Hi. Four things. 1. Sign the petition calling on Danaher and Cepheid to lower test prices in impoverished communities: timefor5.msfaccess.org/?recruiter_id=127 2. My article in the Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/21/tuberculosis-deadliest-curable-disease-tests-john-green/ 3. The new 50-minute Crash Course on human responses to tuberculosis: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aXhhydqamcichaw.htmlsi=GDPIBsRu_wNI4GHr 4. Join the community fighting for equitable access to tuberculosis testing and treatment: tbfighters.org, and tell Danaher that this is not okay. They're @danahercorporation on youtube and on most social media platforms. Thanks for being here with us. -John

@robinrowland6369

2 ай бұрын

Just signed- let’s do this!

@WhataMensch

2 ай бұрын

I have followd you for years. Will you please speak out before a million people starve to death!!!!!

@Speederzzz

2 ай бұрын

I cannot sign the petition if I select my own country (netherlands) is this something I did wrong or is it intended?

@AndiNewtonian

2 ай бұрын

Signed.

@nessidoe8080

2 ай бұрын

​@@Speederzzz Did you give your name? It only works if you check the "yes" box...

Oh, man. You know things are dire when a primary benefit to JOHN GREEN is GOING TO MEETINGS. Godspeed, John!

@fossilfighters101

2 ай бұрын

you're SO right

@Koffeinsuechtigi

2 ай бұрын

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@PirateParadox

2 ай бұрын

😂😂

@derekhiemforth

2 ай бұрын

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@abdullahenani9670

2 ай бұрын

Real

*Next Danaher shareholder meeting:* "We've been receiving continued calls to decrease our test prices in low and middle income countries, and we fear it could begin to effect our interests financially." .... "Well where are these calls coming from?" ... "The call is coming from...inside."

@PirateParadox

2 ай бұрын

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@Shellewell

2 ай бұрын

*Takes glasses off* "My god."

@rosehirstius

2 ай бұрын

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@nocakewalk

2 ай бұрын

Are ... they in the room with us right now?

@Anberel

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Yes!

John Green buying a share of a company as both a promise and a threat that he will tank his own portfolio until we are heard is both an incredible strat and also the funniest and most on brand thing I've ever heard.

@avakining

2 ай бұрын

It’s not even the first time! A decade ago (or so) he bought shares in the company that made Hank’s medicine and which has increased the price ~1000%

@rosehirstius

2 ай бұрын

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@kardar233

2 ай бұрын

@@avakiningtime to Warner Chilcott Danaher

@sion8

2 ай бұрын

That's the most John Green thing ever! Also, a bit gangster.

@MAlanThomasII

2 ай бұрын

It's called "shareholder activism" and there's a long history of it, including at major investor scales (organizations buying not 10 shares but 10% or more of all shares).

John, as a shareholder, you can vote in the company's annual meeting too! I love voting "no" on approving executive compensation for other billion dollar companies I own 3 shares of.

@louismyers8845

2 ай бұрын

I hope he realises this!

@danielhodges7282

2 ай бұрын

Doing the lord's work

@brixan...

2 ай бұрын

​@@danielhodges7282 Uhh just making sure: that doesn't do anything, right?

@klamky

2 ай бұрын

this sounds like the most fun thing to do with an investment portfolio why is no one ever talking about this

@Someguynamedjoe

2 ай бұрын

In addition to compensation votes, shareholders can propose binding changes to the way a company does business. I for one would be completely onboard with joining a Nerdfighteria activist investor team. For example, a successful proposal limiting a company this big from pursuing profit margins in excess of 100%, (for a rough example), on any business unit would go a long way toward creating a responsible company, and possibly an industry-wide shift. There would still be a need to push that public narrative, but the more committed votes, the stronger the push.

Can you IMAGINE being a big shareholder that likes making money, and then THIS NERD drops into your conference call and talks your ear off about how you're actively making healthcare harder to access around the world? Love you, John.

@kyrab7914

2 ай бұрын

Can you imagine the horror knowing this nerd might just cost you millions of your many millions of dollars?

@justyourlocalrat_

2 ай бұрын

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@MissingRaptor

2 ай бұрын

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@randomgaming6808

2 ай бұрын

so much respect to him for that move

@SurmaSampo

2 ай бұрын

That isn't how meetings work. People don't get to just drop in and talk over the top of everyone else.

John woke up and decided to fight Danaher with the only weapon Danaher understands. John's brief stint of a CEO has instilled new powers in him.

@SeliahK

2 ай бұрын

Yes! I love it and I'm so here for it.

For those interested, Danaher is currently trading at $248.60 and dropped a little (50c) at the exact time this video was published,

@ferrous719

2 ай бұрын

I want to like this comment a hundred times.

@theanyktos

2 ай бұрын

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@phoenixliv

2 ай бұрын

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@mariannetfinches

2 ай бұрын

Economists everywhere- "Ah. The John Green Effect"

@kieraparry4008

2 ай бұрын

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The "video info below"?????? NOT the dooblydoo????? Holy crap this guy means business😳

@ruadhbran

2 ай бұрын

Right? That's how I knew how serious John is about this. I mean, that and the rest of the video.

@worldadmin9811

2 ай бұрын

he said dooblydoo the first time

To see these brothers wielding the polite but persistent hammer that is Nerdfighteria brings me immense joy.

@NinaDmytraczenko

2 ай бұрын

Here's to polite but impassioned hammering! 🔨🔨🔨

@elderlyoogway

2 ай бұрын

Hammer and sickle needs to adapt, for the profit system that benefits from itself and its margins also moves and adapts to hammers that were shown to be effective

@Ineffably_Obsessed

2 ай бұрын

i love being apart of this polite but persistent hammer

@rolandtowen2595

2 ай бұрын

Polite and persistent is a great way to describe nerdfighteria

@megs.9915

2 ай бұрын

i LOVE this description!

Signed. I remember when John started mass posting about TB and thought "this is a strangely niche interest of his". Now I want nothing more to storm the gates of TB and destroy it

@alleycaaat

2 ай бұрын

I feel like this is a long, slow build up for a "we ride at dawn" type thing, and I'm friggin' here. for. it!

@azlizzie

2 ай бұрын

He really embraces the "if not me, then who," mindset. It's nice to see. Be the change indeed!

@doubleplusgoodful

2 ай бұрын

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Shareholder activism is, I think, an underrated tactic. Yelling in the public square is important in a lot of ways, but getting in a room and quietly talking lands different and, often, with more impact. Plus, the opportunity to vote for various choices and roles within the organization can make change happen fast, too.

@taylor3950

2 ай бұрын

Yep, I own some shares of VOTE so Engine no1 can do some yelling on my behalf

@miral6694

2 ай бұрын

In the words of a smart man, "Protest only works if it makes them want to give you a reason to stop."

@Jamekiwi

2 ай бұрын

This comment is giving me In the Room Where It Happens from Hamilton vibes. And I love it.

@sirleebutler

2 ай бұрын

if every nerdfighter who could afford to bought a share in danaher and made john our proxy, his voice in those meetings would be hugely amplified. i wish people were organizing things like this, but i think that shame around wealth amongst progressives is a real barrier to using that wealth to effect change.

@arthurkeech

2 ай бұрын

​@sirleebutler there are roughly 700 million shares outstanding.

John, showing up at the next shareholders' meeting in a DFTBA habit and ringing a bell: Shame! Shame! Shame!

@fossilfighters101

2 ай бұрын

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@-Teague-

2 ай бұрын

He should stand on the meeting room table and do the giant squid of anger

@GeekwithaGrill

2 ай бұрын

​+@@-Teague-

@adamaris1760

2 ай бұрын

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@-Teague-

2 ай бұрын

@@adamaris1760 fellow Ace Nerdfighter? :D

John, there was a recent study that suggested invoking one’s legacy can encourage the rich to act more charitably. That might be a strategy to add to your persuasive repertoire when speaking with other shareholders, if you haven’t tried it already. Thanks as always for your efforts on TB

@fossilfighters101

2 ай бұрын

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@dragonbowlsupper

2 ай бұрын

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@-Teague-

2 ай бұрын

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@mayaenglish5424

2 ай бұрын

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@KalebPeters99

2 ай бұрын

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“The only way to get Danaher to do the right thing is to cost them more in reputational harm than they make from overcharging the poor.”

@doubleplusgoodful

2 ай бұрын

Solid general principle of activism tbh.

This may single-handedly be the best and most productive hyper fixation there ever was

Now we're both shareholders. Thanks for the idea. I too want to lower our prices.

@Rayne_Storms

2 ай бұрын

Sure would be a shame Nerdfighters started buying up the stock..... A real shame...

@-Teague-

2 ай бұрын

​@@Rayne_Storms woopsy, we accidentally took over a massive corporation, silly us. *Now decrease the costs*

@justforplaylists

2 ай бұрын

Hmm. Buying stock to get access to information makes sense. Buying stock to vote probably doesn't. Danaher's market cap is 183 billion-with-a-B.

@BlackHatShananigans

2 ай бұрын

At the next shareholder meeting, sign your proxy vote over to John Green.

@BlackHatShananigans

2 ай бұрын

@@justforplaylists Not unless a whole lot of people buy stock and all assign their proxy to John Green.

The thrill I got when John said he gets to attend meetings and tell other shareholders how they are profiting off of sick people in impoverished circumstances!! There is a rush in getting to be the person who can hold the mirror up for people to face their own greed and systemic violence.

@LibraryAce

2 ай бұрын

There is a classic movie about an elderly woman basically taking over a shareholder meeting for whatever her (valid) agenda is, and the pompous rich guys can't stop her bc she owns 1 share and is allowed to be there and speak. I can't remember the title and google is not helping. But they should remake it with John as the one annoying ethical person in the room. ETA: I'm convinced there is one with an elderly widow and her 1 share from her late husband, but I'm going to watch this and see what someone can do with 10 shares. kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4J-x7qhccmwhdY.html Apparently $175k in 1956 money is ~$2 million now, not counting bonuses, stock, and other perks of course.

@matthewwalker3131

2 ай бұрын

Didn't Futurama riff off that idea?​@@LibraryAce

Danaher, I bearly know her

@elaineshiffer6929

2 ай бұрын

ROFL!!!!!

@NWPaul72

2 ай бұрын

You Danaher, you brought her.

@joannafinerty99

2 ай бұрын

Damn. Good comment

@LibraryAce

2 ай бұрын

Danaher, never met 'er before

@justyourlocalrat_

2 ай бұрын

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Hey John, thanks for sharing my meme! I’m glad you enjoyed it :)

@untappedinkwell

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for making it and being here with us!

@PunkRockNerd

2 ай бұрын

Which one was yours?

@abdullahenani9670

2 ай бұрын

@@PunkRockNerd the price gouging for dummies one!

@geeksdo1tbetter

2 ай бұрын

great work!

@AnneloesF

2 ай бұрын

@@abdullahenani9670 Excellent work!!!

The real flaw is business schools teaching people that "shareholder interest" means "higher profits" only, and that shareholders have no interests other than profit.

@lijohnyoutube101

2 ай бұрын

That is because that IS what most shareholders do want. We can’t lie to ourselves and pretend otherwise or we make no progress.

@cameronschyuder9034

2 ай бұрын

@@lijohnyoutube101is it really what most shareholders want, or is it the stereotype that is grossly overestimated? I know there’s a lot of money greedy people who are shareholders, but surely that’s not everyone in stocks. What about people who like money but like being part of a good cause more?

@laurenredding1419

2 ай бұрын

There it is!!!!

@lijohnyoutube101

2 ай бұрын

@@cameronschyuder9034 It is actually the vast majority (a sad reality of our society) however the last few decades some very slow change has occurred) you can support SRI (socially responsible investing) nowadays and its become a sub-genre of investing but its still relatively small and unfortunately too much of that style is still ‘green washing’ and ‘window dressing’ but there is some progress. Also many invest via their employer ls retirement plan and its very atypical that companies include SRI options in the retirement choices.

@meganofsherwood3665

2 ай бұрын

YES! Like, yes, I want to be able to pay off my school debt, maintain my car, and some day retire NOT in a Medicaid-funded nursing home, but like...is a 300% markup that only gives you a $10 profit really necessary?? That's more than I would be making _off_ the stocks; I think y'all can move money around a little better

Somehow it never occurred to me before that the way to counter the societal pathology of pursuing shareholder value was to become a shareholder

@ferrous719

2 ай бұрын

There's a book called the Ship Who Searched where a character does exactly that, with the intention of pushing a company to make a certain product that will benefit everyone who has the same disability she has.

@JosephDavies

2 ай бұрын

Probably because it's out of reach for most interested parties to become a shareholder in any significant way. John is leveraging several positions of privilege here to accomplish this, and it's great; it's just not a tactic widely available to most of us.

@meganofsherwood3665

2 ай бұрын

​@JosephDavies Maybe not, but can you imagine if everyone who _did_ have access to this tactic acted in such a way?

John has become a menace and im here for it! He is defying the system. Making it his life mission.

@LibraryAce

2 ай бұрын

I'd say beating them at their own game. "Buy stock, get rich!" OK, I will maliciously comply with your society's weird way of functioning. Soon I will be richer by about $10 AND the knowledge of thousands of lives saved!

Danaher's understanding of their responsibility to its shareholders is accurate. Congress needs to pass a law that allows companies to factor in more than just dollars into what is "good" for shareholders, like social or ecological impact.

@pattheplanter

2 ай бұрын

Or avoiding the shareholders suffering guilt associated with being responsible for lakhs of unnecessary deaths and millions of chronic illnesses.

@johningram2153

2 ай бұрын

This is a misunderstanding. It goes back to a 1970 Milton Friedman article in the New York Times Magazine, called "A Friedman Doctrine: The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits." This is where the whole idea of "A company's only obligation is to return shareholder value" came from, and it took on a life of its own in popular business culture. While this can sound good and proper in a certain context, the idea that a company cannot legally consider anything else is completely nonsense. Certainnly a company that harms shareholders due to negligence or malice is neither acting in its own best interest, or that of the shareholders, and shareholders can sue in civil court when that happens. But there are lots of reasons for companies to do the right thing, even if it returns less value to shareholders, and this is entirely legal.

@lijohnyoutube101

2 ай бұрын

This comes from human pressure. Most humans do NOT care.

@julietijerina8176

2 ай бұрын

Dodge v. Ford is why companies have to prioritize shareholders over customers, employees, and the social good.

@geoff5623

2 ай бұрын

There are factors of long term business growth and stability that are also in shareholder's interest, not just short term profits. That's why the threat of reputational damage can effect business change that would lower profits. There is a "benefit corporation" designation that enshrines broader responsibilities on a company's mandate, but the actual legal impact is sometimes limited (and AFAIK, it's still a limited number of states that have such a designation). There's a nonprofit that operates a "B-Corp" certification (some states require business incorporated as a benefit corporation to maintain a similar certification, but any company can pursue the certification), and while it has its limitations it does provide a public baseline of what a company does to serve it's employees, local community, and the planet. Maintaining the certification, and the positive reputational impact that it provides, can be justified as a reason for a company to take actions that reduce short term profits.

So if a hospital in a poorer country has a $5k budget for testing, they can currently buy about 300 tests at $15/each, but if it comes down to $5, they can buy 1000 tests and Danaher still makes $5k? But if demand for tests goes up, they probably get some economies of scale on the production, so their costs don't go up at the same rate of their increased volume. I don't see how this isn't good for them too. Also, do they make any of the treatments for the things they are testing? More tests equals more treatments equals more profit in other business lines.

@daydodog

2 ай бұрын

Well not necessarily because production costs are a thing

@valkyrie_cain86

2 ай бұрын

The $5 figure is the production cost of the test. So the idea is if they lower the price to $5 then Danaher is selling them at cost and make no profit.

@timbehrens9678

2 ай бұрын

Those people near the hospitals in poor countries can make their own tests. They are as talented and hardworking as Americans, don't they?

@MasterMagikarp

2 ай бұрын

@@timbehrens9678I don’t know how this stuff works but I’d assume that they don’t have the materials to do so

@timbehrens9678

Ай бұрын

@@MasterMagikarp They can buy them. For example, India is selling a lot of precursors for pharmaceutical companies around the world.

This is a masterclass in polite savagery. Kudos John.

What a wild notification to receive

Signing petitions is not pointless. In the Navy 100,000 people signed a petition to keep our rates, which are traditional job titles such as Boatswains Mate (BM, which has been around since the formation of the Navy) and that petition changed the Navy's decision to switch to job codes. We kept our rates. This petition will work, we just need to support it and sign it.

@geeksdo1tbetter

2 ай бұрын

It's very sweet that ya'll won the option to keep your historic titles, and avoid being faceless numbers! I love this story!!

@sclair2854

2 ай бұрын

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Just watched the crash course on TB and it’s an exceptionally well made video! Thanks to all the netdfighters for not just donating but also spreading awareness

PEOPLE OVER PROFITS

@dillonhounshell9786

2 ай бұрын

It doesn't have to be, though. Hear me out. Lower the price of the strips. Make them 150% markup instead of 300%. This makes them cost a LOT less, making them more affordable in more places. More people buy them. Your profit AMOUNT goes up. You get both saving people and making profits.

@justforplaylists

2 ай бұрын

​@@dillonhounshell9786 I assume they already set the prices to maximize profit.

@sclair2854

2 ай бұрын

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@dillonhounshell9786

2 ай бұрын

@@justforplaylists Okay, so people seem to have a hard time comprehending this. Let's say I make a widget for $1. I sell it for $2. I make $1/widget. I sell 10 widgets, I make $10 in profit. If I sell them for $1.50, I make less PER widget. but, if I sell 20 of them, I make $10 in profit still. If lowering the price to allow 21 people to buy it, when only 10 used to, then I've made more profit total.

@Njald

2 ай бұрын

Indeed, but then people need to assert their value and influence again. Like we did when we created unions,taxed the rich, got worker safety regulations, environmental protection and even revolutions against the entrenched psychopaths who amassed financial power. But as long as the average voter is dumber than a sack of wet paper shreds, profits will rule over people.

that’s what Internet fame and influence should be for. glad to be part of this community 🦑 thank you John

@arlyssstewart3040

2 ай бұрын

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Hi from Sydney Australia. I just signed the petition. It’s vital for those in poor countries to get access to medical aid and to help them on the road to conquering the infections and viruses that we have in our affluent countries. Because until people in those poorer countries enjoy the health that we do in our better off countries, we won’t enjoy health. All it takes is one mutation to happen. And all it takes is lack of facilities and testing in one part of the world for a disease to take root again. To come back to bite us all in the butt. So even if it’s purely for the ulterior reason of keeping yourself well, Sign This Petition….. ⚛️☮️🌏

The Green Brothers are truly exceptional human beings. John literally putting his money where his mouth is. Now he has a share and an amplified voice. Sensational. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I pointed out to my health care insurance provider and my bank that we are not the customer, we are the product. And my Doctor actually agreed with me. Because we have poor people here in the US, and I'm one of them.

@alexanderreynolds6018

2 ай бұрын

Because you mentioned financial services, I recommend looking into a credit union in your area that you could join! Credit unions are not-for-profit, cooperative banking organizations that offer all the benefits of a regular bank, but they have no stockholders and so are beholden only to their members. I work for a credit union and I'm passionate about the credit union model as an ethical alternative to traditional banking. If you're interested, do some research!

John this is ICONIC BEHAVIOR 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I set up background checks for a staffing company in the US for other US companies and we do some medical and have to make sure people are immune/vaccinated for certain things. The tests for various titers are around $20-30 for things like Hep B, Varicella, and MMR. The TB test is around $250. My threshold for needing someone in accounting to sign off on expenses is a background check that is over $300. We had to make a different threshold if the person needs a TB titer because of how expensive that test is.

@tarabates7088

2 ай бұрын

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"Because when I hear that a company's primary obligation is not to its employees or its customers or the social order, but instead to its shareholders, what I hear is that the only way to get [the Company] to do the right thing is to cost them more in reputational harm than they do from overcharging the poor." - John Green I need a massive poster with this to share any time someone shrugs and ignores a problem due to "Capitalism". We can do better. This is how. "And if we haven't made it expensive enough, rest assured that we will continue until we do" ✊

This community is so cool and im so proud to have been a part of it for over 10 years

@tbella5186

2 ай бұрын

Same. 16 year NerdFighter. Couldn't be more proud!

3:43 That statement is the truth nowadays... like.. not only is it evil.. its not even a good business strategy.. A shareholder has geniunly the LEAST amount of stake in a company, they just dip from one ship to another for their lines to go up.. Workers, consumers and corporates, all have themself tied to their ship

Big heart. Big wallet. Those two things don't usually come together so beautifully as with you guys, John and Hank. The world is better with you guys. Thank you. Please never stop.

And my axe! Signed - Perhaps i skould also buy Danaher shares and make my dissatisfaction known.

@-Teague-

2 ай бұрын

Anyone in the community who can, should!

@geeksdo1tbetter

2 ай бұрын

and my crochet hook! Signed!

thank you for providing the information to make signing a petition feel like a useful action instead of a shout into the void! signing it now!!

When I began watching Vlogbrothers as a college kid in 2007, I would not have guessed that someday the fandom would be taking on Big Pharma, but I am so glad it is. Proud of all of us for getting older without giving up.

Changing the system from the inside, I respect it

According to their disclosures, Danaher's corporate governance is bound by the "long-term interests of shareholders", which is not the same as maximizing profits. Public companies are not federally mandated to maximize profits, as Lynn Stout discusses in her book "The Shareholder Value Myth". We can fight the myth and convince boards to manage their companies according to a more comprehensive value function which includes societal good as well.

@fossilfighters101

2 ай бұрын

YESSS

@tarabates7088

2 ай бұрын

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CEO pt 2: Electric Boogaloo

@nolongervisible5850

2 ай бұрын

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Thank you for doing the audio narration for the WaPo article. Hearing the op-ed read by you made it even more impactful for me. ❤

@lindseywalsh

2 ай бұрын

And thank you for mentioning that. I read the article with my eyeballs, so now I get to go back and have John read it to me.

@geeksdo1tbetter

2 ай бұрын

Yo, thanks for letting me know!!

Collective action has always been the thing to turn the tide against those in power. I wish you all well with this.

My friend's mom actually won the Order of Canada (highest civilian award) for her contribution in the 1980s to have church group actually CHANGE the companies they had invested in, rather than simply divest themselves of those stocks. The idea being that they had the best capabilities of doing good by forcing the companies to do better since they would have been significant shareholders. Basically change from the inside. Of course, the companies fought hard. But ultimately it was very effective. Probably the most important thing one can do for change is by influencing investors directly.

That crash course episode was AWESOME, I legit had no idea that a disease could have a history this.. Intrigueing

Look at our Aziraphale getting a little Crowley with it. I approve.

@geeksdo1tbetter

2 ай бұрын

squee!

Becoming a shareholder so you can go to meetings to politely convince other shareholders that what they are doing is wrong is such a fkn boss move 🙌🙌🙌

The beauty of malicious compliance.

The Greens are the closest thing we have to real life super heroes.

You are helping us change the world for the better. I grew up being told I could do anything I wanted, with a huge heart, but 40 years of life has beaten me into the ground. Being a part of this has renewed that little voice inside me that encouraged me to do the right thing. You mentioned that signing petitions feels like screaming into the void but seeing these changes has helped me to stand up straight again. Thank you for reminding us to stand up for what we believe in. Thank you for making the world a better place. Thank you for restoring hope to my forlorn spirit. I love this community.

I'd love to see John stand up at a shareholder meeting and suggest they lower prices. Just to see the atmosphere in the room when that happens lol.

John infiltrating Danaher was not on my bucket list for 2024😂. Way to go John

Signed the petition and shared it on my Tumblr. Keep up the good work everyone!

Greetings from Utah. We signed the petition and shared it with friends, family, and the Internet. Thank you for sharing.

For anyone on the fence about signing the petition because some petition sites make you jump through hoops or *shudder* THINK of something to say to the recipient, this is the easiest petition I have ever signed, it will take you all of 15 seconds if you have autofill active on your browser. The only excuse not to sign the petition is if you absolutely disagree with making lifesaving testing available to more people.

Hi John, thanks for using your influence for such good. I’m a big fan of politely and passionately applying pressure to get the tests cheaper. It’s an excellent strategy and we know it works. We are with you. We are in this fight and you are not alone. Sending you good thoughts as you handle being the public face of this for our community.

@fossilfighters101

2 ай бұрын

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@simonstanton5299

2 ай бұрын

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Becoming a shareholder is brilliant! Remind them from every possible direction to keep testing affordable.

I love how John's old Warner Chilcott approach to extortionate pharmaceutical practices is not only something he still does, but something that we can support and something that can have a real and positive impact for those who need it.

@geeksdo1tbetter

2 ай бұрын

Wait, those names ring a bell but I've forgotten the story. Please, tell!

@Northfan42

2 ай бұрын

@@geeksdo1tbetter Warner Chilcott increased the price of a medication (needed by Hank to manage his ulcerative colitis) overnight by 1,200%. John's response was to buy shares in Warner Chilcott so he could use that small ownership share to lean on the company to be more reasonable about the medication prices. I don't think it was very well targeted or successful then, but the concept clearly still holds in John's mind, and this time is being used for really positive and necessary ends.

I use these cartridges frequently at work to test for Hep C and Respiratory disease and whilst the premise of these tests is fascinating and incredible, I tell EVERYONE I can about the way they are priced. Knowledge is power and power equals pressure on those who make these decisions.

@fossilfighters101

2 ай бұрын

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John attempting to reduce the profits of a publicly traded company-which he owns stock in-is the most goddamn punk rock thing I've ever seen. Bless you sir.

sign and shared! Thanks for including some hope, why they have incentive to change. It gets exhausting fighting against brick walls.

CEOs are obligated to act in the best interests of the company. The problem is that since around 1980, business people decided that the best way to measure that is by looking at share price. And then to justify their terrible treatment of employees and the public to themselves, they throw around the lie that they are legally obligated to benefit only the shareholders.

You are a genius John. This is such a tactical & creative plan to make a real impact! I can’t wait to sign the petition, & I can’t wait to for all of your hard work to result in less tuberculosis deaths worldwide! You are truly fucking inspiring! ❤

The scream I screamt when I read this title. JOHN!

Suddenly all of Nerdfighteria are Danaher shareholders 😂

Signed. Working on the three next steps now. Thank you for making it so easy to advocate-which required a LOT of work from you.

Signed!! Also I have sent the link to this video to multiple people and posted it in a few places. I hope it helps! Now I'm off to go watch your Crash Course TB video. Thank you!

Signed. You're 100% correct. Fiduciary responsibility is the only actual lever of power here.

Our dedication to a mission when we put our minds to it never fails to inspire me, I love this community

My gosh, I admire your tenacity on this, John. Thanks for giving us a way to help.

Signed! Glad to be able to do something to make a difference. I appreciate how You (John) and Hank are always bringing these things to our attention and sharing a simple way to try and make a positive impact on the world.

Oh my god. Vlogbrothers out here single-handedly changing every issue they put their minds to.

Good job, as always, John. Petition signed! Thanks for bringing us together for this!

Signed. Excellent work, keep it coming John and Hank!

Bravo to you and the community. Heading over to sign now.

Activist investoring is one of my absolute favorite concepts among publicly traded companies. It is why I am a major advocate for stock options because not only does it compensate the workers who help the company function, but also allows them to have a voice in the management of the firm without needing to function as a worker co-op. The downside is many companies are structured in a way that C level executives are often compensated with stock options which allow them to appoint a board that benefits them, but not necessarily the whole company. I encourage anyone who has individual shares of their company to vote and if talking with an advisor or portfolio members to have them prioritize companies with high ESG scores. A concept that is newer to finance but is a direct result of people like us putting pressure on the actions taken by conpanies outside of profitability

JOHN, YOU ARE A MODERN DAY HERO! YOU ARE FIGHTING THE SHSTEM FROM WITHIN AND THAT TAKES COURAGE AND FINANCIAL COMMITMENT AND THIS IS THE MOST INSPIRING I HAVE FELT IN YEARS ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Thank you John, for what you are doing in TB but also for showing us that these kind of things can be done. Really, thank you for giving us hope.

I continue to remain hopeful that our voices will bring about change ❤ thank you for guiding us with your passion and integrity. I'm off to sign the petition now.

This sort of thing is exactly why I feel a "business model" for medicine should be a contradiction in terms. I can opt into, say, a hobby known to be expensive, or an impulse purchase, and the money I pay for that is nobody's fault but mine. But being sick and paying for treatment in a corporate-centric society is less like an impulse buy and more like being mugged. You can't haggle with cancer, you can't "shop around" for the best diabetes; you pay someone you don't know an exorbitant amount of money or you suffer.

Imagine how much progress we would make in healthcare if every illness/condition had a John Green doing his best to help erradicate it

I love the work that you and Hank do. This is such an incredible thing that you are using your platform for. There will be real change and they’ll be talking about you for centuries. Way to go. I can only dream of doing something so great one day.

It's genuinely so impressive to have watched over the years, but really this past year, the active ways in which you are showing up for what you're passionate about, sharing why you're passionate about it, and laying out the steps to make actually impactful change.

Petition signed! I just wish it showed you a total of how many people have signed it so far. That would be awesome!

@fossilfighters101

2 ай бұрын

it was this morning! we think it's maybe broken from how many people are signing

@mistjade3442

2 ай бұрын

@@fossilfighters101 Now THAT would be an issue I can be excited about!

@untappedinkwell

2 ай бұрын

@@mistjade3442 Ah, the time honored nerdfighteria tradition of breaking websites. Love this for us. (But I'm sure they'll get it fixed soon!)

I cannot believe Im lucky enough to be on earth at the same time as John. That effort is amazing and truly world-changing ❤

yknow, we can all pitch in together with john on this one. The more of us are shareholders, the louder our voice

Signed. Keep up the great work John. I didn't know the vast threat tb is until I saw some of your videos. You and Hank are changing the world one little step at a time and showing regular people how we can have an impact too.

The crash course video is great. Looking forward to more long videos

So proud to be a part of a community that's working so hard toward positive change. Go Green brothers! Keep fighting the good fight

@untappedinkwell

2 ай бұрын

It's good to have you here!

I’m so glad you’re doing good, just finished reading “The Shortest History of Our Universe,” the book you foreworded.

The Vlogbrothers and their community genuinely give me hope for humanity and help me through my depression even from the outside looking in. Thank you.

Don't get on John Green's bad side. He will be very politely and eloquently put you in your place.

_Shareholder meeting, inside, men in suits, seated._ Shareholders: (indistinguishable murmuring) _John Green enters the room_ Shareholders: Shit ...

i stopped keeping up with vlogbrothers years ago but i am always here for john talking endlessly about tuberculosis

Excellent work!! We are going to make it happen!!