Alyson Hall

DFTBA | SHSU | horses❤| People are made by the paths they choose, not the intelligence they are graced with

[Alyson Hall @alycat193]

Saving a life is always a cause worth dying for, for even the cruelist of humans has said at least one kind word. ~unknown

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

Smiling and nodding when Elon says “if we cancel something good we’ll just put it back in like we did with ebola prevention” requires you to believe that Elon Musk both is and should be the emperor.

[Alyson Hall @alycat193]

Xpert cartridges for drug-resistant TB are still priced at $15, and tests for other diseases cost up to $20. This is much higher than the production costs calculated as part of independent research, and 1.5 times the median weekly wage in countries like Sierra Leone.

[Alyson Hall @alycat193]

Tuberculosis has been completely curable for over 70 years, and yet over 150 million people have died of TB since then. Death from TB is not caused by the bacteria alone anymore; it’s caused by human choice. We could live in a world where no one dies of TB, yet we choose not to.

[Alyson Hall @alycat193]

Even though Danaher has agreed to reduce the price of their standard TB cartridges from $10 to $8 for low income countries, they have not published the results of any audit. Without this audit, the best information available shows that GeneXpert tests cost less than $5 to produce

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

I had a girlfriend in high school whose dad didn't give a shit about Christianity until the moment he needed a reason to hate gay people. Learned a lot from that guy about how dangerous a rule book can be if you only ever look at the rules that make you feel good.

[TBFighters @TBFighters]

@johngreen We agree (lookin' at you, @DanaherCorp)! If you've done the audit, why not share the results??
Read the full article gifted here: https://t.co/X86VXmssh1

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike has killed at least 20 people including children at a school-turned-shelter in central Gaza, according to local hospitals. https://t.co/FNJDuDZA6T

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

2024 now holds the record for earliest category 5 hurricane in recorded history, beating 2005’s record by two weeks. 2005 was the hurricane season that contained Rita, Wilma, and Katrina.

We’ve been seeing the graphs of sea surface warming, now we see one of the results.

[John Green @sportswithjohn]

cc @pantone. Your company is owned by the same people (@danaher) who currently make billions each year overcharging the world's poorest people for critically important tests for HIV, tuberculosis, and other illnesses. It's long past time to lower prices in low-income countries.

[🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢 @johngreen]

4,000 people will die of TB today, and every single one of those deaths is unnecessary. Then 4,000 people will die of it tomorrow. It's an ongoing global crisis, and TB anywhere is a threat to humans everywhere, including in the U.S., where we still have ~10,000 cases per year.

[Alyson Hall @alycat193]

@hankgreen My dog thinks I’m a little weird now 😂

[Nerdfighters Against Tuberculosis @NftwtAgainstTB]

You know what's cooler than sunglasses and a motorcycle?? Allowing sick people in low and middle income countries to survive various illnesses by making test cartridges a reasonable price instead of a 300% mark-up. Save millions of lives this year, that'd be 🔥🔥🔥
#TimeFor5

[REACH @SpeakTB]

Time to ditch the silence and get loud about TB.

Introducing #KnowTBNoTB, a meme-led campaign to ignite conversation about TB. Let’s unite to end TB.

#EquitableHealthforAll #YesWeCanEndTB #WorldTBDay2024

[MSF Access @MSF_access]

✨Sign (and share) our petition!✨

We're back & this time, we need your help to teach @DanaherCorp & @CepheidNews a math lesson! Hint: The answer is 5.

Help us get them to drop the price for the GeneXpert tests for ALL diseases to $5! #TimeFor5

https://t.co/9hEps49fHr

[John Green @sportswithjohn]

This year's Project for Awesome raised $3,374,608.69 (and counting) for charities including @SavetheChildren and @PIH. So, so grateful for nerdfighteria and all the awesome they make together. You can still get great perks at https://t.co/sEKlB96q0n until Tuesday!

[Project for Awesome @proj4awesome]

The Project for Awesome 2024 livestream will be February 16-18, but what is P4A?🧵

[🎁 A very merry NerdfighterNichole 🌲 @nicholeeze1]

#NerdfArters Day 10 Prompt: my favorite quote is by Margaret Mead #YesWeCanEndTB

[Danaher Corporation @DanaherCorp]

Danaher is helping expand access to millions more high-quality tuberculosis tests for people living in the least developed countries where the need is most urgent.