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Old 09-10-2022, 12:39 PM
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I thought this was an interesting article from 1909 about the inadequacy of the educational method for reducing/eliminating the spread of TB. According to the article, it doesn't work with the poor.
https://od.lk/s/OV8xOTk1OTc2MDRf/Mar...47-April-r.pdf


Why are TB rates so high in poorer countries, but low in North America and western Europe?

'Designed for death': the Mumbai housing blocks breeding TB
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2...rculosis-death

How London became the tuberculosis capital of Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2...ital-of-europe


TB rates dropped in the west from the late 1800's to the present according to this graph. Note that most of the drop happened before there were effective drugs for curing TB. I can't remember if this graph is from the US or Europe, but they follow a similar pattern.
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