ROMAN BYSTRIANYK: Why did tuberculosis fall as a massive killer from the 1800s into the mid-1900s before antibiotics or a vaccine were available? By the way, TB was a far far bigger killer than measles, whooping cough, or smallpox

Why did tuberculosis fall as a massive killer from the 1800s into the mid-1900s before antibiotics or a vaccine were available? By the way, TB was a far far bigger killer than measles, whooping cough, or smallpox (see the relatively tiny bit at the bottom of the chart – that’s… pic.twitter.com/Lhqe31Rv4I

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Why did tuberculosis fall as a massive killer from the 1800s into the mid-1900s before antibiotics or a vaccine were available? By the way, TB was a far far bigger killer than measles, whooping cough, or smallpox (see the relatively tiny bit at the bottom of the chart – that’s smallpox). [Massachusetts Deaths White Plague (Tuberculosis) Deaths Per 100,000, 1861 to 1970.] 

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