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Tuberculosis could be eradicated. So why isn’t it?

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66% Informative

John Green's latest nonfiction book, Everything is Tuberculosis, weaves his story into the social and medical history of tuberculosis.

Green argues that stigma has been used to dehumanize and blame people for their illness.

In some communities, the sick have been shunned, thought to be cursed or possessed by demons.

VR Score

69

Informative language

69

Neutral language

16

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

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Time-value

long-living

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1

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