All 5 of the top 5 biggest killers in America are preventable diseases (non-infectious).
On the one hand, this is great that we aren't getting knocked out by a bug. On the other hand, why isn't there a larger emphasis on educating the population from a young age (elem. school onwards)? How good lifestyle choices lead to a life of improved health, greater productivity, less susceptibility to disease, happier families etc.. We need to continue to attach disease from BOTH sides, not just after it has appeared, but to PREVENT it from arising in the first place.
The analogy that that I always tell people to explain preventive medicine is this:
Disease is like a leak in the ceiling. What do we do to take care of it? In the west, we have invented all shapes, colors, and sizes of buckets to place on the floor. Sometimes multiple buckets, buckets with sponges in them to 'deafen' the leak and so on. But how many people are taking the time to get a ladder and patch up the root of disease? This is what preventive medicine does. We need to train a proportional number of specialists to deal with BOTh sides of disease.. not 50/50, but an ample amount nonetheless.
*steps out of interview mode* 😉