Twenty-first Century Threats: Tuberculosis - Professor William Ayliffe

[@Hoannguyenify]

I am in isolation in the hospital for the pass 25 days after diagnosed with active TB. I have been taken ethambutol and rifater every morning at 6am and continue taking it every day for the next 6 months , I do feel much better now and hopefully I should get release from the hospital soon. Thanks to the NHS

[@alexcarter8807]

You are lucky indeed. If you were in the USA and not wealthy, you'd just get sicker and sicker until it was an emergency then go to the emergency room when it's too late and probably just die.

[@alexcarter8807]

I would like to add that about a year ago I thought I might have TB and wanted to get tested, and getting tested, as I am not wealthy, was basically impossible. I finally got so tired and run-down that I went to the emergency room, and it turned out to be bacterial pneumonia, which plenty of people die of in the USA too. I got some pills, and in a week I felt great. I'd have had an easier time going to a barefoot doctor in sub-saharan Africa, as it was financial hell paying for very simple medical care here in the USA. But it was that or die, to the tune of more than I make in a year (I did eventually not have to pay that much of it, only about a month's income out of pocket, since I'm so poor.) If you are young and intelligent at all, and in the USA, get out!

[@Louiseskybunker]

This man's approach to work is totally beautiful! Lux

[@DrPerezAnderson]

Great lecture! That guy has a unique charm. Thank you for uploading

[@alexcarter8807]

It's rampant among the poor and homeless in the USA for whom there is almost no medical treatment or testing.

[@Arnond35]

Having a British accent automatically boosts your IQ by 20%