Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

American English language

Published March 18, 2025

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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection is a book by American author John Green about tuberculosis, a curable disease usually brought on by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is the leading cause of death from an infectious disease. The book argues that the disease is not primarily caused by the bacteria anymore but by human choices. It was published on March 18, 2025 and is Green's second nonfiction book. The book was well received and became a New York Times number one bestseller in nonfiction.

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Ei kort historie om nesten alt

John Green er god på dei lange linjene, og ikkje minst å snirkle seg mellom mange ulike trådar. Eg har fulgt han og broren Hank gjennom snart to tiår, og dei siste åra – allereie før denne boka var kjend – hadde han brått mange referansar til sjukdomen i videoane hans på nettet. Denne boka er resultatet av researchen hans, som brukar tuberkulose som linse til å sjå på vår moderne historie, både geopolitisk og medisinsk.

Fun fact-svolten som eg er, så likar eg nok endå betre dei historiske delane av boka enn dei som omhandlar hans ven Henry, som har lidd av sjukdomen – som ein etter kvart lærer at er veldig unngåeleg – gjennom mesteparten av sitt liv, men det er framleis sterk lesing. Meir enn ei historie OM tuberkulose er nok denne boka ei forteljing om kvifor du burde BRY deg om tuberkulose – no bryr …

The story of a disease we did not think matteres anymore

Anyone who listened to John Green at all in the past years knows a bit about tuberculosis. Because since he realised that it is everywhere in human history and present, he cannot shut up about it. Now he has beautifully summarised this story in this book. Many of us don't know that tuberculosis is not only currently the deadliest disease on our planet, but italso has been for basically all of human history. We (living in 1st world countries) have just forgotten about it because it stopped being a threat to us ca. 60 to 70 years ago, while poor people keep dying all over the world. John Green managed to make this book a historical as well as medical introduction to the disease, the story of a boy names Henry from Sierra Leone, and a story of inequity and poverty, but also hope and the power of human kindness.

Subjects

  • tuberculosis
  • multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
  • health in Sierra Leone