I just finished reading Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green.  I am so disappointed NOT to have been at the discussion because this is a moving and information-packed book that emphasizes my own feeling that Everything is Connected. I appreciated the author’s voice, the way he repeats the issues and injustices that are important to him but also acknowledges the possibility of oversimplification. Even as I question statistics and wonder about the actual impact on individuals for paying to cure tuberculosis, about how malnutrition impacts everything, including the ability to work and learn, I cannot agree more that the personal connection is everything as well. I loved the idea of the virtuous cycle, of following people whom I admire to make sacrifices that are worth it, even in the moment because we come to care for one young boy, Henry. I both missed and admired that the author did not call out his financial contributions to Henry’s cause — because how could you know him and not provide more food?  The need is never ending and it is so easy to put up walls. The cause has already had its collateral damage when Partners in Health “had to make a choice that [they] would not feed four thousand more children in Haiti . . .” just to prove that curing tuberculosis in poor countries is possible. Well, and to save lives in Peru. Did they ever go back to feeding more children in Haiti?