Monday, November 30, 2009

Public Servants

Professor Papa -- one man, so many facets. Teacher, economist, and shameless promoter:

Prof Papa: This book was written with your parents in mind, because it explains what public health is. You go home on break, your parents ask you what public health is, and even after a year, you still don't really know. Well, now I want you to say, "Here, read this book." It's only about $20 on Amazon.

And public health defender (summarizing his words):

Public health is a thankless field. No one who's ever rolled into a field after a car crash writes to thank you for removing the trees. Unlike medicine, there're no heroes. If you go to the medical school, or any of the hospitals here, every wing, every waiting room, every closet, is named after somebody. People are just throwing their money at these places. What about us? How many buildings do we have? Four. What are two of their names?

That's right. Building 1 and Building 2.

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