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Can Neglecting Personal Health Issues Negatively Impact Society?

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Personal health issues which, when allowed to go unchecked and multiplied by millions of suffers, have the potential to influence society for the worse. Unfortunately, many people don’t monitor their health and indulge in self-destructive behaviors. Sometimes they are indifferent to how their behavior affects others and sometimes they are preoccupied with other things. At times, this self-neglect only affects them; at times, it just affects their family; and at times, it affects strangers. Often this self-neglect is almost unconscious. For instance, a mother who smokes while pushing a pram and taking the dog for a walk is not only…