How to Save Lives Without Being Hated
How to Save Lives Without Being Hated "Protecting Health, Saving Lives Millions at a Time” This powerful motto encapsulates the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School’ s commitment to large-scale, impactful public health initiatives that have truly lived up to the hype. The current White House attempt to terminate $billions in domestic and global public health funding is a hurtful jolt to a workforce that has sacrificed so much to make healthy places everywhere. Being misunderstood, ignored, and neglected is the eternal plight of public health. Hopkins’ well-intended motto was designed to express core values and appeal broadly. It offers an accurate description of 20th century public health—an era of big successful campaigns against childhood infections, tobacco, and HIV. But, in a polarized world the message lands with a thud of perceived condescension. Public health leaders attract visceral scorn; just ask Dr. Fauci. But maybe it’s time to reflect on how it got this bad and think ...