Vaccination Is Making America Forget a Basic Pandemic Rule
Vaccinated America is reveling in its freedom—and leaving the most vulnerable people behind. The Atlantic Link Copied During a pandemic, no one’s health is fully in their own hands. No field should understand that more deeply than public health, a discipline distinct from medicine. Whereas doctors and nurses treat sick individuals in front of them, public-health practitioners work to prevent sickness in entire populations. They are expected to think big. They know that infectious diseases are always collective problems because they are infectious. An individual’...
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