easier to stop problems than correct them later
it is better, in the long run, to stop something bad or illness before it happens
avoid something rather than deal with the consequences
head off a disaster
It is good to keep vaccinations up to date as prevention is better than cure.
Wash your hands regularly while we are in the middle of this pandemic, we all know that prevention is better than cure.
I stayed away from my friend when he had a virus. I would rather prevent it than cure it. Better to be safe than sorry.
This incident made survived patients learn the biggest lesson of life that, “Prevention is better than cure.”
Medicines may help your heart to repair, but prevention is always better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure – a famous old proverb fits perfectly in this current situation of the pandemic.
Prevention is better than cure, particularly where there is no auspicious treatment.
There is no origin for this idiom
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