Agreed, but it’s not about lockdowns per se, nor is it about vaccines. It’s about reflexive opposition to government, and public health is a function of government. #COVID19 deniers antivaxxers are profoundly anti-public health.https://twitter.com/FLermyte/status/1336034185811783680 …
There is no such thing as "the public health." That term is a rationalization for authoritarians to force their will on people. There is no scientific evidence that any act of government improves the individual's health.
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And yet there are government agencies dedicated to public health, and it’s a specialization for physicians and other researchers. There are numerous Schools of Public Health, including at the mid-size urban university I work for. Come to think of it, you’re actually wrong, B.
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Let's see. In 1854 John Snow, (in London) suspected that Cholera was being transmitted via a well. He persuaded the local council to remove the handle and Cholera cases went down. There you go.
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LOL as if this crowd cared about “scientific evidence“, or even knew what it meant.
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Okay, one example, excise taxes on cigarettes - as taxes increase on cigarettes, more people quit or never take up smoking, and health outcomes of both the populace and individuals who did or otherwise would smoke at a lower price.
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Another example are programs that seek to ensure HIV medication compliance amongst HIV positive people. It both leads those individuals to have better health outcomes as their disease doesn’t progress to AIDS, and lowers the likelihood they are able to infect others drastically.
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Likewise, when somebody tests positive for HIV and contact tracing occurs, and anybody they may have infected (or been infected by) gets tested, the result is those individuals get tested and know their status, and if positive get treatment and are less likely to pass on HIV.
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Simply wrong. Smallpox was eliminated by a worldwide combined effort of multiple governments.
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Floridated water.
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So should we close all the water treatment plants and cancel all water regulations, and let factories pollute as much as they want?
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