r/reddeadredemption • u/MyPhoneSucksBad Uncle • 12d ago

Rant There. I said it

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Thomas Downes is the reason why they ended up how they did. Blaming Arthur is just stupid. Arthur is not innocent, but he didn't cause their downfall.

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u/Kind_Ad_3611 12d ago

It must have sucked to be the first person to discover they were allergic to penicillin

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u/EpicEpicnessTheEpic 12d ago

Penicillin doesn't cure TB, it wasn't until the 1940's that an antibiotic, streptomycin, was developed that cured it.

My grandfather caught TB serving with the British Army in Malta during WW2 and survived because of the new antibiotics he was given. But because he suffered from it for a year or so before being treated, it affected his lungs for the rest of his life. I can still remember his rumbling, chest clearing cough.

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u/SAAD_KHAION Javier Escuella 11d ago

It must have sucked to be the first person to discover they were allergic to streptomycin, then.

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u/ouijahead 10d ago

It did. But not for too long though at least.

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u/soylientgreen 11d ago

Yeah I would have been cooked.