Our $80,000,000 Bet
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2024
- In which John discusses the announcement of a new project to bring comprehensive tuberculosis care to parts of the Philippines as a blueprint to show what is possible.
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The Crash Course Lecture on the history (and present) of tuberculosis will premiere on Monday: / crashcourse
I have to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has been involved in this project behind the scenes for months. Everyone I've worked with at USAID, but especially Cheri Vincent and Atul Gawande, have been awesome, as has the PIH community--especially Garrett Wilkinson and Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee. In the Philippines, I'm so grateful to the Department of Health for prioritizing tuberculosis and all the activists and NGOs who are making this plan a reality. This is just the beginning, but it's been an amazing beginning.
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Hi! Two things:
1. Check out Crash Course on Monday: ua-cam.com/users/crashcourse and if you're from the Philippines, join the mailing list: nerdfightersphilippines@gmail.com
2. I want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has been involved in this project behind the scenes for months. Everyone I've worked with at USAID, but especially Cheri Vincent and Atul Gawande, have been awesome, as has the PIH community--especially Garrett Wilkinson and Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee. In the Philippines, I'm so grateful to the Department of Health for prioritizing tuberculosis and all the activists and NGOs who are making this plan a reality. This is just the beginning, but it's been an amazing beginning. -John
You'll eventually be going up against corporate-america, I wish you good fortunes & success in your endeavors.
@@Joe-- fun fact John (and the wider community) managed to bully J&J into not renewing patents earlier this year thus allowing TB testing to be cheaper in the third world so we are 1-0 right now against corporate America.
Joe, you must be new here; John eats corporate america for breakfast!
@@WillHirschUK Nothing like a kind borther to help melt hearts and prevent corporate hypocrisy from getting in the way. Tbh Joe is right once tb becomes easier to treat there will likely be some Pharma exec people that will try to find profit margins even withing a more robust and cheaper system but I believe good people like John Green will be there to stop them
On Monday I get my braces off AND can watch John do a deep dive into tuberculosis? Best Monday ever
Insane that yall are funding 4% of this project when the other players are literally GOVERNMENTS. This is huge and I am excited to see the difference it makes in so many people's lives. Thank you for educating us all John, I know you know how much it means, but it does mean a lot.
Step by step, we're getting closer to Nerdfighteria being recognised as an independent sovereign nation.
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John and Hank standing alongside actual presidents and legislatures. LIKE THE CHAMPS THEY ARE!!!!
@@louisgentilucci1188that reminds me of Mr Rogers speaking to Congress
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This channel is so wild. It started as 2 brothers making silly videos, and now it's 2 brothers making silly videos, while actively working to fix as many parts of the world as ya'll have the energy and funds for. And I am 100% here for it.
*we. you're here too, because we're here.
@@jeremybellows3053 because we're here
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Make them consume the mummy
if i had a dollar for every time i've heard john say tuberculosis, i could probably afford to end tuberculosis worldwide
Eventually someone's going to cut together a running count video of every time him & Hank say 'tuberculosis' (so far), and it'll be amazing
@@IrisGlowingBlueThis is what today's "AI" was made for.
@@AdamMPickI’d rather that then AI generated videos.
@@IrisGlowingBluewait no don't say this now I want to do it myself. Honestly the amount of time they spend even saying tuberculosis would be a terrifying number.
@@IrisGlowingBlueMy guess is at least 4 times
in an alternate universe they became the SmogBrothers, owners of an oil and gas company.
With a yearly “project for suck” that donates all proceeds to dictatorships and tobacco companies
Dave would still be forgotten in that one too.
Oh God no! A Hank and John version of the Koch's 😱😭
This is a graphic novel waiting to happen.
This is giving Star Trek's Mirror Universe
“We’re not asking you for money… yet. “ Made me laugh a lot
Can we get the foreshadow filter on? Thanks Stan. I wonder if we can do this with just our money... forever.
And when that day comes I'll say, "shh...shut up and take my money."
@@exeggcutertimur6091 There are quite a few people wealthy enough that they could continue to fund $1m/year projects forever. By my calculations, you'd need to start with about $50m that you weren't planning to do much else with. I don't *think* Hank and John together have that kind of money, in part because it is a really very large amount of money, but mostly because I can't see them accumulating anywhere near that much without deciding to launch some new project to try to make the world better.
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Because of John, I quit my job as a nurse and became a TB disease specialist for my county.
Wow! Thank you for your efforts to end TB!
woah!!
Holy crap that’s amazing!!! ❤❤❤
Beautiful!
That’s so cool! Thank you very much and all the best to you!
John Green should be recognized with an honorary doctorate in public health for his TB advocacy
Done!
Congratulations, Dr. Green!
(You didn't say it had to be from an academic institution)
How about a Nobel Prize nomination?
If John got a Nobel Prize for his TB work...he'd be donating 5 million dollars to fight TB in the Philippines. @@Smw006
I'd definitely lean more towards the Nobel Prize option. Not a fan of awarding academic degrees in the absence of academic merit. Don't get me wrong, the vlogbros are a massive credit to humanity, it's just important to recognize people for the great things they *have* done, not just make up something they didn't actually do.
That is a distinction few will make but absolutely should be made. Keep accolades where they belong and they will remain important. (:@@trbz_8745
Someone should tell 2007 John and Hank this is where Brotherhood 2.0 will end up
But that would spoil the surprise.
WDYM, "end"? 😊
No one is allowed to mess with the timeline
no dont he would have an anxiety attack and change the course of history
Most writers about tuberculosis: "it's such a convenient and dramatic way to kill off a character! love it!"
John Green about tuberculosis: "I'm gonna ruin this man's whole career!"
I love the idea that John Green's years-long war on tuberculosis is secretly just borne out of a vendetta against lazy writing.
Other writers: use tuberculosis to kill off characters
John Green: kills off tuberculosis
i'm in the philippines and this brings me so much relief. thank you lot for your support in this.. :,)
Thank you for being here with us!
4% is nothing yo sneeze at - especially when that 4% is $1mil!!! and to be the only group other than actual GOVERNMENTS providing the money necessary to provide aid is so crazy and legitimately history making im so overwhelmed with hope and love for this community
Well... government's money is just your money, anyways. But governments tend to be the most wasteful method of doing anything, so this is much better!
1 mil a YEAR, which means if it lasts 4 years that's 4 mil, it's huge.
Sneezing isn't normal I never sneeze
Not a fish ay
Correction, not fish
Before you started talking about TB, I ignorantly believed that was one of those olden time diseases. It is heartbreaking knowing how many people are dying of a curable illness, but I am proud to be part of a community working to turn the tide on this issue and save lives. DFTBA. ❤
I was the same. Thankfully John has educated me.
Unfortunately I knew it was a disease that's still around but I didn't realize until John started doing these videos that it was still so prevalent.
It is one of those olden time diseases! That's why it's especially bad that it exists in the present!
Me too. It was the romanticized consumption of old classics. Realizing that it was still a huge issue in much of the world was a real shock to me. "But it's curable?!? With antibiotics?!? How????" Answers: Yep, yep, and greed.
John started as an author and now his full time job is being a tuberculosis advocate and philanthropist.
...and unpaid coffee intern
All while being retired.
@@bluetoes591 thinking back to vet school, we often had lectures from retirees. I for one can't wait for John's Public Health Lecture Pizzamas Tour
Tubercolis advocate… sounds a bit wrong. Maybe a tuberculosis death warrior or speech writer and deliverer in the campaign against TB… but advocating TB just sounds like big pharma who secretly want to bring it to rich nations so their banks are rolling in more cash lol.
As someone from the Philippines and have gone through the TB regimen. I support this
May you live with greater ease!
@@geeksdo1tbetter I mean I was treated as a child. It sucked cause I didn’t know how to swallow pills yet, and the pills tasted terrible
@@dakilangoposa Tell lil kid you the alternative is always a giant needle they stab your bottom with, and pills with even the WORST flavor profile are suddenly strawberry ice cream flavored candy!😂 (I work in healthcare but have a bit too little sympathy for kids to be a pediatrician, even unsympathetic to most of my own kid self’s definitely enormous plight-well, aside from my mom not believing me when an antibiotic was making me really sick until my whole body was the color of a dragon fruit’s beautiful pink skin, my pasty white flesh hidden and my mood very spiky, fittingly lol. That is the one single thing I do feel sorry for myself about, my mom and sis not believing me bc they thought I just didn’t like the taste or want to swallow the big antibiotic pills so they held me down and did what I have done to cats, force the mouth open, drop the pill, clamp the mouth shut til it is swallowed🤣.)
Two years ago, John, if I had heard of tuberculosis, I though it was a long lost disease. Thanks to you, I know that this disease is not only still a big problem---but a problem we CAN fix, we just haven't.
I emailed my representatives last Thursday to encourage them to support the bill.
DFTBA!
On the subject of being grateful, I've gotta say in an era of bad faith online it's kind of crazy that the driving theme of this community has been good faith attempts to understand one another. There aren't many corners of the internet where your 'fandom' can pivot to ending TB and not only do people redirect attention to do it- But also see it as an actual community activity that reinforces that 'online fandom' energy too.
I'm so grateful for having found this kind of piece of the internet.
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This Filipina-American (who has already signed up to help out) is beyond grateful that the luck of the draw placed so much of this work in the Philippines.
The fact that there are people with enough money to end a major world disease, and they just don't, is mind boggling to me
I can't wait for John's deep dive lecture on the intricate history of yarn.
I'd watch that too... But the book "Women's work the fist 10,000 years" is so good he could just that out loud instead.😂
Every video you guys post remind me that being a “good” person is a choice, and I can’t put it in words how grateful I am that some people are making that decision.
My SO's mother from the Philippines had TB and she is still dealing with the consequences 40 years later. This project makes me so hopeful.
How do we go about nominating someone for a Nobel Peace Prize? I need to add John and Hank to their list.
🇵🇭 Pinoy! Pinoy! Pinoy! So proud and glad this progress is happening, my mother was born in the Philippines and we still have many family members living there. Looking forward to continuing to follow this global TB fight.
When I saw you in DC, I felt a burst of pride, we’ve come a long way from that basement in Brotherhood 2.0
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I was exposed to TB in Los Angeles in the 80’s and took pills for a year. These videos make me more grateful for what we have, and are a glimpse into what would have been. This is incredible news today!
This community holds a special place in history. And while it may not enter into textbooks, it will leave a permanent mark upon this world for future generations to find and wonder at.
DIRECT ACTION BABY 💪💪
They're gonna be the 21st century's Forrest Gump, being in an insane amount of articles about charity. And if future historians are lucky, they'll get to chase down all those connections as armchair sleuths and eventually learn about... The Mongols!
John and Hank show once again that they DID NOT forget to be awesome.
$1million a year is incredibly generous, but for half the video I was wondering how you were managing to donate $80 million.
They bet in casinos with verrrry fancy chairs with velvet seat covers lol.
"you'll never guess what it's about" I had to re-watch basically the rest of the video past that cuz I was laughing too much to hear anything
I read your comment before I got to that part and I STILL laughed so hard I had to rewind. 😆
Test cases like this are so important to convincing bigger players to get involved. I'm glad you're helping this one get off the ground.
I feel so honoured to call myself a member of this wonderful community
me too so happy to have found these people
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We're happy you're here with us and we're here with you 🥰
i am not a member of the community i feel nothing but dishonor and shame pls somebody help
@@chairshoe81 The very good news is that entrance into the community is pretty easy--if you want to be a nerdfighter (community member name), you are one! (if not, that's okay too, we tend to save shaming for corporations who are making the world worse). But if you want to stay, you are welcome! Our next major Holiday is August 3rd (Esther Day) and you can collect your welcome packet and events calendar here in comments! Don't Forget to be Awesome!
The Green brothers give me hope for humanity
They're the little green shoot that struggles through a crack in the pavement to reach the sun. ❤
@@OneOfTheFirstToWatchStarTrek and stronger for the struggle!
I have massive respect for your stepping up to actively engage in this, we need more people like you.
I’m glad to be a part of this community, I’m so proud of the wonderful work we’re doing, it’s been one of the greatest joys :)
Let’s keep ending TB together.
Growing up in the Philippines, you hear about TB in the background. Like it just happens, and people have accepted that it does, because they feel helpless against it. Like the treatments are available, just not everybody could afford it. I'm so, so glad that your family pitched in to help with the USAID. I hope there's no future where people just accept a treatable disease like it's just another Tuesday. You're right in that discovering the cure and making it accessible to all are two different problems.
I can’t wait to see a Vlogbrothers video about them winning the Nobel Peace Prize
My great aunt died of tuberculosis at 24 years old. In the United States. She was my grandpa's beloved sister. Tuberculosis in the United States was devastating in his lifetime. That's so recent.
I worry that a segment of the USA population are holding Tuberculosis parties. Smdh.
This TB project has motivated me to fix the broken syphilis-medicine- supply chain so babies in Louisiana don’t keep getting born to moms with syphilis!!! Your example has empowered me⚡️
OMG that this still happens in what is supposed to be the most advanced country in the world, is horrifying, I hope you are able to help these people.
Excellent! How can we help?
“What is possible when it comes to tuberculosis”
Hopefully it revolutionizes how we think about public health. Everyone on this planet can help each other.
Filipino nerdfighter here! Thank you so much, John and Hank, for this very important work. So proud to be part of this community!
Glad to have you here!
Open and genuine passion is one of the rarest and easiest things to get behind. Being a part of a group working towards a greater good helps keep me going, so thank you John, Hank and the rest of needfighteria
"And you'll never guess what it's about."
Wow, that was my most immediate and loud laugh in a week or more. I think we have a clue or two.
Watching this while I work on tuberculosis testing - so glad you are doing what you’re doing!
So a single billionaire with enough billions could literally save 1 million people each and every year. That would make that billionaire the one that saved the most lives in all of human history.
which goes to show how self centered they are
Basically what bill gates did
One billionaire could write a check and end hunger in America, or house literally ALL of our homeless veterans. They choose not to.
Even not as rich as he ever claimed Donald Trump could likewise provide clean drinking water to the whole entire world for 25 years and doesn’t even send a dozen lifestraws when floods happen in his backyard, so it is no surprise that the muskrat and bozos playing with space rockets and satellites are “too busy” to cut a check for what amounts to the income of the ingrown part of their right pinky toenails to save the planet.
Amassing a billion dollars is a sure sign of moral bankruptcy
You're truly incredible. I started watching this channel because of SciShow and stayed for, well, all of this
We're so glad you found nerdfighteria! Thanks for being here.
If only those billionaires would spend their money on things like this, instead of more super yachts or trying to send rockets into space
Or if our government just cut half of the military budget and used it for other things, many of our problems could be solved
Some do like Bill and Melinda Gates and Oprah and Mackenzie Bezos. Some just spend it to make politics more business friendly like the Koch brothers etc.
Some do, like Gates. However, that money always comes with a lot of strings attached --- like "all your data now belong to us".
Or to quote the onscreen text “a social media platform to devalue” . . . 😢
@@Rosarium2007Don't fool yourself nobody is sad for that platform😅
John I am so grateful to be a member of this community. As a Christian nerd fighter, I know we are called to serve others! This community is a shining example of how modern, progressive Christians can change the world through service. Thank you and God bless you!
Or atheists. Religion has nothing to do with it. I don't see any churches helping fund this. Let's leave religion where it belongs. Out of the public.
yes!!
As a long-time Patron of CrashCourse, I whole-heartedly approve of your guest lecture series, John. Thanks for all of your efforts!!!
"And you'll never guess what it's all about."
Dr. Pepper?
(Kidding. Congratulations on this fine work!)
Hank & John making the world better while writing history is just something to behold. So glad to support this great community and these causes.
There's a lot going wrong in the world the last few years, and despite that this community reminds me, reminds us all, that we can make it better. Thanks everyone. Team human needs that.
Greetings from Ukraine to John and all the Nerdfighters :)
I hope you're safe and doing ok
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Hello! It's good you're here with us.
I hope you’re safe and that your country kicks Putin’s ass until he wishes he never messed with Ukraine.
This is amazing news. Finally a Crash Course on Dr. Pepper!
John is giving a lecture on how to choose actors for movie versions of the books he wrote! It's about time!
I haven't offered much but a few donations and words of encouragement but this community provides hope when it is so hard to find in other places. Thank you John and Hank for providing a place for so much positivity.
every single dollar helps! Thank you so much!
I just keep thinking about where you two started and I'm literally crying. I'm so proud. These are the kinds of ppl who should have platforms
Every one of these updates makes me tear up. Thank you for all you do for the those who have no voice and thank you for showing us that there's good in humanity.
I'm just so proud to be part of this community. This is one of the only places on the internet that makes me feel hopeful about the future
Thank you guys for being a beacon of positivity and working to make real change in the world. Social media is used so often to divide and spread hatred. I love that for years now, despite watching other corners of the internet be commodified and used to spread hatred and fear for money, I've always been able to come here and reliably see you guys using social media for good instead of profit and selfishness. You'll never be as noisy or clickable as the extremists, but I'm glad you still have a voice here spreading kindness and fighting for social good. ❤ i wish there were more incentives that brought out the kindness in the majority of people online, but til then at least we have nerdfightaria.
I love seeing the evolution of this community and how, after collectively turning our attention to one problem in one place (maternal mortality in Sierra Leone) and making significant positive change, we are now enthusiastically turning that attention to TB.
In hindsight, eating toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal keeps making more sense as an og punishment.
Because if this, I've become more aware when I see other groups working this way, even on a smaller scale, and it makes so many things feel more hopeful.
I absolutely love this community and the things it fights for. Nerdfighters give me hope for the internet and the world
"You will never guess what it is about"
I can't believe John is finally doing a lecture about humanity and our ability to sneeze!
Love the juxtaposition between the Crash Course branding and a longform lecture series. I guess these will be... slow-motion-crash courses?
Why am I crying
Longtime Nerdfighter, first time TBFighter. Godspeed, boys.
I came to vlogbrothers originally because of the fun, silly, goodness. I'm still here for that, but I think I cry now (in a good way) as much as laugh. This community is so wonderful, and the effort, thought, and passion you put into humanity's betterment is inspiring!
This is such a great description of what it's like to grow up with Nerdfighteria!
We are so grateful to be involved and part of this community!!
i go through some tough things and then I come across john and hank fighting the good fight trying to save lives and my problems seem so small
2:37 What do you mean, Jarrod isn't on board anymore?? DAMMIT JARROD!!!!
I knew we couldn't trust him!
Who do you think John was talking about when he said "a few exceptionally passionate TB fighters in Nerdfighteria"?
That is the kind of betting I love: a bet on the goodness and power of humanity! Wooohooo go Hank & John & Nerdfighteria & humankind!!! I have a lot of confidence in you all & in us! See you in the history books and nothing but the history books, TB!!! 🎉
So, so grateful to be part of this community, and that you are passionate, open and honest about what's happening and what you're doing to make the world a better place. Both you & Hank have impacted millions of lives already over the decades, and now you're going to be able to impact even more. Amazing! This is what happens when you DFTBA every day :)
Thank you for being so instrumental in this fight
My nanay would be proud of this.
John, I've been a Nerdfighter for (I think) most of my life. I started casually watching in 2010. 14 years ago.
A few years ago, when you asked Nerdfighters for money for the Maternal Health Centre in Sierra Leone, I thought to myself, "Sure. That sounds incredible. I hope it works." and I donated what I could at the time. Now, seeing the incredible success of that project, I am grateful to be sitting here, looking at my budgets and thinking "How can I help when it comes time to?" It is an honour and a privilege to be a part of this community and to help where I can. Thank you John. Can't wait to watch the Crash Course video on everyone's (least) favourite disease.
@vlogbrothers Firstly, I'm amazed by ur commitment in both bringing awareness and doing the work in reducing the world suck in every project u undertake.
U mentioned that providing the 4% means having a 1st row seat. Does that mean u'll go the site of the project and be able to share videos of the progress? The way u did in Sierra Leone, cause I was watching (rewatching) those videos yesterday and they r great because of the way u really showed the progress and had the people involved speak. It kinda humanises the whole situation in a way, if that makes sense, like we r seeing actual progress and not math statistics. Those videos r inspiring and not making the situation into something pitying.
So anyway, if u r able to share any thing of that sort I think it'll be great.
i REALLY hope initiatives like this will not only cause massive and historic impacts in these communities, but also have such a massive coverage and repercussions that those guys who can afford to singlehandedly end issues like TB (but are too busy renaming twitter or whatever it is they do with their time) feel inspired and/or pressured to take action. at the end of the day, curing TB is just the beginning. and, unfortunately, only money can cause any significant change.
Hi! Filipino Nerd Fighter here, really greatful for all this love and support you're giving me and our people.
I'd personally love to know how I can help and would love to know updates.
I'm hoping for the best but I'm also weary of what might happen. Corruption is rampant in the PH government especially with our president being the son of our previous dictator.
I really hope the funding goes to helping those in need and I hope Partners in Health make sure it does.
Thank you for everything Nerdfighteria
John with the measurable goals - I like it!
My microbio professor was an expert in TB. It was very interesting to learn about. But also terrifying that you can have TB and not know it.
It is so cool to hear you speak for years about TB for it to finally come to fruition in this way! I am so happy that you are an advocate, and putting your money where your mouth is! Change is possible, and you're showing all of us how
the thing that makes me crazy is that John was supposed to research tuberculosis for one hour long video. and now here we are. So proud and happy to be able to support you in your fight against TB!
This is incredible, you and Hank inspire me to be a better person, and to do my part to leave the world in a better place than when I came into it.
I dont think i have ever regret supporting this channel in all the years ive been here. Also, i love the soap and shampoo 🥹
I love this and also the callout of billionaires was *chefs kiss*
What a fabulous use of our finite resources ❤️❤️❤️
Defs better than rockets
I feel blessed to know that a few individuals can make a world of difference. The Green brothers are a force for GOOD in the communities they've created and causes they champion, especially education. 💚💚💚
So glad you're doing lectures on crash course!!
Super stoked about Crash Course Lectures!
This is wonderful. Since y'all have been able to make such a huge change with this, can we do mental health care next? PLEASE?!
Can't wait for CrashCourse lectures!
It's Monday and I'm excited to see what's in store on crash course !!
Cant wait for more great content from your channel John!
Finally, John's master class on Pizza will debut on Crash Course... What's that Stan? It's going to be about TB? Well, that is not nearly as appetizing.
Thank you for this important work and also spreading information about it.
Thank you for adding manual subtitles in these videos. I've been watching for many years, but my hearing as been going as of late. It's comforting to know that I can continue watching this journey even as my hearing gets worse and worse.
Nerdfighteria is a wonderful community! Great job John and Hank for stepping up and leading change!
Oh my gosh! You're gonna save so many lives! I'm so proud of you and the community! ❤
You are amazing! As a matter of fact, you’re one of the few people who give me hope. Thank you.
This is inspiring, thank you for being a force for good!