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Daniel Tarantola, MD

The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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If the Earth were flat and human logic followed a linear scale, one would expect the public health machinery to be promptly alerted to new threats; build evidence of these threats’ nature, magnitude, and causes; suggest remedies; and help frame effective public health responses, which, in turn, would be open to a democratic political debate responsive to the evidence set forth. Political fine tuning, along with leadership commitment, resource allocation, and when needed, appropriate legislation, would follow promptly, with public health practitioners already having moved on to embark on new tasks.

Instead, because the Earth is enjoyably round, and human . . . [Full Text]