Tommy Edison, a blind YouTuber with over 700,000 subscribers, produced a show recently featuring retro TV ads that “Could Be For Today’s Pandemic.” He offers a nostalgic view of public service messages from the 1970s for swine flu, equating them with current themes. In another segment, Edison features a guest who lost her vision later in life. He started his YouTube career in 2011 and believes he was “the first blind person on YouTube.” For the retro ads and other Tommy Edison YouTubes. Read more about Tommy Edison in Wired.
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