Prevention is Better than Cure Argumentative Essay

“Prevention is better than cure” is a controversial statement. Research and treatment of diseases is an expensive method, on the contrary I don’t agree that it is more beneficial to invest in preventive techniques. Nevertheless, I believe prevention is a vital step in healing process of diseases, apart from that the search for cure is crucial.

Prevention is an essential method in controlling spread of diseases, however, the mindset of society is essential in following preventive measure. For instance, when the coronavirus pandemic shook the world, people of the world took to the streets to protest the lockdown imposed and the guidelines to wearing masks, practicing social distancing which curbed their lifestyle. Consequently, preventative measures followed helped in flattening the death curve in many countries. One of the greatest prevention is vaccination which gives people a chance to fight the disease, but it is not a fix. Vaccinated people are prone to get infected as well.

When a cure is found, there is a definite answer in how to heal a particular disease and there is no question of if or will the disease stop affecting the population. Researching for a cure leads to not only finding the cure for one particular issue, while finding a recovery, researchers come across better understanding of the composition of the problem. They might even understand other issues similar to this disease better. Investing in cure, results in no future expense undertaken in preventing the same disease from occurring again.

In conclusion, changing the mindset of crowd to accept preventive measures imposed in addition to researching for the cure is crucial in eliminating the illness all together.