Broke: public health experts are very left wing Woke: left wing parties tend to support policies that are good for public health, the experts are pretty mercenary about improving health
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Dead centrist.
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It's classic individual vs collective rights. Left wing tends to think that since we're all paying for public healthcare, we restrict people who might cost a lot to everyone. Right says me, myself and I pay for insurances, i have the right to do what i want.
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And in the United States, the Right has embraced anti-science stances. You have to go far-Left in order to final similar stances on the other side (mostly anti-vax & related). I think this started with climate change in the 90's but that could just be me showing my age.
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Tobacco, pollution, creationism
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All the major political parties in Australia have enacted and supported tobacco control reforms, and no ‘mainstream’ politician wants to cosy up to Big Tobacco either.
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One of the best talks I ever went to was on "advocating for social and health measures to conservative governments". Run by some ex NSW+WA state staffers, some of the stuff was so obvious once laid out.
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Principle#2 of Ostrich Epidemiology - Public Health Systems are a waste of money and Corollary #2.1 - Contracting PH to private companies is more efficient (and enriches our donors)
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Exactly
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