People don't die of old age, they die of diseases that accompany old age, and they are preventable.
I strongly believe that each preventable death is one death too many.
Most disease is lifestyle related and preventable
The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.
Yeah, there were (defensive) breakdowns but there were also variables into having those breakdowns. I think a lot of the mistakes that we made are definitely preventable, but they're a lapse of mental awareness and that happens with fatigue. I'm not trying to make excuses. This is just the reality of the situation.
People seem to have acquired the idea that they have the inalienable right to stroll through life without either having sweated, picked up anything heavy, worked hard, or eaten less than they wanted at every meal. This approach is, of course, wrong. And it has resulted in a lot of expensive, unattractive, and entirely preventable problems amongst people who seem puzzled about why things aren't going well.
If you do nothing, if a mother doesn't come for care, if she breastfeeds her baby, the chances of the baby getting HIV are about 40%. So it's about the difference between 40% and zero. This is almost totally preventable. But it requires mothers coming for care and getting the medicines they need, and getting the education and support they need.
Apparently we've got open borders. We've got people in this country all over the place that could be part of cells. After 911 happened, you have to understand, leadership and law enforcement after 911, they really got reamed for doing a horrible job of preventing it when in many people's minds it was preventable.
Strokes are preventable and treatable. Prompt treatment of patients experiencing stroke saves lives and reduces disability.
Cigarette smoking is clearly identified as the chief, preventable cause of death in our society.
All the things I resent most about out-of-control government and the politicians who support it, grow it, or simply fail to deal with it, what angers me above all else is the knowledge that all of this waste and ruin is entirely preventable.
The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
