TL;DR - it's tuberculosis, which had been on the way to eradication until 2021 when it started resurging in the US and elsewhere probably due to COVID-related healthcare fatigue. In the US cases continue to climb, probably because of poor access to healthcare and the generally poor nature of our healthcare system.
this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
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Clickbaity headline: it's Tuberculosis.
Convinced [tuberculosis] was heading towards the clinical waste bin of history, the US Congress pulled the plug on direct federal funding for many TB programs in 1972.
I'm amazed brucellosis from raw milk hasn't been a thing yet.