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John Green releases new 'tea for TB' to celebrate World Tuberculosis Day - He has committed millions of his own money to fund solutions for TB, has educated thousands on the subject (www.goodgoodgood.co)
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He has committed millions of his own money to fund solutions for TB, has educated thousands on the subject, and has even worked with his fan community — Nerdfighteria — to demand change from corporate health giants like Danaher and Johnson & Johnson.

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[-] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

This is factually untrue. It's treated with very specific mixes of antibiotics but it takes a very long time. That's part of why John Green has been pushing for this action - it's easily preventable by vaccine and treatable through antibiotics, no one should be dying from this.

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