I had to listen to someone talking about the wonders of modern medicine

and when they were through I said something that made their brains dribble out their ears.

"Trash collection and modern plumbing have done far more for the eradication of disease than all of modern medicine combined.

Don't thank the doctor because you haven't contracted cholera or some other nasty disease. Thank your trash guys and your plumber."

While modern medicine can certainly cure any number of diseases, plumbing and trash collection prevent them ahead of time.

What is interesting to note is that both of these jobs are looked down on.

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