The UA-cam Channel: www.youtube.com/@henryreider1446 Discord: gofund.me/2432ba24 Support PIH's work: pih.org UPDATE: Henry's fundraiser has wrapped up after achieving all its goals AND THEN SOME. Thanks to all who donated! Please follow Henry's future on his UA-cam channel! Thanks to Henry, all his caregivers, his mother, and everyone fighting for expanded access to TB care. Also thanks to nerdfighters who understand discord. :) -John
@@vlogbrothersUnder the name of the server there's a button that says "invite", make sure you change the settings so it doesn't expire after a week if you want it to stay up long term
" 'But he's just one kid!' Tell that to his mom." John, in just once sentence you can capture a sentiment so deeply missing in the conversations being had. You and everyone you touch and raise up make every second of this hellscape on earth worth it.
It's like the analogy of the starfish. John said that line, and it was all I could think about. If you haven't heard the analogy of the starfish before: A huge storm hits a costal town hard, and when the winds die back and the oceans recede, there are left thousands upon thousands of starfish laid strewn across the beach, washed up in the storm. The sun's come out, and the starfish are drying out and dying. An old man stands nearby, shaking his head at the carnage, when he sees a young boy on the beach, going along, picking up one starfish at a time and taking them down to the water. The old man calls out, "What are you doing, boy? Look around, there are thousands of starfish. They will die before you can possibly save them all. You won't make any difference." The boy releases another starfish, turns to the old man, and replies, "Well, I made a difference for that one."
THE PALPABLE AND REAL RELIEF KNOWING THAT HENRY WAS ALIVE WHEN YOU RETURNED. "it was like magic" "I'm so happy to be alive again" My heart breaks for those kids. It is so absolutely worth the fight. Thank you for this new chapter of your life John. Advocating for those who cannot advocate for themselves.
Hearing Henry refer to recovery as “being alive again” made me cry. As someone who has only recently started receiving treatment for my own illnesses (far less deadly thank goodness) I really felt that. Here’s to us all feeling alive again soon!
3:16 "yes, it's only one kid, but tell that to his mother." well didn't think i needed to cry today, but i guess i was wrong. that one will stay in my brain forever.
As a person and a social worker working in health equity, I cried through this and then again when I went to subscribe to Henry's channel and realized there's already 10k subscribers. And then I saw the status of the gofundme. I love this community so much,. I hope we can do all the things.
I work in Public Health. I want to send this to everyone. Saving one person is just the first step to saving many many more. Keep fighting the good fight John.
Nothing makes my blood boil quite like knowing how much wealth and opulence exists in this world only for people like Henry and millions like him to suffer needlessly. Thanks for all you do, John. Your conviction gives me hope. P.S. Dropped Henry some love on his channel and y'all should too!
While I agree that situations like this are frustrating, are you sacrificing all you can spare beyond what you need to survive to help people like Henry? After all, it doesn't take that much! I venture to guess that the answer is no, you do not, but you're angered that others don't do exactly that.
@@watcherofwatchers Making assumptions about others is unbecoming. I fully agree with Kaseywahl and I live hand to mouth. I only own the equipment like my phone and PC because they earn me more money than they cost, and I still live hand to mouth. I live without heating or cooling. I have lived without windows and a leaky roof. I have lived in leaky tents with no bed. I've spent many days with single meals of hotsauce and bread, or unseasoned rice. Even so, where possible, I choose to buy from stores and brands that support charities and are ethical. When I'm doing well, I donate money. I support indipendant contractors, developers and workers to help both them and the economy. To denounce Kasey taking that stance with that assumption is to denounce me with that assumption. It dissuades people from even trying , because no matter what they do, people like you are around the corner making them feel awful for starting at all. It would be wonderful if we could all ignore the jerks in the world, but that doesn't justify you making it harder for them.
@@neicu34 I do not need to offer an alternative solution while criticizing the convenient anger that people express that OTHER people have not sacrificed their own resources and comfort when that person has not done the same. It's extremely easy and convenient to for people to demand that other people sacrifice for a cause that they, themselves, are not sacrificing for.
When I saw Henry looking so healthy I burst into tears in the library, thank you for sharing I’m so glad he’s doing better. I’m very proud to be a small part of this community.
I work on MDR TB research… and as a lowly lab person who doesn’t get to experience patient outcomes this story is incredibly valuable. Thank you for sharing.
If you haven't heard this story, true or not (the point is solid): "During a visit to the NASA Space Centre in 1962, President Kennedy noticed a janitor carrying a broom. He interrupted his tour, walked over to the man and said: “Hi, I'm Jack Kennedy, what are you doing?” The janitor responded: “I'm helping put a man on the moon, Mr President.” "
It is INCREDIBLE how much healthier he looks. He looks like a young man! What an incredible story. I just went to click the fundraiser link and in the ten hours since this video was posted it's already been surpassed! Ten hours!
"Tell that to his mother" busted me open. Everyone tells you that you will love your children more than anything, but I didn't understand until my son was born that love isn't always a pleasant feeling. It's a desperate hope to protect and preserve them and despair at knowing you'll fail in ways big and small. So important to remember that mothers around the world love their children just as deeply as I love mine.
I'm on the mailing list of an Indian organization similar to GoFundMe, and I got a message last year about a 3-year-old boy who needed a bone marrow transplant to save his life from an immune deficiency. The way the kid talked about his fear of recurring hospitalizations (which started as nosebleeds) as "the monster is coming again" just killed me. My own son was the same age and it was all too easy to imagine him in that situation. It stuck with me for months, and if I had the $30K he needed I probably would have called the hospital in India and paid for the surgery. Even though $30K could be better spent helping many other kids whose stories I hadn't read yet.
When dealing with charity work on that scale, it's often infeasible to really care about an individual when there's so much else that has to be helped. I'm so happy that, if just this once, an organization was able to suspend the pragmatism to make a change that's truly valuable to Henry and his mother.
It’s remarkable that you can’t even tell that he used to have tuberculosis because he just looks like a normal kid. Happy to see that he got a second chance
Henry may only be one person, but he is clearly the kind of person who raises up an entire community just by being there, so an investment in him and his family, is an investment in everyone around them.
I also deeply appreciate John specifying the "I talk to Henry regularly" part of this story. I feel like so much voluntourism and missionary charity is just poverty porn and individual stories like this are tokenized, but, and I could be wrong, this truly seems to me like this one guy on the internet who made a really great friend. I know PIH does what they can on a systemic level but I can't help but observe that when the green brothers pick a small scale individual person to reach out to, it feels significantly less exploitative and content-farm-ey than anyone else online
And of course he is going to uni for human resources management. Henry knows the value first hand of the work that they do. I wish I could be half the person he is.
@@UCVWnuJnz0LguhAS_MYI3few It also helps that Henry is an adult now. One who is being given a voice by John directing people to his actual youtube page..
At first, I was sad I could only donate $5. And then I clicked the link and saw how many $5 donations have impacted these people's lives. ❤ John, I love you for this. And I'm sending all of my love to Henry, his family, and all families in his position.
This video has been up for ONE HOUR, and the fundraiser is $8,000 over its goal, and Henry has over 4k subscribers. I love the Nerdfighteria community. 💙💙💙
The smile that spread across my face when John and Henry reunited. It really goes to show how many lives could be saved if the right treatments were globally available
I read your Washington Post column that talked about Henry already, so I knew how the story ended, but I still sobbed like a baby when the clip of you meeting him again popped up. This disease is so horrible, and it kills so many people, and it doesn’t need to be this way. If we all just pay attention and do the work, so many more stories could end up like Henry’s. Thank you for sharing, as always, and bringing our collective attention to a critical issue.
Me too and yes, I also STILL cried! But how many Henry's don't have John Green and PIH doctors fighting for them? We are loosing other great kids and don't know it. Healthcare is a human right!
When I think about the fact that Nerdfighteria is in its 16th year and I started watching videos to help get me out of the dark hole I was in, and to see how many people have been able to be reached and touched by this community, it's one of the best things in my life. Thank you John and Hank for being silly brothers who just wanted to brother better. You've made the world a better place and I'm so proud to be a part of it.
A little late to the party here, but wanted to report that Henry's channel has almost 30k subscribers as of Aug 19 2023, just 4 days after your video, John. And I just became one of them. As a nerdfighter, a human and a teacher, my eyes welled with happy tears to see him alive and thriving. This community is amazing.
Started selling dishcloths I made after the JNJ debacle and raised $300 for PIHCanada. Sitting on my couch knitting more and tearing up once again. There are so many wonderful people working in PIH that I am so grateful for. Thank you for everything you do to raise awareness about TB and introduce us to people like Henry. Personally, I am thrilled you became fascinated with TB!!!!
Henry sounds like such a good person. Desperately ill with a potentially fatal disease, with his mom losing everything, he still went out of his way to welcome everybody and give his love and support to other patients. What a remarkable person. I'm so, so glad he made it, and I'm glad that Nerdfighteria is helping make a difference in his family's life. ❤
I wish I could give, but alas I'm on day 146 of having lost my job with 80% of the people I worked with. TB hits close to home for me, my wife got in while on her church mission in Los Angeles of all places before we ever met. Fortunately she had instant access to western medicine at the time but still left her quite ill for a couple of years. Modern medicine kinda rocks. I hope we can continue to get it to those that need it the most.
It's ok if you can't donate! The gofundme has already far surpassed the initial goal. I think Henry and his mother will be just fine. Also, I'm so sorry about your job. I wish you the best of luck in your search and I pray you find something soon! May I ask what church you and your wife are part of? My church often serves missions, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I was just wondering if we are of the same faith!
As a tuberculosis survivor I'm always glad to see your content on the subject. So thank you! I also have to thank you, hank, the Scishow team, and the crash course team. My son wrote his first essay for his Earth and Space Science Honors class. In it he directly named you all as his inspirations for igniting his passion for science and making him want to channel that passion into a career. You may never read this comment, but you've touched our hearts and minds in ways that are hard to put into words and near impossible to fathom. Thank you for everything you do.
As someone living with chronic illness and disability hearing him say he felt alive again after leaving the hospital after so long made me laugh and cry happy tears. Thanks for all you do John. And Henry, one nerdfighter to another I sincerely hope this community is able to help lift you and your family up. We're SOOO glad you're here! 😊🤘🏻
I only feel alive again a few times per year, and only really really hit a peak a few times per decade, but when you do... It's a wonderful feeling. Glad you can feel it, Henry!
JOHN! JOHN COME ON I HAVE TO WORK TODAY! I was not prepared for this level of feels at 8AM my guy!!! With a video title like "Henry", I was expecting you to clown on Hank or something. Seriously though, I'm so glad Henry is alive. Seeing him as a tiny little TB-ravaged 16 year old and then again as a strong adult shook me to my core. I'm subbed to his channel, and I can't wait to see his insights and daily life. John, one of the beautiful things about your writing is the way that you humanize the biggest, scariest, heaviest questions in life. How to take care of yourself when your own mind is your worst enemy. How to stare death in the eye and still love. And you manage to do that for real life issues as well, like TB and infant and maternal health. Your videos and books are a reminder that at its best, writing is a technology designed to spread compassion and love. Thank you for all that you do.
This community is currently mostly made of white, 30 something, stable earning Americans whose values have empathy at its core. So, this outcome was expected.
Any time I go to a fundraiser and the goal is already smashed I have this greater love for humanity. And then I think - I hope it triples. Henry - you and your family are in our hearts. We wish you all the best.
I should know better than to immediately click the link as soon as John’s vlog comes up now matter where I am. Now I am lifting weights while bawling my frigging eyes out. Henry I can’t wait to meet you on your UA-cam. John. Thanks for the good cry
I was sobbing about a minute into this thinking that Henry would have passed, but then it turned to happy sobs, and I'm just so grateful that you shared this and so glad Henry's doing better
After this year, I was so worried something had happened to John’s son Henry. But I’m so glad Isatu’s son Henry is alive and well! You’re doing good work, John and Hank.
I love this community. I see this video - posted just yesterday - and scroll to the comments to see that the funds have already been raised. Y'all are beautiful.
Thank you for making tuberculosis our collective special interest so we can do something about it (and other world problems) one day at a time, I appreciate you and I’m grateful you gave us a good purpose. So glad Henry’s okay, now I’m crying. He looks so happy and healthy, what a joy.
This is a great example with how a single person's story, while only one of millions with similar stories, can really help drive support and inspire people to fix the problem. TB and so many other things feel so overwhelming and too much to even understand or be sympathetic about because it's just too much. And then you see someone like Henry. A single person, a story we care about, a person we empathize for and desperately hope that John has a happy outcome for with his TB treatments. We celebrate his win and feel inspired to help bring more of those to people. Henry is just one of millions. But he is also one of millions that we can do something about, remembering that out of a million, every single one of those numbers that make up these overwhelming numbers is a person. Just as unique and complex as Henry, and just as worth helping and supporting and working together to make their lives better. Thank you John for bringing this story to us (and finally explaining your obsession!) and thank you to everyone working to decrease world suck. We will make this world better, one person at a time!
Anyone else start weeping uncontrollably at that clip of John and Henry's reunion? Because oh man, that got me. Henry saying it feels like being alive again was simultaneously heart-warming and heart-wrenching. I hope we (both Nerdfighteria and the world as a whole) can get more people access to the healthcare they need and create more stories like Henry's.
I was one of the people who was skeptical that the 4-minute rule should be lifted forever, but this was the video that convinced me it should. I felt the 4-minute rule was part of the spirit of vlogbrothers for the years I've been watching the videos. But you, John, were one of the many people who taught me one of the most valuable lessons I've ever learned: that the spirit of things is what we make of it. This video _felt_ like a vlogbrothers video not because it felt four minutes long, but because it made good use of my time, while also feeling like what use was made of that time was so much more than I had expected it would be. I've been around yours and Hank's work since I was 11 (I'm 21 now), and you both continue to amaze me in how powerful stories can be, be they 4 minutes, a couple of hours, hundreds of pages, or whatever, long. I also have not cried this much to a UA-cam video in quite a while -- and your videos have made me cry several (I mean _several_ ) times. Vlogbrothers was never about the 4 minutes, I now realize. Because the spirit of vlogbrothers is what we make it to be. It has changed a lot, as we all have, and I'm so glad to be here for all of it.
On days when I'm wallowing in self pity, cursing life and doom scrolling social media, you come in John to remind me to wake up and move. You remind me why it is important to care beyond myself and my inner circle, why it's rewarding to continue to make efforts to improve ourselves, our society and the world at large. Thank you (and Hank) for creating a community where we can come together to make substantial efforts to leave the world a little better than we found it. To help as many Henrys as we possibly can.
as a student doctor and a nerd fighter hearing your obsession with TB has really taught me the infuriating challenges people are dealing with despite this illness having a cure. I see patients suffering daily with no cure, and to know that if someone lived in a different place or had a different socioeconomic status they would have a cure. Thank you for sharing Henry’s story with us John. It’s stories you share that help us all stay hopeful. ❤
Oh my god, this. This is what its about. Changing one person's life, one person at a time. Thank you John, thank you so much. I'm so glad Henry is still here. I am so glad for you, for PiH, for Nerdfighteria.
THIS is why Bedaqueline is needed. To ensure to future of people, not just those affected by the disease. I am so happy to see Henry is doing well and I hope the gofundme and Nerfighteria can help him and his mother thrive. Thanks John.
So happy he is okay! So happy the community can help, not only him but his family, and everyone else that is effected by TB! Thank you all for being awesome! :D
Hi John, as a Genetics student doing my bachelor's, particularly interested in medical genetics, you made me think more and more about TB everyday and i hope to one day contribute to not just making a better resource to cure TB, but to the better availability of those resources. Thank you John. Thank you for helping me find my way. I will always thank you. Love, Navya
It’s both incredibly upsetting and comforting to see how much bigger Henry was after beating the TB. It’s wonderful to see him be the strong, healthy young man he deserves to be and it’s deeply disheartening to realise just how much the disease was ravaging his body. He is a braver man than many of us will ever have to be and it so deeply unfair that he was forced to be brave because of where he was born.
😭 I'm so grateful that Henry is doing so well. He looks amazing and so full of life! When I learned he WAS THERE TO SEE YOU I started crying immediately. Thank you for this video.
Not even half an hour in and we are doing our thing. I love how John just puts it out there and we hop into action already making a dent. Our community really does help to decrease world suck. Xo. Love you all.
I watched the live when you told part of this story and it was so fresh and raw (the timing coinciding with some less good news on the home front) and I can't help but be grateful that we got to share in your joy that Henry is still here. I hope and pray all the work being done (that we nerdfighters get to play our small part in) will mean many more people will get to recover from TB and have their families taste this joy,
It's a difficult conflict in my head of being awe inspired by the effort that Doctor Tefera (I apologise for any misspelling) and Henrys mother put into saving "just" one child and being incredibly saddened that this much HAD to be done in order to save "just" one child. You'll always see an inspirational story of how people moved mountains to achieve the impossible, but then once the happy feeling settles, you notice it had no need to be impossible in the first place. That mountain could very easily have stayed a molehill. The story of treating Henry had a happy ending and I'm glad you shared it with us, John. I'm just sad it needed to be a story in the first place.
There are so many stories like this one that only end in pain and suffering. This is especially true because that’s what is profitable to give attention to in today’s media climate. This video reminded me the power of hope, John. You defied my expectations and avoided a spiral into hopelessness. Thank you.
You and your brother are doing so much good, and increasingly, I need a reminder that people like you are still out there while I try to be one too. Thank you for making this video, John.
Thank you for shedding light on these stories, John. I hope that soon these stories will go from “just one kid” to more and more kids around the country and the world
Crying about Henry being there to see you when you came back. 😭 What a wonderful reunion, I’m so glad your friend was able to get the drugs he needed. ❤️❤️❤️
It's easy to see how important this kid and tuberculosis is to you. I pray he continues to heal and that you and Hank can continue to support important causes in Sierra Leone and around the world. Thank you!🙏
This is fantastic news! I’m so glad the fundraiser went so well! I wish Henry and his mom all the best, and I’m so excited to see what life has in store for him and his family.
Crying because he's well, pissed because he got so sick in the first place. I am in school getting my master's in public health to work to change these kinds of health inequities in the world, and hearing you talk about this has made a profound impact on my focus in my studies. God bless Henry! What an amazing young person!
It must be the most wonderful feeling in the world to have the ability to change the entire course of a person’s life with one video like this. Thank you for what you are doing.
I remember being a child reading historical biographies where tuberculosis was mentioned constantly. So many people died before their time from such a disease and I am so glad that Henry's story did not end prematurely.
I got so emotional seeing the video of Henry 4 years later. He looks amazing, and I'm so happy for him and his family that he was able to get the treatment he needed. Thank you for sharing his story with us and for bringing our attention to the millions who continue to die of TB.
You and Hank are amazing. The positive effect you are having on the world is truly inspiring. Crash Course changed my life, I am a mature aged disabled student at uni because I was introduced to the incredible subject of philosophy. The work you do in all your endeavours will leave the world better than you found it. It’s an effect I could only dream of doing. Thank you again for your commitment and contributions in so many areas. ❤❤❤
With more and more negative news, it fills me with so much hope that there are people like you and Hank and nerdfighters that will fight and work for a better world for everyone ❤ Edit: I'm excited to follow Henry and his UA-cam channel!
This video caused me to experience the full gamut of emotions. I'm so glad Henry's story is still unfolding. I missed the chance to donate but I love that this is such a great community that showed so much support. You guys rock
This really makes me think about how many lives could be saved, but rich countries just don’t help. I want to do everything I can to help humanity when I’m older
Clicking over to the fundraiser- a fundraiser created one day ago- to see that it had already raised triple the original goal amount, and thinking, 'of course, how could I ever have expected anything else of nerdfighteria'. It is so rare in life that I am brought to tears with joy, but it is so frequent in nerdfighteria. Thank you for the hope and the community- here's to always giving five more dollars when we can, or five more minutes of thought to a cause.
I didn’t think I would be sobbing my eyes out today but i'm glad they're happy tears. I love that as a community nerdfighteria chooses kindness and hope. I look forward to watching Henry's videos from now on.
I’m so thankful for all the work you’re doing. This video reset my perspective and gave me a purpose which i didnt know i was looking for. Thank you for all that you do John. I wish this time off from youtube made you stronger in order to fight harder and inspire thousands more in the fight against tb
Love this. My great grandmother lived in Freetown for two years after her husband died - back in the early 80s - and I grew up listening to her stories about it. I'm so excited to follow Henry and learn about a place that I've always wanted to visit.
i was born in a country that’s been ravaged by TB as well (kazakhstan) and im so lucky to have moved to america and gotten the TB vaccine tuberculosis is something so many here in the states don’t understand is *still* an issue here let alone how much it’s destroying the rest of the world
I saw this video 3 days late and immediately after it was done wanted to donate to help Henry’s mother. I was then annoyed that I couldn’t find a link to the gofundme. This annoyance quickly turned into glee as I saw that the goal was already surpassed sixfold! I love this community.
A wonderfully hopeful video ❤️ I just want to say that I’m in South Africa. TB is a problem but the greatest concern is people starting treatment which is really unpleasant. For a number of reasons (they live far from treatment centers or they feel too ill to go back) many stop the treatment prematurely. This, over and above anything else allows the illness to evolve, causing drug-resistant TB. It is a huge problem. Henry may have done everything right, but contracted the drug-resistant strain. It’s sad and the mantra needs to be “never stop the TB treatment prematurely” and the explanation why this is crucial. If you’ve said this already elsewhere, my apologies.
At this point, I'm in convinced John is actively trying to desensitize us to historically-scary UA-cam titles 😂 Regardless, I'm really happy that Henry could inspire John and now also inspire us! Thank you for sharing this and these links, here's to helping Henry's mother and even more TB patients!
Thank you for your continued advocacy for those with TB around the world! I was very surprisingly diagnosed with Latent TB (LTBI) earlier this year and just finished my four months of treatment this week, which would prevent my infection from becoming serious in the future. I consider myself extremely privileged to live between two countries (the Netherlands and the US) where medications such as the one I've taken are easily available and have spent the time of my treatment (and now beyond) learning about TB and finding ways I can advocate for TB patients in countries with less resources than mine. Your videos have been a great primer on TB, and have had a positive impact on my extremely minor non-symptomatic brush with the infection and you've inspired me to be an advocate for those not as lucky as myself.
The UA-cam Channel: www.youtube.com/@henryreider1446
Discord: gofund.me/2432ba24
Support PIH's work: pih.org
UPDATE: Henry's fundraiser has wrapped up after achieving all its goals AND THEN SOME. Thanks to all who donated! Please follow Henry's future on his UA-cam channel!
Thanks to Henry, all his caregivers, his mother, and everyone fighting for expanded access to TB care. Also thanks to nerdfighters who understand discord. :) -John
The discord link doesn't work, you need to share an invite link instead!
@@steffyyy_ HOW DO I DO THAT? I AM SO BAD AT DISCORD!
I'm going to send this to someone in Nigeria that may be able to help. His name is Nonso Nolly and has a robotics service.
@@vlogbrothersit should be at the top of the server side bar, a button marked “+ invite”
@@vlogbrothersUnder the name of the server there's a button that says "invite", make sure you change the settings so it doesn't expire after a week if you want it to stay up long term
"Henry!? Of course! He's here today!" made me break down and cry. Here's to more stories with that outcome
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The exact same thing happened to me. :) The youtube channel is nearing 8k subscribers and the fundraiser is going strong. I love this community.
@@jakek.1400he has the subscribers. Now we just need to rack up the views on his videos so he can get monetized.
Me too 😭
Same
" 'But he's just one kid!' Tell that to his mom." John, in just once sentence you can capture a sentiment so deeply missing in the conversations being had. You and everyone you touch and raise up make every second of this hellscape on earth worth it.
It's like the analogy of the starfish. John said that line, and it was all I could think about.
If you haven't heard the analogy of the starfish before:
A huge storm hits a costal town hard, and when the winds die back and the oceans recede, there are left thousands upon thousands of starfish laid strewn across the beach, washed up in the storm. The sun's come out, and the starfish are drying out and dying. An old man stands nearby, shaking his head at the carnage, when he sees a young boy on the beach, going along, picking up one starfish at a time and taking them down to the water.
The old man calls out, "What are you doing, boy? Look around, there are thousands of starfish. They will die before you can possibly save them all. You won't make any difference."
The boy releases another starfish, turns to the old man, and replies, "Well, I made a difference for that one."
THE PALPABLE AND REAL RELIEF KNOWING THAT HENRY WAS ALIVE WHEN YOU RETURNED. "it was like magic" "I'm so happy to be alive again" My heart breaks for those kids. It is so absolutely worth the fight. Thank you for this new chapter of your life John. Advocating for those who cannot advocate for themselves.
I don't think I have ever felt that before in this kind of situation, but my eyes started watering
Thank you for this spoiler my heart was churning
I was literally crying. I was so attached to the life of this boy I dont know on the other side of the planet.
This was a spoiler that I was very very happy to see 😭
I read your comment before watching the video and damn
Hearing Henry refer to recovery as “being alive again” made me cry. As someone who has only recently started receiving treatment for my own illnesses (far less deadly thank goodness) I really felt that.
Here’s to us all feeling alive again soon!
3:16 "yes, it's only one kid, but tell that to his mother." well didn't think i needed to cry today, but i guess i was wrong. that one will stay in my brain forever.
Oh my goodness... Tears ... And I'm not even there yet
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Yep, that was the moment I couldn't help it and cry
That was an important phrase to hear today
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My dog died suddenly today and I can’t even describe how much it helped to hear that Henry made it through.
❤ I'm sorry for your loss.
I know that pain, I'm going through it right now too. This video also helped me. Sending love
So sorry for your loss ❤
I'm sorry about your dog.
Sending love, take care of yourself ❤
The clip of you and Henry reuniting brought tears to my eyes. I’m so glad to know that Henry is thriving, smiling and educating others. ❤️
Me too! I cried quite a lot editing this one. -John
Thank goodness this has a happy ending. A minute in and I was like I don't like where this is headed... Better grab the Kleenex...
@@t3hsis324i bet you still needed the Kleenex even with the happy ending.
@@t3hsis324 I kept hearing 'was' and getting super emotional.
more than tears, had me a whole cry
As a person and a social worker working in health equity, I cried through this and then again when I went to subscribe to Henry's channel and realized there's already 10k subscribers. And then I saw the status of the gofundme. I love this community so much,. I hope we can do all the things.
25.2k subs now, 62k on gofundme
26.3k plus 1... and I'm posting this comment only one day later
I saw this two days after it posted and when I went to donate I was waaaay too late! I love this group of people!
29.5 subscribers 4 days in!
im 15 and would love to work in health equity in the future, i don't know what im trying to ask with this honestly, but like, what's it like actually?
When I saw Henry when you went back I immediately burst into tears. He looks so healthy and grown. Joy
YES! He looks like a wonderful young man!
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I work in Public Health. I want to send this to everyone. Saving one person is just the first step to saving many many more. Keep fighting the good fight John.
Nothing makes my blood boil quite like knowing how much wealth and opulence exists in this world only for people like Henry and millions like him to suffer needlessly.
Thanks for all you do, John. Your conviction gives me hope.
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Dropped Henry some love on his channel and y'all should too!
While I agree that situations like this are frustrating, are you sacrificing all you can spare beyond what you need to survive to help people like Henry? After all, it doesn't take that much!
I venture to guess that the answer is no, you do not, but you're angered that others don't do exactly that.
@@watcherofwatchers so what do you think should be done?
@@watcherofwatchers Making assumptions about others is unbecoming.
I fully agree with Kaseywahl and I live hand to mouth. I only own the equipment like my phone and PC because they earn me more money than they cost, and I still live hand to mouth.
I live without heating or cooling. I have lived without windows and a leaky roof. I have lived in leaky tents with no bed.
I've spent many days with single meals of hotsauce and bread, or unseasoned rice.
Even so, where possible, I choose to buy from stores and brands that support charities and are ethical. When I'm doing well, I donate money. I support indipendant contractors, developers and workers to help both them and the economy.
To denounce Kasey taking that stance with that assumption is to denounce me with that assumption.
It dissuades people from even trying , because no matter what they do, people like you are around the corner making them feel awful for starting at all.
It would be wonderful if we could all ignore the jerks in the world, but that doesn't justify you making it harder for them.
@@neicu34 I do not need to offer an alternative solution while criticizing the convenient anger that people express that OTHER people have not sacrificed their own resources and comfort when that person has not done the same.
It's extremely easy and convenient to for people to demand that other people sacrifice for a cause that they, themselves, are not sacrificing for.
@@watcherofwatchers because an individual is the same as large pharmaceutical companies and the government. Get a little perspective.
When I saw Henry looking so healthy I burst into tears in the library, thank you for sharing I’m so glad he’s doing better. I’m very proud to be a small part of this community.
This video has been up for 40 minutes and Henry is already at 2.5k subscribers. God, I love this community. We’re all rooting for you, Henry!
ten minutes later and He's almost at 5k
@@carolynstanfield1022 Over 7K when I just checked!
@@bdhesse7.54k now!!
2 hours, well over 8k
Almost 10K at 3 hours.
I work on MDR TB research… and as a lowly lab person who doesn’t get to experience patient outcomes this story is incredibly valuable. Thank you for sharing.
you are EVERYTHING!!! ❤️
Because of your work, people are able to continue living. Never forget that! ❤
If you haven't heard this story, true or not (the point is solid): "During a visit to the NASA Space Centre in 1962, President Kennedy noticed a janitor carrying a broom. He interrupted his tour, walked over to the man and said: “Hi, I'm Jack Kennedy, what are you doing?” The janitor responded: “I'm helping put a man on the moon, Mr President.” "
Thank you for your work
My first thought when you reunited with Henry was "He's so much bigger." He's just so much stronger. He looks his age now. That's amazing.
He looks like a quite buff, tho short, 20yo. So good to see
It is INCREDIBLE how much healthier he looks. He looks like a young man! What an incredible story. I just went to click the fundraiser link and in the ten hours since this video was posted it's already been surpassed! Ten hours!
I know he's obviously much older now but after the treatment I was like that looks like a sixteen-year-old kid, not the first time we see him.
"Tell that to his mother" busted me open. Everyone tells you that you will love your children more than anything, but I didn't understand until my son was born that love isn't always a pleasant feeling. It's a desperate hope to protect and preserve them and despair at knowing you'll fail in ways big and small. So important to remember that mothers around the world love their children just as deeply as I love mine.
I'm on the mailing list of an Indian organization similar to GoFundMe, and I got a message last year about a 3-year-old boy who needed a bone marrow transplant to save his life from an immune deficiency. The way the kid talked about his fear of recurring hospitalizations (which started as nosebleeds) as "the monster is coming again" just killed me. My own son was the same age and it was all too easy to imagine him in that situation.
It stuck with me for months, and if I had the $30K he needed I probably would have called the hospital in India and paid for the surgery. Even though $30K could be better spent helping many other kids whose stories I hadn't read yet.
When dealing with charity work on that scale, it's often infeasible to really care about an individual when there's so much else that has to be helped. I'm so happy that, if just this once, an organization was able to suspend the pragmatism to make a change that's truly valuable to Henry and his mother.
It’s remarkable that you can’t even tell that he used to have tuberculosis because he just looks like a normal kid. Happy to see that he got a second chance
Henry may only be one person, but he is clearly the kind of person who raises up an entire community just by being there, so an investment in him and his family, is an investment in everyone around them.
I also deeply appreciate John specifying the "I talk to Henry regularly" part of this story. I feel like so much voluntourism and missionary charity is just poverty porn and individual stories like this are tokenized, but, and I could be wrong, this truly seems to me like this one guy on the internet who made a really great friend. I know PIH does what they can on a systemic level but I can't help but observe that when the green brothers pick a small scale individual person to reach out to, it feels significantly less exploitative and content-farm-ey than anyone else online
And of course he is going to uni for human resources management. Henry knows the value first hand of the work that they do. I wish I could be half the person he is.
@@UCVWnuJnz0LguhAS_MYI3few It also helps that Henry is an adult now. One who is being given a voice by John directing people to his actual youtube page..
At first, I was sad I could only donate $5. And then I clicked the link and saw how many $5 donations have impacted these people's lives. ❤ John, I love you for this. And I'm sending all of my love to Henry, his family, and all families in his position.
This video has been up for ONE HOUR, and the fundraiser is $8,000 over its goal, and Henry has over 4k subscribers. I love the Nerdfighteria community. 💙💙💙
Same ❤
It's triple funded now, and no doubt will keep climbing
It’s now at $35,000!
$45,000 🎉🎉🎉
$50K and counting!!
The smile that spread across my face when John and Henry reunited. It really goes to show how many lives could be saved if the right treatments were globally available
I read your Washington Post column that talked about Henry already, so I knew how the story ended, but I still sobbed like a baby when the clip of you meeting him again popped up. This disease is so horrible, and it kills so many people, and it doesn’t need to be this way. If we all just pay attention and do the work, so many more stories could end up like Henry’s. Thank you for sharing, as always, and bringing our collective attention to a critical issue.
Me too and yes, I also STILL cried! But how many Henry's don't have John Green and PIH doctors fighting for them? We are loosing other great kids and don't know it. Healthcare is a human right!
Same here. It was one thing to read about it, but it was another to view how joyful it made John and Henry.
When I think about the fact that Nerdfighteria is in its 16th year and I started watching videos to help get me out of the dark hole I was in, and to see how many people have been able to be reached and touched by this community, it's one of the best things in my life. Thank you John and Hank for being silly brothers who just wanted to brother better. You've made the world a better place and I'm so proud to be a part of it.
I'm not crying, you're crying. Thank you for all your incredible hard work, John. Dftba ❤️
Its okay - we can both cry
Busted.. I am in fact crying
Youre right I am crying
…as a matter of fact, i am, but don't lie, you are as well.
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A little late to the party here, but wanted to report that Henry's channel has almost 30k subscribers as of Aug 19 2023, just 4 days after your video, John. And I just became one of them.
As a nerdfighter, a human and a teacher, my eyes welled with happy tears to see him alive and thriving.
This community is amazing.
Started selling dishcloths I made after the JNJ debacle and raised $300 for PIHCanada. Sitting on my couch knitting more and tearing up once again. There are so many wonderful people working in PIH that I am so grateful for. Thank you for everything you do to raise awareness about TB and introduce us to people like Henry. Personally, I am thrilled you became fascinated with TB!!!!
Thank you thank you thank you!! -John
Thank you Thank you Thank you
- The World 💝
Thanks for being awesome
Clearly this person didn't forget to be awesome :)
Henry sounds like such a good person. Desperately ill with a potentially fatal disease, with his mom losing everything, he still went out of his way to welcome everybody and give his love and support to other patients. What a remarkable person. I'm so, so glad he made it, and I'm glad that Nerdfighteria is helping make a difference in his family's life. ❤
I had a near heart attack thinking your Henry had tuberculosis, but any Henry having tuberculosis is a devastating injustice 😢
for gosh sakes, i just managed to stop crying and then i read this and it started again...
Thanks
That *visible* recovery is both so amazing and horribly heartbreaking
I wish I could give, but alas I'm on day 146 of having lost my job with 80% of the people I worked with. TB hits close to home for me, my wife got in while on her church mission in Los Angeles of all places before we ever met. Fortunately she had instant access to western medicine at the time but still left her quite ill for a couple of years.
Modern medicine kinda rocks. I hope we can continue to get it to those that need it the most.
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I'm sorry hope your wife gets better soon
It's ok if you can't donate! The gofundme has already far surpassed the initial goal. I think Henry and his mother will be just fine.
Also, I'm so sorry about your job. I wish you the best of luck in your search and I pray you find something soon!
May I ask what church you and your wife are part of? My church often serves missions, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I was just wondering if we are of the same faith!
I hope you find a good job! It's hard out there
Not everyone can give. We got you.
As a tuberculosis survivor I'm always glad to see your content on the subject. So thank you!
I also have to thank you, hank, the Scishow team, and the crash course team. My son wrote his first essay for his Earth and Space Science Honors class. In it he directly named you all as his inspirations for igniting his passion for science and making him want to channel that passion into a career.
You may never read this comment, but you've touched our hearts and minds in ways that are hard to put into words and near impossible to fathom.
Thank you for everything you do.
As someone living with chronic illness and disability hearing him say he felt alive again after leaving the hospital after so long made me laugh and cry happy tears. Thanks for all you do John. And Henry, one nerdfighter to another I sincerely hope this community is able to help lift you and your family up. We're SOOO glad you're here! 😊🤘🏻
I only feel alive again a few times per year, and only really really hit a peak a few times per decade, but when you do...
It's a wonderful feeling. Glad you can feel it, Henry!
Invisibly disabled here and boy did I feel that part too. I'm so, SO glad Henry is still with us!
@@laurasosnow7507same 🖤.
JOHN! JOHN COME ON I HAVE TO WORK TODAY! I was not prepared for this level of feels at 8AM my guy!!! With a video title like "Henry", I was expecting you to clown on Hank or something. Seriously though, I'm so glad Henry is alive. Seeing him as a tiny little TB-ravaged 16 year old and then again as a strong adult shook me to my core. I'm subbed to his channel, and I can't wait to see his insights and daily life.
John, one of the beautiful things about your writing is the way that you humanize the biggest, scariest, heaviest questions in life. How to take care of yourself when your own mind is your worst enemy. How to stare death in the eye and still love. And you manage to do that for real life issues as well, like TB and infant and maternal health. Your videos and books are a reminder that at its best, writing is a technology designed to spread compassion and love. Thank you for all that you do.
That feeling of meeting Henry again must have been so overwhelming John. It brought a tear to my eye
Four hours into the fundraiser and quadruple the goal has been donated. This community never ceases to inspire me.
This community is currently mostly made of white, 30 something, stable earning Americans whose values have empathy at its core. So, this outcome was expected.
I nearly cried when I saw how healthy Henry looks. What an amazing reunion.
Any time I go to a fundraiser and the goal is already smashed I have this greater love for humanity. And then I think - I hope it triples. Henry - you and your family are in our hearts. We wish you all the best.
I should know better than to immediately click the link as soon as John’s vlog comes up now matter where I am. Now I am lifting weights while bawling my frigging eyes out. Henry I can’t wait to meet you on your UA-cam. John. Thanks for the good cry
I was sobbing about a minute into this thinking that Henry would have passed, but then it turned to happy sobs, and I'm just so grateful that you shared this and so glad Henry's doing better
After this year, I was so worried something had happened to John’s son Henry. But I’m so glad Isatu’s son Henry is alive and well! You’re doing good work, John and Hank.
I love this community. I see this video - posted just yesterday - and scroll to the comments to see that the funds have already been raised. Y'all are beautiful.
Thank you for making tuberculosis our collective special interest so we can do something about it (and other world problems) one day at a time, I appreciate you and I’m grateful you gave us a good purpose. So glad Henry’s okay, now I’m crying. He looks so happy and healthy, what a joy.
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This is a great example with how a single person's story, while only one of millions with similar stories, can really help drive support and inspire people to fix the problem. TB and so many other things feel so overwhelming and too much to even understand or be sympathetic about because it's just too much.
And then you see someone like Henry. A single person, a story we care about, a person we empathize for and desperately hope that John has a happy outcome for with his TB treatments. We celebrate his win and feel inspired to help bring more of those to people.
Henry is just one of millions. But he is also one of millions that we can do something about, remembering that out of a million, every single one of those numbers that make up these overwhelming numbers is a person. Just as unique and complex as Henry, and just as worth helping and supporting and working together to make their lives better.
Thank you John for bringing this story to us (and finally explaining your obsession!) and thank you to everyone working to decrease world suck. We will make this world better, one person at a time!
Anyone else start weeping uncontrollably at that clip of John and Henry's reunion? Because oh man, that got me. Henry saying it feels like being alive again was simultaneously heart-warming and heart-wrenching. I hope we (both Nerdfighteria and the world as a whole) can get more people access to the healthcare they need and create more stories like Henry's.
I cry maybe once a year, and I had to pause the video at this point and just bawl my eyes out.
I was one of the people who was skeptical that the 4-minute rule should be lifted forever, but this was the video that convinced me it should. I felt the 4-minute rule was part of the spirit of vlogbrothers for the years I've been watching the videos. But you, John, were one of the many people who taught me one of the most valuable lessons I've ever learned: that the spirit of things is what we make of it. This video _felt_ like a vlogbrothers video not because it felt four minutes long, but because it made good use of my time, while also feeling like what use was made of that time was so much more than I had expected it would be.
I've been around yours and Hank's work since I was 11 (I'm 21 now), and you both continue to amaze me in how powerful stories can be, be they 4 minutes, a couple of hours, hundreds of pages, or whatever, long. I also have not cried this much to a UA-cam video in quite a while -- and your videos have made me cry several (I mean _several_ ) times. Vlogbrothers was never about the 4 minutes, I now realize. Because the spirit of vlogbrothers is what we make it to be. It has changed a lot, as we all have, and I'm so glad to be here for all of it.
Today i’m glad there is a pause on 4 minute videos, because I got to hear every extra minute of Henry’s story. For that I am grateful ❤️
On days when I'm wallowing in self pity, cursing life and doom scrolling social media, you come in John to remind me to wake up and move. You remind me why it is important to care beyond myself and my inner circle, why it's rewarding to continue to make efforts to improve ourselves, our society and the world at large. Thank you (and Hank) for creating a community where we can come together to make substantial efforts to leave the world a little better than we found it. To help as many Henrys as we possibly can.
as a student doctor and a nerd fighter hearing your obsession with TB has really taught me the infuriating challenges people are dealing with despite this illness having a cure. I see patients suffering daily with no cure, and to know that if someone lived in a different place or had a different socioeconomic status they would have a cure. Thank you for sharing Henry’s story with us John. It’s stories you share that help us all stay hopeful. ❤
Oh my god, this. This is what its about. Changing one person's life, one person at a time. Thank you John, thank you so much. I'm so glad Henry is still here. I am so glad for you, for PiH, for Nerdfighteria.
THIS is why Bedaqueline is needed. To ensure to future of people, not just those affected by the disease. I am so happy to see Henry is doing well and I hope the gofundme and Nerfighteria can help him and his mother thrive. Thanks John.
So happy he is okay! So happy the community can help, not only him but his family, and everyone else that is effected by TB! Thank you all for being awesome! :D
Tears, hope, and joy in equal measure. A quintessential John video.
Off to support Henry in every way I can! DFTBA! 🙅♀️
Hi John, as a Genetics student doing my bachelor's, particularly interested in medical genetics, you made me think more and more about TB everyday and i hope to one day contribute to not just making a better resource to cure TB, but to the better availability of those resources. Thank you John. Thank you for helping me find my way. I will always thank you.
Love, Navya
It’s both incredibly upsetting and comforting to see how much bigger Henry was after beating the TB. It’s wonderful to see him be the strong, healthy young man he deserves to be and it’s deeply disheartening to realise just how much the disease was ravaging his body. He is a braver man than many of us will ever have to be and it so deeply unfair that he was forced to be brave because of where he was born.
"henry? of course! he's here today!" i immediately burst into tears of relief.
I'll admit I also did and half expected him to show up in the basement😅
Crying in a coffee shop because a stranger I will never meet is still alive. Thank you for sharing Henry’s story John
😭 I'm so grateful that Henry is doing so well. He looks amazing and so full of life! When I learned he WAS THERE TO SEE YOU I started crying immediately. Thank you for this video.
Not even half an hour in and we are doing our thing. I love how John just puts it out there and we hop into action already making a dent. Our community really does help to decrease world suck. Xo. Love you all.
Gone from four to four thousand subscribers. Now to make it forty or even four hundred thousand
@@phyphor even better the fundraiser has raised double the initial goal! That's astounding and absolutely amazing
It’s at 49k can you even believe it!!!
@@georgiam4725 $55k now!!
I watched the live when you told part of this story and it was so fresh and raw (the timing coinciding with some less good news on the home front) and I can't help but be grateful that we got to share in your joy that Henry is still here. I hope and pray all the work being done (that we nerdfighters get to play our small part in) will mean many more people will get to recover from TB and have their families taste this joy,
I hope Henry can make it through life!
It's a difficult conflict in my head of being awe inspired by the effort that Doctor Tefera (I apologise for any misspelling) and Henrys mother put into saving "just" one child and being incredibly saddened that this much HAD to be done in order to save "just" one child.
You'll always see an inspirational story of how people moved mountains to achieve the impossible, but then once the happy feeling settles, you notice it had no need to be impossible in the first place. That mountain could very easily have stayed a molehill.
The story of treating Henry had a happy ending and I'm glad you shared it with us, John. I'm just sad it needed to be a story in the first place.
There are so many stories like this one that only end in pain and suffering. This is especially true because that’s what is profitable to give attention to in today’s media climate. This video reminded me the power of hope, John. You defied my expectations and avoided a spiral into hopelessness. Thank you.
It’s not to take power away from the pain occurring, but to remind us of the power that our collective voice can have.
You and your brother are doing so much good, and increasingly, I need a reminder that people like you are still out there while I try to be one too. Thank you for making this video, John.
There isn’t a way to watch this video without tearing up. What a beautiful story and another reminder to try try try, over and over until it works.
Thank you for shedding light on these stories, John. I hope that soon these stories will go from “just one kid” to more and more kids around the country and the world
Crying about Henry being there to see you when you came back. 😭 What a wonderful reunion, I’m so glad your friend was able to get the drugs he needed. ❤️❤️❤️
It's easy to see how important this kid and tuberculosis is to you. I pray he continues to heal and that you and Hank can continue to support important causes in Sierra Leone and around the world. Thank you!🙏
This is fantastic news! I’m so glad the fundraiser went so well!
I wish Henry and his mom all the best, and I’m so excited to see what life has in store for him and his family.
Crying because he's well, pissed because he got so sick in the first place. I am in school getting my master's in public health to work to change these kinds of health inequities in the world, and hearing you talk about this has made a profound impact on my focus in my studies. God bless Henry! What an amazing young person!
It must be the most wonderful feeling in the world to have the ability to change the entire course of a person’s life with one video like this. Thank you for what you are doing.
I love you guys so much. Thank you for using your powers for good. So much good.
I was not expecting Henry’s story to have a happy end but im so damn relieved it did.
I remember being a child reading historical biographies where tuberculosis was mentioned constantly. So many people died before their time from such a disease and I am so glad that Henry's story did not end prematurely.
I got so emotional seeing the video of Henry 4 years later. He looks amazing, and I'm so happy for him and his family that he was able to get the treatment he needed. Thank you for sharing his story with us and for bringing our attention to the millions who continue to die of TB.
This is so touching. You are a constant inspiration to me to try to make a difference in the world. Thank you for everything that you do.
This is so heartwarming ❤ I love this. Subscribed to Henry immediately
I'm so glad Henry is still here for us to see & help out. Seeing that he is made me tear up.
You and Hank are amazing. The positive effect you are having on the world is truly inspiring. Crash Course changed my life, I am a mature aged disabled student at uni because I was introduced to the incredible subject of philosophy. The work you do in all your endeavours will leave the world better than you found it. It’s an effect I could only dream of doing. Thank you again for your commitment and contributions in so many areas. ❤❤❤
With more and more negative news, it fills me with so much hope that there are people like you and Hank and nerdfighters that will fight and work for a better world for everyone ❤
Edit: I'm excited to follow Henry and his UA-cam channel!
This video caused me to experience the full gamut of emotions. I'm so glad Henry's story is still unfolding. I missed the chance to donate but I love that this is such a great community that showed so much support. You guys rock
I am so glad that Henry is still here. Everyone deserves to still be here.
I cried like everyone else, but so much more when I saw how healthy and strong he had grown to be in recovery. Truly incredible ❤
This is such a sweet story. Im glad he survived, Its sad how many lives have been lost to this sickness.
You're absolutely right. This shouldn't require extraordinary effort.
My god he looks totally different. What an amazing transformation. Thank you for sharing his story and being an advocate for people like him.
This really makes me think about how many lives could be saved, but rich countries just don’t help. I want to do everything I can to help humanity when I’m older
I'm honestly tearing up right now. You're one hell of a storyteller, John. I'm so happy you're using your powers for good.
Clicking over to the fundraiser- a fundraiser created one day ago- to see that it had already raised triple the original goal amount, and thinking, 'of course, how could I ever have expected anything else of nerdfighteria'. It is so rare in life that I am brought to tears with joy, but it is so frequent in nerdfighteria. Thank you for the hope and the community- here's to always giving five more dollars when we can, or five more minutes of thought to a cause.
I didn’t think I would be sobbing my eyes out today but i'm glad they're happy tears. I love that as a community nerdfighteria chooses kindness and hope. I look forward to watching Henry's videos from now on.
I’m so thankful for all the work you’re doing. This video reset my perspective and gave me a purpose which i didnt know i was looking for. Thank you for all that you do John. I wish this time off from youtube made you stronger in order to fight harder and inspire thousands more in the fight against tb
"It's just one kid. But tell that to his mother." That got me to cry.
Love this. My great grandmother lived in Freetown for two years after her husband died - back in the early 80s - and I grew up listening to her stories about it. I'm so excited to follow Henry and learn about a place that I've always wanted to visit.
Literally gave me chills and happy tears! Sending so much love to you Henry and everyone still fighting and those recovering.💜💜💜
i was born in a country that’s been ravaged by TB as well (kazakhstan) and im so lucky to have moved to america and gotten the TB vaccine
tuberculosis is something so many here in the states don’t understand is *still* an issue here let alone how much it’s destroying the rest of the world
I saw this video 3 days late and immediately after it was done wanted to donate to help Henry’s mother. I was then annoyed that I couldn’t find a link to the gofundme.
This annoyance quickly turned into glee as I saw that the goal was already surpassed sixfold! I love this community.
A wonderfully hopeful video ❤️ I just want to say that I’m in South Africa. TB is a problem but the greatest concern is people starting treatment which is really unpleasant. For a number of reasons (they live far from treatment centers or they feel too ill to go back) many stop the treatment prematurely. This, over and above anything else allows the illness to evolve, causing drug-resistant TB. It is a huge problem. Henry may have done everything right, but contracted the drug-resistant strain. It’s sad and the mantra needs to be “never stop the TB treatment prematurely” and the explanation why this is crucial. If you’ve said this already elsewhere, my apologies.
At this point, I'm in convinced John is actively trying to desensitize us to historically-scary UA-cam titles 😂
Regardless, I'm really happy that Henry could inspire John and now also inspire us! Thank you for sharing this and these links, here's to helping Henry's mother and even more TB patients!
Thank you for your continued advocacy for those with TB around the world! I was very surprisingly diagnosed with Latent TB (LTBI) earlier this year and just finished my four months of treatment this week, which would prevent my infection from becoming serious in the future. I consider myself extremely privileged to live between two countries (the Netherlands and the US) where medications such as the one I've taken are easily available and have spent the time of my treatment (and now beyond) learning about TB and finding ways I can advocate for TB patients in countries with less resources than mine. Your videos have been a great primer on TB, and have had a positive impact on my extremely minor non-symptomatic brush with the infection and you've inspired me to be an advocate for those not as lucky as myself.