Discuss Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green. Books are available at the Adult and Teen Services Desk one month before each discussion.
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"Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, preventable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year. In Everything is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry's story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world--and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis" -- Provided by publisher.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | Registration Required | In-Person Program | Book Discussions |
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