Jairam Ganpat wrote this
As London expanded in the 19th century, London got very dirty very fast. Without a proper system of disposing waste, London was pushed into a time of disease and death at a time when no one could explain it.
However, just by observing the situation, it was strange that most scientist did not figure out that giving water to their patients would essentially cure them and leave them with just a bad case of diarrhea.
It’s to be noted that in much the same way that Cholera broke out mostly among the poor, HIV in a similar manner is breaking out among those with out proper resources today.
So I guess my question is if there is a precedent for disease targeting the poor and the less resourceful, why doesn’t the government act on that and work on providing resources for them. It would seem the economical thing to do since dealing with healthy citizens is a lot cheaper than dealing with the sick.
