Emmie Johnson’s Reviews > Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection > Status Update

The real cause of contemporary TB is us, not the bacteria we know how to kill. We are responsible for allocation of resources. Everyone deserves access to healthcare and yet pharmaceutical companies patent medication and increase profit margins beyond affordability. Bastards

Gut-brain information axis. “Some of my thoughts may belong not to me, but to the microorganisms in my digestive tract”. Do I find this interesting or does my microbiome

TB was largely undetected in colonised communities as it was perceived as a disease of the superior and civilised (read: white). I wonder how many other diseases are shaped by social forces.

Women with TB were believed to become more beautiful, ethereal and pure. Characteristics of pale, thin, wide sunken eyes. Beauty standards for women have always been fucked

Death is only natural if deemed “acceptably” or “well”. For other species death occurs at any time and is considered natural. Interesting

Nothing is so privileged as thinking history belongs to the past