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4. Very true and is addressed by the program. TB hasn't been fully eradicated and as stated on the

Reply to Lydia Leftcoast (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 13, 2015, 11:31 AM

Feb 2015

virologists blog post, over 3 billion carry an active strain of it, they don't know who will get or spread it. I saw a program where in Africa you are taken by gun point to the clinic to get your antibiotics. Even when you do take your antibiotics, there is huge anti-drug resistance within the community.

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Did anyone watch American Experience this week? "The Forgotten Plague" [View all] Hestia Feb 2015 OP

Yes, a very good Am-Exp Galileo126 Feb 2015 #1

Here is a blog post from one of the virologists on the show at aired: Hestia Feb 2015 #2

Two things fostered the spread of TB in the old days: Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2015 #3

Very true and is addressed by the program. TB hasn't been fully eradicated and as stated on the Hestia Feb 2015 #4

I would like to see this show on a rerun. Jenoch Feb 2015 #5