I so love it when New Yorker cartoonists are able to provide me with a beautifully succinct explanation for something that seems to confuse people.

Sure, we can talk about prevention and what we can do to reduce risk. But sometimes, there are things way out of our control. Being able to explain that particular side of the diabetes coin may just go some way to reducing a little of the blame and shame that gets thrown in our direction…

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