If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker wishes health were contagious like disease to make public wellness easier.
- In plain terms
- I wish health spread like sickness.
- What can you take from it?
- Wish for easy public wellness.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can health be made contagious?
- What would ideal public health look like?
Another view
Health is complex and not easily transmitted like a virus.
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