MEANING IT IS BETTER TO TRY TO KEEP A BAD THING

FROM HAPPENING THAN IT IS TO FIX THE BAD THING ONCE IT HAS HAPPENED.

OPTIONAN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN A POUND OF CURE. IF WE SPEND MORE MONEY ON EDUCATION, SO THAT CHILDREN LEARN TO

BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, WE WON'T HAVE TO SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON PRISONS.

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN A CURE BECAUSE IT LITERALLY PREVENTS THE DISCOMFORT AND COSTS OF BECOMING SICK OR EXPERIENCING A

SIMILAR PREVENTABLE EVENT.

USING COMMON PREVENTION STRATEGIES SUCH AS REGULAR HANDWASHING HELPS PREVENT ILLNESSES LIKE COLDS AND FLU

FROM SPREADING.

TAKING THE TIME TO PREPARE AND STORE FOOD SAFELY PREVENTS FOOD POISONING. IN BOTH CASES, IT IS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND

COST-EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT THE ILLNESS THAN TO CURE IT.

HOWEVER, THE IDEA THAT PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN A CURE REFERS TO MORE THAN

JUST ILLNESS.

THE NOW COMMON EXPRESSION "AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE" ORIGINALLY CAME FROM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, WHO COINED THE PHRASE WHEN HE WROTE A SHORT ESSAY ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT HOUSE

FIRES. AS HE NOTED, IT WAS MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE TO PRACTICE FIRE SAFETY THAN IT WAS TO REBUILD A HOUSE THAT BURNED TO

THE GROUND.

TAKING THE TIME TO PREVENT AN INOPPORTUNE SCENARIO FROM HAPPENING,

WHETHER IT IS GETTING SICK, CAUSING A HOUSE FIRE OR EXPERIENCING A CARELESS

ACCIDENT, IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN DEALING WITH THE SCENARIO AFTER IT OCCURS.