Sociology, not microbiology: “Diseases of despair differ from diseases of poverty because poverty itself is not the central factor. Groups of impoverished people with a sense that their lives or their children's lives will improve are not affected as much by diseases of despair. Instead, this affects people who have little reason to believe that the future will be better.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_of_despair @oheso@ieji.de @carrideen@c18.masto.host @RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp