One of the many irritating things about living in the US in the 21st century, is the way people have forgotten such basic truths.
Public health is the one part of medicine that actually makes an overall impact, and people think it's a luxury.
Too late to complain, really. US medicine is now essentially a scam, and we'll ride it to the bottom.
In my mind, the Public Health office was somewhere very far away. Imagine my surprise, then, when I started driving and noticed it right by the DMV -- it was 4 miles away. I almost couldn't believe it. Public transportation is important, too. Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes