bringing this to the attention of a lot of people with the privilege to have lived in ignorance.
John, last week I was not aware of the Johnson and Johnson patent timeline on Bedaquiline. After watching your video, I, as you were in last week’s video, was full of rage. I submitted a complaint against their credo of first and foremost looking out for patients, and change happened. What a beautiful thing, for a group of people to come together, bring their complaints and issues to the people in power, and for those complaints to be addressed and for change for the reducing of world suck to occur. It is truly a beautiful thing that lives will continue with access to this treatment.
I hope and pray for the day that dramatic life saving measures are implemented this quickly.
How long has it been since we had a four minute video??? Loving this longer runtime era.
So grateful to see this light being shone on TB. Mina Le did a video on the TB “aesthetic” in film and other media that’s worth checking out. I commented there that people tend to think of it as something in the past but we in Sub-Saharan Africa know is all too real. TB + HIV + poverty is a killer. Even here, TB is relegated to being a disease of the poor. My mother contracted TB from working in a healthcare setting and it was a shock to us. She’s fine but the treatment regimen is brutal, very nasty side effects.
I hope your mom is doing ok 🙏
@@coolbabbit639 She’s fully recovered, I’m happy to say. Thanks for taking the time to comment this, it made me smile to think someone was sending her good wishes from across the world 🤗
I used to live in NYC, and later in NJ, both places where you could hardly miss the over population of NYC jails, and the spread of TB. My late husband used to say that no one would pay attention until a guards started bringing home widely drug resistant strains. Because almost no cared if men in jail died of it.
Editing John's little notes on screen really sold this as an Original Format video.
Thank you for sharing your intense knowledge of this topic!
2007 John ftw!! Thanks for this one. No worries about the audio, the nostalgia makes up for it! DFTBA
You and your brother have changed the world for the better, again and again and again. I love you guys so much!!!
Man I CANNOT get through a vlogbrothers video without crying these past few weeks. Thanks for all the good work you’re doing, so grateful to be a part of it 💗
"I wasn't listening to those voices; I really didn't know HOW to listen to them." That sentence speaks to so much.
Love the style changes recently! It feels dynamic and valuable (plus, the longer videos help scratch the itch of missing you both). Thank you for your excellent work & for trying to be a good person for this community to model after.
Thank you, John. Thank for everything through all these years, but particularly for this past week.
Seeing the incredible consequences of your tuberculosis fixation is amazing!
(Also I misread posse as pose and was anticipating a moment in the video where you explained why the two peace signs in the thumbnail symbolize fighting tuberculosis... )
I love to see the Vlogbrothers going through this popularity renaissance. I grew up with this community, and have been listening to Dear Hank and John since it first began (it has been such a source of comfort through my time in college). Seeing the videos getting so much attention again reminded me of the old days, and I’m so happy to see more people enjoying these videos and the community
Right away this video felt like a 2007-2008 era vlog to me and for a second I wondered if it was just because my phone was playing it at 144p, but then you acknowledged it too!
(I've been so happy to be following the updates these recent weeks and I hope when we look back on it ten years out it feels like just the beginning.)
Love the spontaneous and genuine rambles (and the edited in corrections)! Just noticed that I wasn’t subscribed, so you have a new sub today!
You guys have an unbelievable ratio of videos that make me cry.
I thought TB was a problem of the past until a friend of mine caught TB a few years ago (she is a nurse and she is all good now :) ) and I still didn’t know it is the number one cause of death until John talks about it. There are so many problems that need solving and it feels exhausting sometimes but thanks for talking about them and working on tackling them, John and you all :)
TB POSSEEEE
First time I heard of treatablity was moulin rouge then house season 2 episode 4. Crazy that it wasn't the news.
Love this platform that you're standing on.