Matt Inman
Everything Is Tuberculosis is one of those rare books that takes something I knew almost nothing about and completely reorients my understanding of the world. I went in barely knowing a thing about TB, and came out shocked—not just by the history, but by the persistence of a disease that should have been wiped out by now. The research is deep, the storytelling is compelling, and the message is clear: TB still thrives because it mostly affects the poor, not the powerful. If this disease hit wealthy countries the way it hits the global south, we'd have solved it decades ago. An eye-opening, frustrating, and important read. Highly recommend.
Everything Is Tuberculosis is one of those rare books that takes something I knew almost nothing about and completely reorients my understanding of the world. I went in barely knowing a thing about TB, and came out shocked—not just by the history, but by the persistence of a disease that should have been wiped out by now. The research is deep, the storytelling is compelling, and the message is clear: TB still thrives because it mostly affects the poor, not the powerful. If this disease hit wealthy countries the way it hits the global south, we'd have solved it decades ago. An eye-opening, frustrating, and important read. Highly recommend.