Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green

My Thoughts

This is a simple, good book about an important topic. Being an immigrant from India, thankfully my only interaction with tuberculosis was my mom warning me that my TB test in high school would come back positive because I have a vaccine for it. She told me I needed to be ready to explain it at the hospital, since they might be shocked by it, and they were.

The book does a great job explaining the history of tuberculosis and, as the title suggests, how so many things in life intertwine with it. There are so many facts in the book that it’s very difficult to remember them all. I feel like I now have a better understanding of the disease and how it’s shaped humanity and society.

I found myself talking to my mom about TB and sharing some of the topics covered in the book. Overall, it was a very interesting book and a great tool to shine light on a preventable disease that’s still around due to a plethora of reasons.