Let’s be clear. Public health, as a discipline, is macro. It’s theoretical. Health care, as a discipline, is micro. It’s practical. The U.S. government has utterly failed its constituency on the theoretical level. Practically, life has become sketchy.
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Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson was known for claiming, “The first wealth is health.” Today I’m sure deputy editor of The New York Times Magazine Jessica Lustig agrees with him. In her article “What I Learned When My Husband Got Sick with Coronavirus,” she describes taking care of her beloved spouse as he is ravaged by COVID--19.
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