[JeremyStinson]

>"Even after treatments emerged to combat TB, their geographic availability revealed the prevalence of prejudice. Starting in the 1980s, the emergence of HIV/AIDS *allowed TB to spread more quickly through weakened immune systems*"

This is the statement that stood out to me. We've had 5 years of weakening immune systems, which has, with a high probability, contributed further to the spread of TB. History is repeating, again.