Starting soon: our LIVE Q&A with #PhantomPlague author Vidya Krishnan! Tune in at https://youtube.com/live/6JIINQiZQ90 #TBReaders

Our live-stream Q&A with #PhantomPlague author Vidya Krishnan is TOMORROW at 11am ET/8am PT! Tune in at https://youtube.com/live/6JIINQiZQ90 to hear your questions answered! #TBReaders

Ch 13 of #PhantomPlague shows how the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment targeted the vulnerable, causing greater suffering and spread of disease. Researchers ensured the participants' suffering continued through denial of care to the benefit of understanding untreated syphilis. #TBReaders

Join us this Friday, July 18th, for our #PhantomPlague Q&A with Vidya Krishnan at 11am ET/8am PT. Don't forget to vote for your favorite questions in the #TBReaders discord! https://youtube.com/live/6JIINQiZQ90

The Indian government pressured Dr. Udwadia to retract his paper, attempting to sweep his warning of severe antibiotic resistance under the rug. India's TB burden is high, yet in Ch 12 of #PhantomPlague, we learn how the government denied the growing TB problem. #TBReaders

Get ready for a #TBReaders Q&A! We'll be talking with #PhantomPlague author, Vidya Krishnan, a week from today on Fri July 18, 11am ET/8am PT. Head to the TBReaders discord to submit your questions: https://tbfighter.link/tbreaders-server

The benefits of giving a patient the megaphone don't stop with one patient. What other good do we see come from involving patients in advocacy and education in Chapter 11 of #PhantomPlague ? #TBReaders

Many decisions about international patent law were made by those without lived experience. Chapter 11 of #PhantomPlague recounts who does and does not have a seat at those tables and questions whether the same decisions would have been reached if doctors or patients had been in the room. #TBReaders

As independence movements spread, new countries maintained colonial-era copyright laws because they were vulnerable and had to maintain relations with the colonizers. Chapter 10 of #PhantomPlague talks about the detrimental effects this causes. #TBReaders

Pharmaceutical markets prioritize profit, not creation and distribution of critical medicines, as Chapter 9 of #PhantomPlague discusses. While there must be incentive to innovate new treatments, those treatments must be accessible to more than the very wealthy. #TBReaders