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To me, TB is ultimate test of character. Stopping TB means you care for your common man: https://youtu.be/GFLb5h2O2Ww?t=75 https://youtu.be/GFLb5h2O2Ww?t=75
by CHB0403085482 2y ago
To me, TB is ultimate test of character. Stopping TB means you care for your common man:
https://youtu.be/GFLb5h2O2Ww?t=75 https://youtu.be/GFLb5h2O2Ww?t=75
- tim333 2y agoI was shocked that that said 2bn people carry TB, though it seems from recent research the number is much lower https://www.iavi.org/iavi-report/upending-the-dogma-of-tb-latency-will-it-offer-new-clues-for-vaccine-research/ https://www.iavi.org/iavi-report/upending-the-dogma-of-tb-la... I'm surprised people put up with it when there's a vaccine.
- mrguyorama 2y agoNobody "puts up" with TB. Poor countries and communities cannot afford the options on the market. TB wont be solved until we put people before profit.
- tim333 2y ago>The cost of BCG is US$2–3 (£1.12–1.70) per dose (from https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2083037/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2083037/) Even for poor countries it's not much. In the UK when I had it they sent a nurse round to the school and all the kids lined up and they did like one a minute. Free to us lot of course on the NHS. I think it was quite nasty and leaves a scar though.