The above is a photo of a backyard tree trunk. The tree is just a few years old, so the trunk is only about 4 inches in diameter. From a distance, the tree is healthy. It puts out plenty of leaves and flowers every fall. But man, what blemishes in that shot. Fungi, lichen, and toward the bottom there, is that a row of woodpecker divots (sapsucker)? To say nothing of bacteria and insects. Above the surface. Who knows what’s going on below!
Health, like many words, is a sloppy category. When do we put something in the “healthy” box, when in the “not-healthy” box?
Words and concepts aren’t perfect. Some, in fact, are rotten and infested with bugs.
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