"excellent chance that you or a loved one will die from a potentially curable disease (cancer, dementia) because the research and clinical trials that should be bringing us those drugs are all being murdered."
Okay, 50% of men will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives. That means if it's not me, it's you.
If we defund that research, that means a lot more people will die. We won't know how many, because we never invented the stuff that would have saved them.
you are assuming that all cancer research has been defunded altogether. And that if the government takes away some money, any ongoing research will come to a halt and we are doomed. And why are we so dependent on government dollars to begin with?
Also, maybe research dollars should emphasize prevention.
I'm not assuming that, I'm saying SOME of the research is being slashed. Because it is.
We don't need to completely burn it all down to make the situation worse. Well, the situation is worse so...
> Also, maybe research dollars should emphasize prevention.
If you don't know what you're talking about it's best to keep quite.
We already know how to prevent cancer. Don't smoke, don't drink, don't eat red meat, don't eat processed meats. That covers 99% of the top two categories of carcinogens. And then exercise or something.
The biggest hurdle to prevention isn't medicine, it's culture and anthropology.
you are assuming that all cancer research has been defunded altogether. And that if the government takes away some money, any ongoing research will come to a halt and we are doomed.
Also, maybe research dollars should emphasize prevention.
"excellent chance that you or a loved one will die from a potentially curable disease (cancer, dementia) because the research and clinical trials that should be bringing us those drugs are all being murdered."
Why is this an excellent chance?