The term “prevention” has been employed in literature with remarkable versatility, spanning practical, philosophical, and social contexts. In some works it appears in straightforward applications—for instance, in agricultural and public health settings where it is used to forestall disease, such as the prevention of leaf disease in coffee [1] or colds [2], and even in pharmacological discourses where prevention is deemed preferable to cure [3, 4, 5]. Philosophers like Plato extend the concept into the realm of life’s broader challenges, suggesting that all of life might be devoted to prevention or cure [6, 7, 8, 9]. Furthermore, prevention is invoked in sociopolitical and legal contexts: it is a principle underlying public policy, as seen in statutes aimed at preventing cruelty [10, 11, 12, 13], and it even appears in ironic or critical commentary on governmental action [14, 15]. Finally, the adage “prevention is better than cure” has become a cultural touchstone, reflecting the enduring appeal of early intervention across a wide array of literary genres [16, 17].