90% of people with tuberculosis have no symptoms. Half of those that do will die β°οΈ
It is spread by inhaling the droplets from someone else who has coughed or sneezed π£οΈ
The vaccine against TB is the most widely used in the world β however, immunity tends to decrease after about 10 years π
In Victorian times, TB was called βConsumptionβ because most people lost weight (it consumed you). It was also often associated with vampires β because when one family member died from TB, the other family members would slowly lose their health β it was thought that the original (now dead) sufferer was draining the life from other family members π§
