Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Danaher and Cepheid
Channel: vlogbrothers
Date: 2023-09-12

MASSIVE UPDATE: Thanks to hard work by http://tbfighters.org and our many partners, DANAHER HAS AGREED TO MAKE 0 PROFIT ON THEIR STANDARD TB CARTRIDGES. Learn more about the deal, brokered by the Global Fund, USAID, and the Stop TB Partnership, here: https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/2023/2023-09-19-global-fund-stop-tb-partnership-and-usaid-announce-new-collaboration-with-danaher-to-reduce-price-and-increase-access-to-cepheids-tb-test/

Let Danaher and Cepheid know how you feel on social media:
https://www.instagram.com/danahercorporation/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/DanaherCorp
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=danaher%20corporation
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/danaher/

In which John tries to control his rage at Danaher and Cepheid, the corporations that are using a printer-ink business model to overcharge for tuberculosis tests, thus resulting in millions of people going undiagnosed every year, many of whom will die.

Learn more: https://msfaccess.org/time-for-5

Thanks to Duck for the Pantone memes, Rosianna Halse Rojas for images and editorial insight, Dr. Carole Mitnick of Harvard for her help understanding this, everyone at MSF and PIH, and all the nerdfighters who worked together to make http://tbfighters.org

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