Just here to say that as I am slogging through the CDC list I am developing a very strong distaste for all things "Medical Officer," "Epidemic Intelligence Service, "Preventive Medicine Officer," and everything else that smacks of "public health" or "preventive health" or such. It sounds like so much blather for "we want to control your…
Just here to say that as I am slogging through the CDC list I am developing a very strong distaste for all things "Medical Officer," "Epidemic Intelligence Service, "Preventive Medicine Officer," and everything else that smacks of "public health" or "preventive health" or such. It sounds like so much blather for "we want to control your lives, but it's all for your own well being."
(I'm looking up the brief bios/CVs for each person, and my emails to pediatricians are slightly different than ones to adult drs. And the numbers of them who are one of the above is just making me want to throw up.)
I'm with you, Copernicus. I've said for as long as I can remember (long before this global "COVID" crime) that there is no such thing as "public health" -- only individual health. Your assessment of what "public health" actually means is spot on.
Just here to say that as I am slogging through the CDC list I am developing a very strong distaste for all things "Medical Officer," "Epidemic Intelligence Service, "Preventive Medicine Officer," and everything else that smacks of "public health" or "preventive health" or such. It sounds like so much blather for "we want to control your lives, but it's all for your own well being."
(I'm looking up the brief bios/CVs for each person, and my emails to pediatricians are slightly different than ones to adult drs. And the numbers of them who are one of the above is just making me want to throw up.)
I'm with you, Copernicus. I've said for as long as I can remember (long before this global "COVID" crime) that there is no such thing as "public health" -- only individual health. Your assessment of what "public health" actually means is spot on.