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Even the most obvious of these lifestyle changes—greater expenditure on traditional medical care, avoidance of socially vital but risky professions—could severely destabilise the global economy; those better versed in economics and sociology than I would doubtless be even more pessimistic about our ability to negotiate this period smoothly.
You mention her "optimism"; I would prefer the word "cheer," for I think Powell was deeply pessimistic in many ways--in the grand old Stoical manner--and that it was this pessimism that permitted her to throw herself into life and living with such abandon.
In scenarios that include prevention efforts, prevalence declines by 41% in the prevention-centered scenario, by 53% in the optimistic combined response, and by 6% in the pessimistic combined response by 2020.
Not to be pessimistic, but Prudie envisions another letter from you down the line.
We examined two scenarios combining treatment and prevention efforts, reflecting either optimistic or pessimistic possibilities.