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Yesl For literally most people considering its one of the most virulent diseases in human history. To not know would be a indication of incredible lack of knowl

by tekla 3y ago

Yesl For literally most people considering its one of the most virulent diseases in human history. To not know would be a indication of incredible lack of knowledge of the history medicine and science.

ajot 3y ago
Oh, I do know what tuberculosis is, just didn't know it is commonly called TB. Maybe that's an anglosphere thing? I've only heard of it as tuberculosis in the local media, not sure if health practitioners would call it TB though.
- tekla 3y ago
  Nope. TB is common in non English languages, Korean https://storage.googleapis.com/healthinfotranslations-pdfdocs/Tuberculosis_ko.pdf https://storage.googleapis.com/healthinfotranslations-pdfdoc... Chinese https://www.sfcdcp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Active-ch-Brochure-id915.pdf https://www.sfcdcp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Active-ch-... Hindi https://www.mass.gov/doc/tb-medicine-instructions-hindi/download https://www.mass.gov/doc/tb-medicine-instructions-hindi/down...
- guenthert 3y ago
  Well, add Germany to that anglosphere then. I'd guess familiarity with that abbreviation depends on age. In the 70s TB (and the abbr.) was still fairly common. I grew up in a town with a press. Apparently the paper dust increases the risk for the workers to catch TB. I remember mobile screening units parked in front of that company periodically. In the 90s my roommate's girlfriend was thought to have caught it (her roommate had a bad cough, probably TB then, but I don't know the details), which earned us both an "invitation" by the ministry of health for a screening. We were ok, she recovered during a stay in a sanatorium over summer (afair, it turned out not to be TB but some kind of embolism), don't know about her roommate.
burnished 3y ago
Chill, its an incredible accomplishment that for many people their personal experience of TB is watching Satine die in Moulin Rouge and nothing more.
- bombcar 3y ago
  My parents knew it well, I know it from history, my children may only know it from stories. That’s amazing.

by tekla 3y ago

ajot 3y ago

Oh, I do know what tuberculosis is, just didn't know it is commonly called TB. Maybe that's an anglosphere thing? I've only heard of it as tuberculosis in the local media, not sure if health practitioners would call it TB though.

tekla 3y ago
Nope. TB is common in non English languages, Korean https://storage.googleapis.com/healthinfotranslations-pdfdocs/Tuberculosis_ko.pdf https://storage.googleapis.com/healthinfotranslations-pdfdoc... Chinese https://www.sfcdcp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Active-ch-Brochure-id915.pdf https://www.sfcdcp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Active-ch-... Hindi https://www.mass.gov/doc/tb-medicine-instructions-hindi/download https://www.mass.gov/doc/tb-medicine-instructions-hindi/down...
guenthert 3y ago
Well, add Germany to that anglosphere then. I'd guess familiarity with that abbreviation depends on age. In the 70s TB (and the abbr.) was still fairly common. I grew up in a town with a press. Apparently the paper dust increases the risk for the workers to catch TB. I remember mobile screening units parked in front of that company periodically. In the 90s my roommate's girlfriend was thought to have caught it (her roommate had a bad cough, probably TB then, but I don't know the details), which earned us both an "invitation" by the ministry of health for a screening. We were ok, she recovered during a stay in a sanatorium over summer (afair, it turned out not to be TB but some kind of embolism), don't know about her roommate.

burnished 3y ago

Chill, its an incredible accomplishment that for many people their personal experience of TB is watching Satine die in Moulin Rouge and nothing more.

bombcar 3y ago
My parents knew it well, I know it from history, my children may only know it from stories. That’s amazing.