We not only moronic but ungrateful species who don't even know the names of hero's leave alone know their work. Btw., how many head of the name Norman Borlaug? The only human who saved billion lives.
I bet most know the freaking names such as Aristotle to Columbus.
One of the most important scientists you’ve never heard of is Dr. Karel Styblo.
Styblo had a profound grasp of tuberculosis, in part because he survived it. He contracted tuberculosis while imprisoned at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria in 1944. After the war and over the next 40 years, as a doctor and epidemiologist, Styblo studied tuberculosis and learned to orchestrate all three parts of what I call the formula: See invisible threats, believe change is possible, and create systematic solutions.
I previously wrote about the single question he asked me that changed my life. I had handed him a detailed report about tuberculosis in New York City, and when he asked me how many patients we had cured, I didn’t know the answer. The report detailed all who were diagnosed and treated, but not who had actually been cured. I was terribly ashamed. That simple question — Of the 3,811 patients with tuberculosis diagnosed in New York City last year, how many did you cure? — changed how I’ve thought and worked ever since. Styblo’s laser-like focus on outcomes underpins much of his systems and work.
Styblo’s genius is both scientific and practical. He studied tuberculosis and learned to orchestrate all three parts of the formula. He saw invisible trends. He established the concept of a technical package based on scientific and practical rigor. After a decade in Tanzania, he developed a powerful information system capable of transforming health care. He understood how tuberculosis spreads among people — and, even more importantly, how to scale a control program to reach an entire country.
Styblo’s tuberculosis control system has improved diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of more than a 100 million patients.
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