This is an *excellent* column from the Washington Post about chronic illness, how we measure it, and where it originates.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/19/chronic-diseases-health-policy/
“Blame is cheap. System change costs money and effort.”
Here is a gift link to the article.
Disease is not caused by immorality. Thinking that way is tempting, because of the Just World Fallacy and Fundamental Attribution Error; but it’s not a sound way to go about interacting with the world.
