By: totunroz

totunroz — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:24:12 +0000

The progress is undeniable though, even if we still have a hard time with some aspects, such as tracking down the cases. Let’s not forget that at John Snow’s time, they didn’t even know what was killing them or how was it spread, so the impact reflected by the number of deaths was tremendous. Now we know what causes it, when it might occur, where it might occur and probably how hard it will hit in terms of treatment cost and number of people affected. So I wouldn’t say we’ve come full circle, but see this as an evolving spiral. We’re definitely improving even though there are still shortcomings.

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By: totunroz