I'll remind you that the government kept vilifying people like Typhoid Mary rather than curing the disease until the science caught up. The vaccines for Typhoid were not particularly effective and only the onset of common antibiotics around WWII caused it to recede into memory.
Two conclusions: first, public health is always about PR rather than results. Second, the things we are seeing during COVID have a long, long history.
I'll remind you that the government kept vilifying people like Typhoid Mary rather than curing the disease until the science caught up. The vaccines for Typhoid were not particularly effective and only the onset of common antibiotics around WWII caused it to recede into memory.
Two conclusions: first, public health is always about PR rather than results. Second, the things we are seeing during COVID have a long, long history.
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