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Is It 2010? IT'S A PARTS VIDEO

2024-09-27 · list · John · 5:30 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development (also: US politics & society, Sports) · mode: Advocacy & fundraising · tags: timely hook, calendar ritual, civic or action cta, self promotion, heavy topic

In a ten-part Pizzamas video, John celebrates the WHO adopting shorter MDR-TB regimens and the End TB Now Act passing the Senate (asking viewers to call their congressperson), the football world's support for flooded AFC Wimbledon and Pizzamas restocks; he demands Danaher release its promised TB-test cost audit by October 14 and asks viewers to petition for more Global Fund money for tuberculosis.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Greeting, the ten-part structure, and the WHO's adoption of the shorter endTB regimens

  • ★★★ John says Partners In Health helped fund the endTB trials, which found shorter, less toxic regimens that cure MDR-TB, and last week (week of 16 September 2024) the WHO adopted them as recommended regimens. — 00:00:13 · Partners In Health

00:00:29 — The End TB Now Act passes the Senate; Congress's struggles and the ask to call your congressperson

  • ★★ John says things in global health often move very slowly, but this moved reasonably quickly, and he wants to celebrate that. — 00:00:29 · global health
  • ★★★ John says the End TB Now Act passed the US Senate unanimously; it would require US government-funded TB projects to implement comprehensive search, treat and prevent care. — 00:00:38 · tuberculosis
  • ★★ John says the act must now pass the House, and Congress struggles to pass a law these days. (playful) — 00:01:02 · United States Congress
  • ★★★ John says the TB Fighters community asks viewers to call their congressperson about the act, with info in the description: a rare phone call that could save lives. — 00:01:13 · doobly-doo
  • ★★★ John says that within the next week to 10 days he will make a large-ish tuberculosis announcement of his own, which will explain why he is signing 100,000 sheets of paper. — 00:01:24 · tuberculosis

00:01:27 — Tease of a TB announcement; AFC Wimbledon's flooded stadium and the football world's fundraising

  • ★★ John says AFC Wimbledon's stadium was heavily flooded by unprecedented River Wandle flooding, and the fan-owned club has no secret stash of money for such crises. — 00:01:36 · AFC Wimbledon
  • ★★ John says the whole football world came together to raise over £100,000 to support Wimbledon as it rebuilds. — 00:01:56 · AFC Wimbledon
  • ★★ John says this reminds him that people are generous: when they know about problems, they work hard to address them together. — 00:02:03
  • ★★ John says football matters: it doesn't, but of all the unimportant things it is the most important. — 00:02:10
  • ★★ John says the Pizzamas aprons sold out but are back in stock for a moment and will probably sell out again in a couple of days. (hedged) — 00:02:20 · Pizzamas

00:02:26 — Pizzamas restocks, sell-outs and the hot sauce subscription

  • ★★ John reminds viewers that the reversible bucket hat, the t-shirt and all Pizzamas merch are only available during this year's (2024) Pizzamas at pizzamas.com. — 00:02:30 · Pizzamas
  • ★★ John says the dice case, magic eight ball and blanket hoodie have already sold out, apologizing that they didn't order enough. — 00:02:45 · Pizzamas
  • ★★ John's favourite available item is the hot sauce subscription, four bottles through the year, which he calls epic and a pretty good deal. — 00:02:55 · Pizzamas, Pizza John

00:03:05 — Danaher's unreleased audit of TB test costs and an October 14 deadline; the Global Fund

  • ★★★ John says it has been almost exactly a year (September 2023) since Nerdfighteria helped convince Danaher to lower its TB test prices, one of the community's most amazing accomplishments. — 00:03:05 · Nerdfighteria, tuberculosis
  • ★★★ John says Danaher promised, as part of that deal, to pay for and release an independent audit of its TB test costs, but a year on has not, which is frustrating. — 00:03:20
  • ★★★ John addresses Danaher directly: he doesn't want to do this again, and sets a deadline to release the audit results by October 14. — 00:03:45
  • ★★ John calls himself a big fan of the Global Fund, founded to fight TB, HIV and malaria, which has saved so many lives. — 00:04:05 · tuberculosis, malaria

00:04:24 — TB's small share of Global Fund money and the petition; the Anthropocene Reviewed vinyl

  • ★★★ John says tuberculosis causes more deaths than either HIV or malaria but receives only 18.5% of the Global Fund's money. — 00:04:24 · tuberculosis, malaria
  • ★★★ John says experts, including ones hired by the Global Fund, agree a greater share should go to tuberculosis and the overall pie must get much bigger. — 00:04:30 · tuberculosis
  • ★★★ John asks viewers who can to sign a petition for more tuberculosis funding from the Global Fund, linked below; it takes about 30 seconds. — 00:04:38 · doobly-doo
  • ★ John says they made a vinyl of The Anthropocene Reviewed, probably no longer available; he isn't selling it, it just makes him happy that it exists. (hedged) — 00:04:45 · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast)

00:04:53 — Outro: the asks repeated, congratulations to Hank on the Book of Good Times, sign-off

  • ★★ John congratulates Hank on blowing past the initial goal for the Book of Good Times and says he is proud of Hank's innovative work. — 00:05:05 · Hank Green

In the description and comments

  • ★ The description frames the video as John making an old-fashioned parts video. (playful) — video description

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Danaher Corporation · End TB Now Act · tuberculosis

Also: Projects: Pizzamas · TBFighters · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast)

Works: endTB trial · The Book of Good Times

Organizations: AFC Wimbledon · Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria · United States Congress · United States House of Representatives · United States Senate · World Health Organization

Terms: doobly-doo · Pizza John

Concepts: association football · global health · HIV/AIDS · malaria · multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Places: Plough Lane · River Wandle

Only in the description or credits: Partners In Health

Also centred on Danaher Corporation: Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Danaher and Cepheid · Talking Tuberculosis, GeneXpert, J&J, and more with MY HEROES · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! · End of a Rough Year · I Own Danaher · I Don't Want them to Get Away With It…

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