My Random Thoughts

An Old Debate

In the 1880s, David Chrowry-Muthu left India (where he was born) to become a physician in Britain. While in Britain, he opened "one of the largest and most up-to-date" sanatoriums in Wells, standing atop a hill, surrounded by trees and fresh air. But his sanatorium practice in Wells did not last long.

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From Britain to the Zenanas

This is the story of why some of the first women doctors in Britain took the arduous trek to India, what they did there, and how they contributed to treating tuberculosis in India and our understanding of tuberculosis in India during British rule.

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ICE ACTIVITY IN CHICAGO

ICE (or, more accurately, all federal immigration enforcement), has increased significantly as Trump took office. These agents have been wrecking havoc throughout Chicago, deploying chemical weapons without reason into densely populated areas and pulling families apart. To get a sense of the spread of their terror, I have mapped out all verified sightings I could find.

[ICEMAP.QUINNYATES.ME]

TBFIGHTERS

I help build the TBFighters website and help organize other aspects of the group. TBFighters is a group of public health activists who fight against the causes of tuberculosis.

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11,000 more TB patients died after Trump's USAID cuts. That number will rise.

More than 11,000 additional TB patients are estimated to have died after USAID funding freeze. If this continues, thousands more will likely die or lose a loved one, all from one shortsighted action.

[USA Today]

Quinn Yates

Hi! I'm a high school student that uses their coding skills to try to do good in the world. I also love to research about history! Here you can find some of my projects and posts about random thoughts that I've had or about my research.

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NOW

What I'm currently working on:

Making TBFighters.org (and fighting tuberculosis)
Getting through high school
Protecting immigratns
Playing Ultimate Frisbee
Writing for this blog