If we had a communicable illness in some fashion we would have lived the remainders of our lives in Colonies, never to see or hear from our loved ones. Over the last hundred years thankfully medical research has made many gains to improve the lives of the disabled or those with chronic medical conditions. Vaccines to prevent serious medical concerns have been developed. Antibiotics, cures and medical research gains have been developed to stop serious repercussions from common medical ailments. We do live in a magical age, however, it s important to realize that some day in the future, some person might look upon this age in the same fashion as we look upon the Neanderthal man.
Many disabilities have no cure yet.
Many chronic medical conditions have no identifiable cause as yet discovered. Without these answers our medical circumstances will not improve. It would be nice if suddenly a Tricorder from the Star Ship Enterprise suddenly appeared with a link to their onboard computer, but since that s unlikely to happen it s important that the medical profession continues the struggle to make the necessary gains that we can all benefit from. We may not all be Stephen Hawkings but we still have something valuable to contribute to everyone s lives. At the very least , compassion.