如果在某种程度上,疾病都是政治和科学选择的结果,那么我们为什么不能做出更好的选择呢?1800年,阿龙·伯尔(Aaron Burr)说服纽约议会通过一项法案,由他的曼哈顿公司向纽约市提供清洁的饮用水,获得了数百万美元资金资助。不过,伯尔等人并没有把数百万美元都投入供水系统的建设。他们从运河街(Canal Street)南侧肮脏的池塘里取水来节省经费,并用节省下来的钱建立了一所银行, If, to some extent, the disease is the result of political and scientific choices, why can not we make a better choice? In 1800, Aaron Burr persuaded the New York Parliament to pass a bill by His Manhattan company supplies clean water to New York City, receiving millions of dollars in funding. However, Burr et al. Did not invest millions of dollars in water supply systems. They saved money by taking water from the dirty pond on the south side of Canal Street and set up a bank with saved money,