When did health promotion become political?
By Mike Sawyer
Dear editor:
While waiting for the Doobie Brothers with Michael McDonald to appear on Denver’s Ball Arena stage, my chat with an adjacent maskless neighbor got me his assessment that due to me wearing a mask he thought I was a liberal. That comment carried me back to 1998 when the late Rush Limbaugh described me on his National Radio Commentary as “A holier than thou liberal,” for me creating the Kentucky youth baseball league named Smoking Kills.
Why is health promotion and prevention political? McDonald’s iconic “What a Fool Believes” took on a different meaning. Awesome concert!
Mike Sawyer
Denver
Mike Sawyer is a substitute teacher at a metro-Denver “high needs” middle school.
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