Did TB Cause World War I?

Kinda? Maybe?
In which John discusses the consumptive circumstances that led to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the start of World War I.
Much more recently, I wrote a piece for the Washington Post about the ongoing horror of tuberculosis: wapo.st/458l2m2
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[@vlogbrothers]

Hi. In a shocking turn of events, I made a video about tuberculosis. Also, I have written an op-ed for the Washington Post about tuberculosis, which came out today. It's about a young man I met at the Lakka TB hospital in Sierra Leone in 2019, what happened to him, and why. Thanks for reading it: wapo.st/458l2m2 -John

[@emilyscloset2648]

Thank you for writing this. Bringing a light to this injustice, in your ever so eloquent manner

[@abdullahenani9670]

thank you for writing the article, I’m sorry about the negative responses! It was well said as anything from you usually is!

[@FlusteredBushStudios]

As a person who usually doesn’t read articles i thought it was super interesting! I hope to keep learning about TB from you, new interest unlocked lol

[@AdamHoooot]

I just hope John finally finished watching his own crash course WW1 episode.

[@tarunarachmad3976]

I am from indonesia. I have had TB at least 2 times. ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ i am cured

[@spacey-sam]

That’s so cute and sweet that Henry heard that story and thought “wow dad would love to hear that”, friends and family members who feed into your hyperfixation are the best

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

John must have been so proud and overjoyed.

[@nola281]

When you raise the kid right.

[@yougotkicked]

I for one am ready for John to host Crash Course: Health History - a thorough reading of how disease has shaped human society.

[@PiedmontPerkYT]

+!!

[@Ripplez13]

Not quite the same, but one of my favourite courses in university was a history of healthcare course, and it was phenomenal.

[@AndreaCrisp]

+++++

[@oliviabh.3989]

+++!! this would be so fascinating? or just Crash Course: Public Health in general

[@somerndmguy]

I would prefer the significantly more focused Crash Course: Tuberculosis.

[@butallislost]

Never stop talking about the historical and current impact of tuberculosis, John. I will always enjoy these, thank you

[@Bruno-cb5gk]

I wish he would stop talking about the current impact of tuberculosis, but only if that was due to it no longer being an issue.

[@nottelling7438]

​@@Bruno-cb5gk Agreed, let's wipe out TB and then only talk about how much impact it had previously.

[@tegxi]

evidently he will never run out of material to talk about

[@OpalLeigh]

I am not even a regular watcher of his content and I am so onboard this journey 😂 he just shared his hyper fixation with the rest of us!

[@ObviouslyBenHughes]

That very specific conflicted feeling when cultural experience tells you that the answer to almost every clickbait headline which ends with a question mark is “no,” yet all other Nerdfighter experience tells you that somehow everything John wants to talk about exists as the result of tuberculosis. *pain.* Oh and Happy Tuesday. ☺️

[@vlogbrothers]

Indeed I did not write the headline ;) -John

[@Agnes.Nutter]

Actually, multiple studies have looked at Betteridge's law (what you're describing) and in all three cases, there's not much of a trend, but "yes" was actually slightly more likely than "no"! See the Studies section of the "Betteridge's law of headlines" Wikipedia article for a summary, but here are the three in question: 1. James M. Cook & Dawn Plourde (2016 Scientometrics article) - "Do scholars follow Betteridge's Law? The use of questions in journal article titles" 2. Mats Linander (2015 blog post) - "is betteridge's law of headlines correct?" 3. John Mola (2017 The Aggie Brickyard article) - "Betteridge's Law in Ecology"

[@Tim3.14]

@@vlogbrothersWait, you and Hank don't write your own video titles? Was that year where you kept doing All-Star lyrics just some vlogbrothers intern drunk on power?

[@purpleghost106]

@@Tim3.14 Perhaps it's that they aren't writing *all* their titles, but sometimes it might be fun. But also, this is still a valid question even if my hypothesis is true. XD Power to the interns!

[@ObviouslyBenHughes]

@@Agnes.Nutter cool! I had no idea the name of this concept in the first place and it’s also interesting to see that my previous knowledge was incorrect! I appreciate the citations as well. DFTBA

[@MuumipappaJaMeri]

My mere existence is because of the tuberculosis. My grandad had it and my grandma kept visiting him in the hospital. He came to the conlusion that she must really love him and started the romantic pursuit once - to everyone's surprise - he regained his health. He was from a poor family and wouldn't have flirted with her without the Yolo experience you get from almost losing your life in an early age. My grandma is now 96 but he has already gone to the other side.

[@boojieboo7510]

Incredible.

[@kelpsie]

John's Tuberculosis hobby is totally a deliberate attempt to permanently free himself from the 4:00 constraint of vlogbrothers videos.

[@fraidarahbaran6076]

++

[@clairegamble3918]

I partly exist because of TB. My Nan in Ireland was due to marry a local boy, but his family decided against it because of the contamination stigma and belief it made women infertile. She was given the treatments available at the time which meant being sent alone to another city away from her family for over a year. She recovered (with horrible treatment scars she had to hide), but moved to London so the stigma wouldn’t follow her and she could have a shot at marriage. Then she met my grandfather who wouldn’t have been able to marry in Ireland either as he was raised in the Christian brothers orphanage.

[@carsonkahla9162]

Fun fact: the bomb that was thrown didn’t miss, the Archdukes’ body guard batted it away from the car but sadly he hit it directly into the car behind them. Also the Archduke and his wife were the ones who wanted to go back out, they demanded to go to the hospital to see the victims of the bombing… Extra credits has a really good video on this

[@themfwestcoast]

And no one told the driver the new path (he was czeck and they didn't tell him in the right language), so Princip was waiting along the advertised path.

[@thomaspollack7451]

Sadly?

[@otnat2094]

The more details I learn about the lead up to world war I the more impressed I am with the amount of historical accuracy that Matthew Vaughn wove into "The King's Man"

[@arandombard1197]

@@thomaspollack7451 Yes Thomas, sadly. Murder is wrong. You were taught that right?

[@thomaspollack7451]

@@arandombard1197 were talking about members of an Austria royal procession? Murder means it was real people.

[@scottscottman8354]

My god, 25% more John today!

[@vlogbrothers]

pretty sure this counts as educational. Hopefully! -John

[@aravae165]

Yes, I think this counts as educational.

[@zettagotbored9341]

I like the immediate the fear the council may vote otherwise, though 😂

[@Dimensionaught]

@@vlogbrothers This fanbase is too enamored to ever hold you accountable. Even when the video is clearly not educational, they will claim that it is, to spare you justice.

[@exeggcutertimur6091]

I'd say at least 30% of the video is educational. 70% of 5:14 is

[@BibiBlade09]

John, it's because of you, that the whole time I walked around the Surgeons Hall museum in Edinburgh with my friend I shouted "TUBERCULOSIS" every time I saw it on one of the object labels, which was an awful lot.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I love museum games like that. It's always fun to try and find my name, but that'll only show up one or two times; tuberculosis is a certainty.

[@ceballard1215]

I have an old button from the 80s that says, “War doesn’t decide who’s right, only who’s left,” but I don’t think that makes it inevitable. I hope someday we learn that lesson. John, thank you for another thought-provoking post!

[@ChemistTea]

People who wage wars aren't the ones fighting them, so no reason to learn that lesson.

[@thomaswalsh4552]

Historian here. I actually just put together a lecture for a college class on this topic. This is all pretty accurate, except the driver kinda gets sold short: in reality, he wasn’t informed of a change in route, which is why he had to reverse. He car didn’t stall, but had to be manually pushed backwards because it’s 1914 and cars aren’t very fancy yet.

[@agps4418]

thank you for your clarification. it sure make sense

[@OrNaurItsKat]

Any shot you could film and upload the lecture here? I would love to hear it.

[@nirfz]

And the black hand wasn't trying to free Serbia from Austria Hungary, as they weren't part of A-H. Serbia was it's own sovereign kingdom. They wanted a greater Serbia with all Slavs being under Serbian rule, and wanted to start the journey towards it by starting a conflict in and about Bosnia. (As Bosnia was occupied by A-H due to the treaties of the Berlin conference.) And the following annexation of Bosnia is another messed up thing... When the russian foreign minister told his A-H counterpart in a casual talk that "nobody would care if A-H annexed occupied Bosnia" he didn't expect his counterpart to act, and act quickly. A-H mistook this as legitimation by Russia and annexed occupied Bosnia. This russian minister lost his job, and became a life long Austrophob (and i think ambassador to france for the next years. A position in the leadup to WW1 that could never impact french sentiment and actions in any way at all ;-) )

[@munjee2]

You know, just this morning I was thinking "it's been a few months since John last talked about TB, I wonder when he'll bring it up again" It's hasn't been the same with you it

[@munjee2]

I meant to say "without it" now I can't edit this

[@odsmey]

What boggles my mind: my Mom had TB as a child. She is now 70. Her lung scares both lung doctors and radiologist, but she is mostly fine now. She was in hospital for almost a year and they removed a big part of her lung, but I never really realized how amazing it is that she can live the life she does.

[@arjunsahay8470]

I also had tb when I was 17 and I have big scars on lungs it's nice to know people have long lives after recovering from the disease

[@hazmatt8349]

Time for a Crash Course World History entirely about Tuberculosis.

[@conorstapleton3183]

They did that years ago

[@paulatamaramohamad5794]

YES

[@abdullahenani9670]

I just bought the anthropocene reviewed, I’m really excited to see what it has to offer! TFIOS was life changing for me, I remember feeling so alone in my teen years and I felt like no one else understood me, the book was one of the few things that kept me going. It’s still my favorite book, Thank you for sharing it with the world. I wanted to say you’re my favorite author too but I think I already established that fact. :)

[@abdullahenani9670]

Also sorry I didn’t have anything to say about TB :)

[@nickwilliams330]

+

[@ryandonnell3382]

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[@Shalom64221]

TAR is definitely in my top 6 John books. Hope you like it!

[@abdulelahenani9737]

+

[@elmiraadili]

Love learning more about TB from you (I guess today from Henry) and hearing you discuss world history is such a wonderful callback to the days where I watched crash course world history to study for ap world history. It’s wild that I’m in law school now and still listening to you and hank teach me new things.

[@El.goodwell]

Henry: “Man, I can’t wait to tell my dad what I learned today.” Teacher: “Oh yeah?” Henry: “Yeah! He LOVES tuberculosis!” 😂 Could you imagine? That would make for a laugh at parent-teacher night. Regardless of the subject matter, it’s always amazing when your kid can teach you something new.

[@mrmacken]

I just want to say, I really love John's (and Hank's, not playing favoritism) way of disseminating information, in this case history, in a way that is simultaneously educational, and entertaining. Keep it up bros.

[@eos_aurora]

Your Washington post article was real good!! Sorry the comments on it are a disaster

[@vlogbrothers]

Thanks! (Many of the comments are really thoughtful, but of course there will always be troll-y stuff in a newspaper's comment section.) -John

[@wonder_platypus8337]

Johnbot in 2046 : "Did tuberculosis start the Machine uprising?"

[@vlogbrothers]

kinda.

[@wonder_platypus8337]

@@vlogbrothers Just made my day, Thank you.

[@ladida9084]

@@vlogbrothers we need a full video

[@vaingloriouscadenza1098]

This video is giving nostalgic crash course vibes 💕

[@N3rdfightermom]

I watched this from Amsterdam where we met a family from Singapore who also wanted a picture on the TFiOS bench!

[@vlogbrothers]

that's lovely to hear! -John

[@katiemoss7578]

You know it’s gonna be a good video when it’s a John video about tb

[@Aabil11]

I've watched all of Crash Course's videos and all of Indy Neidell's Great War series, and still learn more about WW1 to this day. This channel never disappoints!

[@LadyAnuB]

It is not Indy Neidell's series, it was actually a collaboration between him and the Real Time History/The Great War crew

[@TheJennifer122]

truly love the idea that Henry heard this fact and knew that his dad had to hear about this one

[@Msrayrayjustducky]

This solidifies John as the "Tuberculosis Brother" for me.

[@PeterNielson]

I feel like we could make a sort of "Bacon Steps" measurement for "Tuberculosis Steps" of historical events.

[@cbpd89]

I seriously appreciate that you not only speak up you also put your money where your mouth is. John and Hank talk the talk, walk the walk, and that is why you are the most trusted guys on KZbin. For me, anyway. I know if I donate to PFA that my money will genuinely do good.

[@ThatWeirdo04]

When we learned about WWI in my 9th grade world history class, our teacher had us recreate Franz Ferdinand’s assassination in class one day using staplers as pistols, whiteboard erasers as bombs, and his rolling desk chair as the archduke’s car. I played the guy who jumped in the river.

[@sara-ww8eq]

Because of videos like these, I'm doing my final project in both History and English over the effects of tuberculosis. Thank you for giving me a new obsession and so much material on it!

[@boojieboo7510]

Good luck!

[@hi-yo1kq]

I can’t believe I only just found these videos. I used to watch so many of your crash courses and lately I’ve seen your shorts. But these videos are just great

[@HolaMindy]

Do you think that Henry was excited when TB got mentioned in school because it meant he had a new fact for Dad, or do you think he gave his teacher with a "not you too" look?

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

Maybe both?

[@Bee-ys6kt]

Thank you for this video John! I love learning about these intersections between illness and massive historical moments. Similar to this, I recently learned that the Black Plague was so impactful because it was preceded by a volcanic eruption on the other side of the world!! So important for us to understand that no event really happens in isolation. Also totally recommend “This Podcast Will Kill You” cause they have fantastic episodes (about TB and The Black Plague, among other fascinating episodes) about the history of these diseases from the perspective of health care professionals. Very very cool podcast

[@redseptember476]

Hey you should research the patron saint of TB, Therese of Lisieux! She's considered to be the most important Catholic theologian of the modern day, even though she was only 25 when she died (she had TB). She's got a really interesting story, and her autobiography (The Story of a Soul) is definitely worth a read!

[@ethanwarchol1677]

Your next non-fictional book should be all the ways in which tuberculosis has impacted our human history. Huge fan of all your videos and books by the way! Also just wanted to leave a thank you note here for helping to educate me through Crashcourse during my highschool and university years.

[@cynhanrahan4012]

My grandfather died in 1938 of TB in a sanitarium when my father was 6 years old. It just occurred to me that the word Sanitarium must have something to do with sanitation by isolation to prevent the spread of the disease, given this one was in Houston, not exactly a warm dry climate. My father and his 2 siblings all would test positive for TB for the rest of their lives, but were asymptomatic. None of us children cousins ever tested positive.

[@griffins-c4892]

I’m intensely envious of how easy John makes story telling look. Fantastic video.

[@krakhedd]

This was quite a bit more fascinating than I thought it would be when I clicked on it, kudos!

[@mrbfros454]

Whoever is in charge of the on screen text please leave it up at least long enough for me to pause the video so that I can read it! Great content as always!

[@xerk2945]

Keep the TB content coming. It's so good. I feel like the link between TB/WWI is also similar because it took us so, so long to realize "important" people shouldn't drive around in convertibles. It seems like we finally have the convertible thing figured out, now we just need to do it with TB.

[@hannamayh]

At this point, I need The Tuberculosis Review where John tells me a tuberculosis story each week which will then become a best selling nonfiction book with hilarious Goodreads reviews.

[@sexyscientist]

It's kinda like the sequel to the Anthropocene Reviewed, but all stories are TB stories.

[@sylvy16]

this is a great way to end my birthday. It talks about my favourite(to read about) historical event too.

[@adpirtle]

I love how John has dragged his whole family down the tuberculosis wormhole.

[@mollydugan6144]

John, I just want to let you know how much I appreciate you using the correct singular form "bacterium." Keep the TB trivia coming!

[@doneiliragaba1266]

I have been learning tone of stuff since i recently discovered the vlogbrothers. Thank you for sharing this knowledge I hadn’t known so far. See you again

[@erinrising2799]

mind blown, I just find it so interesting when I hear history like this

[@legoleestudios]

Looking forward to the intriguingly heartfelt book John writes about tuberculosis and its role in shaping the humanity of our world

[@Xandycane]

I love random history like this. Thank you!

[@thelastcube.]

have you decided the name of the book you're gonna write on tuberculosis yet? because that is the logically next step after having exhausted all form of direct tuberculosis content, introducing it to more people hidden in a package of a fictional story

[@zmanzono]

Perhaps "In Sickness and in Health"?

[@Calv_]

I vote for "TB or not TB, the tuberculosis question"

[@NinaDmytraczenko]

Maybe "More light than heat", finally?

[@wpwscience4027]

"Tuberculosis: not just for hot people anymore"

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

"Conspicuous Consumption: Tuberculosis in the Public Consciousness." (Idea free for John only.)

[@johnchessant3012]

There's an urban legend that Gavrilo Princip was eating a sandwich when he looked up and saw that his target's car happened to stall right in front of him, and so he got up to shoot; thus if only the sandwich had been more delicious, perhaps the assassination could've been avoided.

[@noahz]

This is now one of my top 5 vlogbrothers videos, along with Who Owns Oregon and Cooking for a 3 Year Old. Amazing.

[@gabealban427]

I find it crazy how people in developed countries see TB as an "old" disease since it doesn't affect them at a deep level. Every single year of schooling in the US it was always the same with my doctor check ups. A gasp and an order for x-rays because I tested positive for TB (because we vaccinate against it in my home country)

[@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013]

I mean, the same applies to basically any disease of extreme poverty. The Black Death is still a thing and was a pretty big problem on madagascar a few years ago, but for most of us it's a thing from the 13th century. The reason it's an 'old' disease here is because it basically no longer exists if you can afford extremely cheap treatments...it's just that a significant fraction of the world cannot because of systematic inequity.

[@gabealban427]

@@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013 Totally agree! and it shouldn't be that way. ppl should know this stuff is still happening and it should be our collective goal to make them diseases of the past.

[@reluginbuhl]

I like your relaxed conversational delivery! I'd love it if you'd make more crash course videos!

[@brqstll]

it’s always interesting to hear something new about TB from these videos, thank you John.

[@ColaKitty9595]

I love the way any video can be educationally long if you just include tuberculosis and it's impact

[@MewWolf5]

Very interesting! Would love more videos about influence of tuberculosis on history and culture.

[@HexerPsy]

I remember during my intership on the radiology depertment, that we had to be very careful with possible TB patients, and very alert with possible TB signs on lung x rays. Thankfully its not common in my part of the world. In a horrific way this has opened my eyes to the tactics recruiters will use to find and train terrorists.....

[@shay-du]

Yay! More TB content

[@getweirdwes]

As soon as I heard Archduke Franz Ferdinand come out John's mouth it took me back to "An Abundance of Katherines". Thanks for that awesome read man! My favorite of your books to this day.

[@projectz975]

its so funny how getting really interested in learning as much as possible about a subject always leads you branching off into every other field of study

[@carolinareader6386]

Give this man a 10 episode documentary on tuberculosis stat!!!

[@limonium2306]

I've been recently diagnosed with tuberculosis (in the US) and honestly I'm very scared and I still have to start an immunosuppressive medication to treat other health problems as well so it puts me at an even higher risk of a future bad infection of tb. Thank you for all your knowledge and awareness on TB. 💕

[@dragonbowlsupper]

Thank you for making the article free to read

[@STOPITexclamation]

Huzzah!! Tuberculosis video! I always love these they are so interesting and important

[@erinmcdonald7781]

Wow! I thought I knew a lot about WW1, how did I miss this?! Thank you for being one of the new things I learn today. 💜✌️😎

[@flowerheit4512]

It's so heartwarming that your son is willing to talk about your interests with you voluntarily, father-son goals right there

[@nawrozzahanpreety6857]

4:44 ❤ how fascinating!

[@kathleencraine7335]

Brilliant video and article, John. And thanks for making both free.

[@WrappedCrawly]

4:47 "That's the thing that fascinates me about history, so much might happen and then only one set of things does." - John Green

[@Respectable_Username]

So nice to have a return to just John speaking about interesting topics to camera ❤

[@Selinkak]

Between this video and the newest PBS Frontline documentary I am seeing a lot about TB today on KZbin

[@dotter8]

You know, listening to the narrative, something occurs to me. First, Archduke Ferdinand gets sent to Sarajevo, a city full of assassins. Three assassins are sent to kill him, two of whom fail and none of them have cyanide pills strong enough to kill them, (but they all have TB.) Their companions convince the archduke that it's safe to continue the tour, even though it clearly isn't. Then the driver of their car manages to stall right in front of a deli where the third assassin is having lunch, making Ferdinand and his wife sitting ducks. Add to this, I heard somewhere that nobody in the Royal House of Austria liked old Franz and it sounds like they were all trying to get rid of him!

[@aravae165]

My kid tells me about plants, feminism, and history. ❤ It's pretty great.

[@polthedestroyer]

This is a fun and worthwhile leisure activity. I am a big fan.

[@prit04]

Please DO NOT STOP 🧡

[@solthas]

This is endlessly fascinating. Thank you.

[@micarex5256]

i love the John vids. i look forward to the thoughtful way he investigates the human condition. The kind analysis that he brings to complex issues. The fact that he calmly suggests that ,you know, things might be complex and so getting a simple read on said things isn't always the easiest so we should really all try and give each other some grace. was i looking for more about tuberculosis? no. was i surprised to see it? also no. When I watched i the short immediately afterwards, i realized that it was an endorsement of Crown Hill Cemetery. Another long time talking point. Again, not at all surprised.

[@Fawstah]

I always keep thinking I’ll be over hearing about tb and it’s impacts, but I haven’t been yet

[@claire2088]

you msut have been SO PROUD of your son

[@Artemisdianaxxx]

Henry and Alice always influencing my fave videos

[@luannnelson547]

Tuberculosis and to some extent malaria also put Asheville, NC, on the map. It also killed my great-grandmother and both her sisters, at ages 35, 42, and about 50.

[@JordanLeigh]

I love these longer videos.

[@jakobgoodwin9742]

God, I can’t wait until your book about TB comes out

[@toriiwoodd]

henry retaining tv facts from school to being home and share with you is the sweetest thing ever

[@ausdigs]

Ive seen multiple titles of this video now served to me on my feed, really wonder if the shortened TB or full tuberculosis gets more clicks. Anyways great video as per usual

[@hobistinyheartbag]

I love how John is obsessed with tuberculosis it’s itching something in my neurodivergent brain and I love everything about it.

[@The_Reductionist]

How much would it cost to end tuberculosis? You often talk about it as something that only exists because of wealth inequality - lets say a billionaire decided to be generous, what would removing this disease cost? Could it be done?

[@aravae165]

This is something I've been wondering about as well.

[@StanleyWallice]

Whats up Doc, Thank you for continuing to display forward the call to arm needed for global strife. The inspiration of your actions continues to be a near daily occurrence to me, DFTBA the whole bit, you two and the work you do are just a grand representation of how a physician should stand, sturdy able and respondent. This video a classic, needs to be added to the quintessential internet synopsis - ope there it is on youtube for all for free forever - Thanks again. And say Hi to John for me. love your books. peace out! hommies!

[@FictionWriter95]

Omg "Farce" is one of the best ways to describe the bizarre sequence of events that led to Franz Ferdinand's death (although I tend to prefer the mostly synonymous term "comedy of errors")

[@nitrola47]

I love youtuber. Changing the name of the video so it doesn't clearly state what it is about anymore to force you to watch it. Clearly we're having great creator that care about their content more than numbers :)

[@kateworkman921]

TB, in a roundabout way, killed my dad's dad. (In actuality, it was cancer, but let me get there.) See, my dad's dad worked in mines while my dad and uncle were growing up. He was in several cave-ins. And one of those cave-ins left scarring on his lungs that apparently resembled scarring similar to what TB leaves. So when a doctor saw that scarring later, he assumed TB and had my dad's dad, my Nana, my dad, and my uncle all quarantined. But of course, my Nana, dad, and uncle showed no signs of TB. Eventually, it was discovered that it was scarring from a cave-in he was in, and after that, my dad's dad didn't trust doctors. Which meant that when he started feeling really bad and losing weight when my dad was approaching his late teens, he still refused to go to the doctor. He refused all the way up until he was literally yellow because the cancer had gotten to his liver. By the time he did go to a doctor, the cancer had spread too far, was everywhere, and it was a matter of *when* he would die, not *if.* As for why I call him my dad's dad instead of grandpa? I never got to know him. He died when my dad was 18, and whenever I've heard stories about him, my dad always says, "My dad . . ."

[@polerin]

I would love to see john and harry turtledove chat. Harry was one of the first people i ever listened too and was like "holy shit this guy is smart". Side effect of growing up around really smart people. John and hank give off similar vibes.

[@wpwscience4027]

I hope hank follows this up with a deep dive quantum mechanics video based off that line there towards the end

[@RahimRahmat]

Very interesting...... time to look at Crash Course again and see what else I can learn.

[@ChibiAccount]

Great video! love to hear you talk history. Hopefully we can defear tuberculosis like we did smallpox.

[@xSoupyTwist]

I work in TB Control and my boss just shared your WaPo article with us. Worlds colliding haha.

[@FuzzyErThanThou]

I love that I get to recommend the excellent and strange play Archduke by Rajiv Joseph. He's an incredible wordsmith and playwright, and I think you'll like it.

[@cauhxmilloy7670]

I heard this story, told similarly, in one of my highschool history classes. Though, I don't remember the TB. Very nostalgic video nonetheless.