Excellent excellent excellent point (and one that government too often ignores). Thank you for writing and sending that letter

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>>> Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> 2009-05-06 10:01 AM >>>
Dear Editor:

It is always a pleasure to be reacquainted through Globe and Mail columns 
with fellow public health researchers such as Dr. Vivek Goel (The 
invisible helping hand of public health, May 6).  Whenever a threat of a 
viral pandemic arises, we can always rest assured that we will hear from 
Dr. Goel (who also happens to be the President and CEO of Ontario's Public 
Health Agency) and other esteemed leaders.   Yet, I wonder why we do not 
hear from these authorities when a) the World Health Organization reports 
that adverse living conditions are the primary killers of citizens in 
advanced nations, and b) the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development reports that over the past decade Canada experienced one of 
the greatest increases in poverty and income inequality among wealthy 
developed nations? On any given day, more Canadians succumb to conditions 
associated with poverty and inequality than the number of Candians dying 
from a year of global pandemics.  Why the deafening silence about THESE 
public health issues from these leaders?

Dennis Raphael, PhD
Professor of Health Policy and Management
York University
4700 Keele Street
Room 418, HNES Building
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
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