Are we sick because we are poor? Or are we poor because we are sick?

hello there former classmate! it's so nice to see you active here in mylot. are you enjoying it here so far? hmmm, anyway, i remember this question raised in our classroom. this is a very difficult question. it's very similar to the question of which came first between an egg and a chicken. :-) well, since you're asking for an opinion i would say the former statement holds more water than the latter. it's just like a cause and effect thing. the main cause or reason why many of the citizens in our country are ill is because they cannot afford proper health care. they do not have the means to be healthy. as what we have learned from our lessons, being sick has multifactoral causes. it could be environmental, lack of economic resources, etc. i think if our people only had the means to be healthy, they would actually have it. but because of the lack of resources and government supplies, most of the people are sick. if you look at the world today it's not hard to see that the poorer the country gets, the sicker their people are. look at africa... they have the poorest of the poor there. some of them cannot even afford to eat for days. and what have we heard about africa's morbidity? it's all over the news that it has the leading number in AIDS, malnutrition, and other illnesses. in conclusion, i should say that the filipino are sick because we are poor. hope this helps... happy mylotting!

Hello there! I find your discussion really interesting and I am happy to respond to it. I believe we are sick because we are poor because if we have money we can prevent ourselves to become sick every now and then as we would be able to take better care of ourselves so now atleast we would get ill less often than the person who is poor and cannot afford good living to avoid illness. I remember I had fallen ill and my boss told me that I have no right to get ill. So illness is not a pre planned thing, but it happens so everyone can fall ill and the one who is poor can fall ill very often than the one who can afford the expenses of getting ill.

hi new mylot friend i am happy to get such a serious topic from a new friend, very good morning to you . its totally depend upon our earnings and earning relates to richness and poorness so i will say that ""WE ARE SICK BECAUSE WE ARE POOR"".what is your view..