suffering (noun)
9.23.20
“People in public health by and large are people who just see suffering and want there to be less of it. That’s what drives you into public health. I mean, God knows you don’t do it for the money,” the first CDC employee said. But, the employee added: “The overall tenor of things, the drumbeat is just too disheartening.”
—Reid Wilson, "Despair at CDC after Trump influence: 'I have never seen morale this low'," 23 Sep. 2020 {6:00 AM EDT}
“People in public health by and large are people who just see suffering and want there to be less of it. That’s what drives you into public health. I mean, God knows you don’t do it for the money,” the first CDC employee said. But, the employee added: “The overall tenor of things, the drumbeat is just too disheartening.”
—Reid Wilson, "Despair at CDC after Trump influence: 'I have never seen morale this low'," 23 Sep. 2020 {6:00 AM EDT}