28 July

When you look at the history of disease, most of it, including plagues, comes back to the most basic things. Clean water, clean air, healthy food, no crowding, no abject poverty, adequate shelter. All of these diseases could have been eradicated, but we chose not to, except for smallpox. All plagues are political, not medical, they mean your society is broken and needs fixing. There’s a simple measure you can use. If a person is for the eradication of disease, they’re good. If they’re not, they’re evil. Simple as that. Don’t let snake oil salesmen convince you these are ‘medical’ problems. Medicine is a band aid on social problems.