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What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.
Paul Farmer
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Paul Farmer
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 26
Anthropologist
Human Rights Activist
Medical Anthropologist
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North Adams
Massachusetts
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