Outwatered Fish reviewed Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
An Emotional Powerhouse, a Call to Arms and a half.
5 stars
This is an emotionally powerful book about the history of a perception of a disease, different parts where it impacted history, and how the western countries refused to bat an eye at it the instant it stopped directly impacting them, except where it could gain them a profit. John Green interweaves these subjects masterfully with the story of a patient the author personally met, in a way that did bring me to tears several times.
I cannot recommend this book enough. Go get it, it is worth it.
Favourite tidbit (heavily paraphrased): "DAMNNNNNN SHAWTY DO BE COUGHING DIFFERENT THO 🥵 🥵 🥵 🥵 🥵 🥵 🥵 😳😳😳😏" -- White People in the 1800s.