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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
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Almost the entirety of the book could’ve gone further, could’ve gone deeper. Hopefully the mass attention this book receives will spark the interest in public health’s inextricable links to a capitalist system, of disability theory and rhetoric, and stories of inequality that exist within and beyond borders we’ve created out of the desperate need for power.
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Mar 28, 2025 04:22PM
I think I see what you mean, but I also feel that the purpose of this is more as a primer. By keeping some specifics lighter in details, he is able to cover a broader range of ideas AND keep it incredibly accessible for the general public. The reading list at the end really serves that further and deeper purpose but I did feel similarly about lack of depth.
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Yes, absolutely. John Green is such a good story teller and yet somehow this book falls flat at every turn.
He writes a emotionally gripping primer to bridge the gap between the affluent ignorant and the reality of disease, and you’re mad he didn’t write a college textbook about socioeconomic anthropology? You write it then.
I feel he wrote the book to be a general overview to get people interested in the disease. He knows his name carries a heavy weight and makes people more likely to read it. But he also amplifies the voices of people who are either doctors, researchers, or survivors in the for further reading section, which I believe was the intention all along.
I would not have read that book. Most people wouldn’t read what you’re saying he should have produced. Would rather millions of people have a new awareness of the racism, classism and capitalism when it comes to TB or a few hundred people go on a deep dive, who if they have the interest to get through that, probably already had the information?
