Rudolf Virchow, the great 19th-century German pathologist, anthropologist and politician,made the same point: “Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing but medicine on a large scale”. *Politicians, please take note. * Brendan Kelly Professor of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland https://www.ft.com/content/9c1d6bce-8adb-11ea-9dcb-fe6871f4145a *Mohammad Zakaria Pezeshki, M.D.,M.P.H.Associate ProfessorDepartment of Community and Family Medicine,Tabriz Medical School, Golgasht Avenue, Tabriz, Iran,Tel: ++ 98 413 336 46 73Fax: ++ 98 413 336 46 68* To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1