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AngryAmish

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15. Everyone gets cancer, including rich people.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Mar 10, 2017, 08:31 AM

Mar 2017

Politics drives research.

There is currently a huge uptick to mouth and neck cancers as well as rectal cancers. I blame HPV off the top of my head but I am no doctor.

Young and the relatively young get it. There will be a huge uptick in publicity and funding for these cancers in the next five years. There will be indignant marches, accusations of hate against politicians, etc. Get old enough you see everything a few times.

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If the US cannot afford expensive healthcare, why is there so much [View all] applegrove Mar 2017 OP

Cancer is expensive to treat. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #1

But they could make money off of it if the poor could get cancer care too. applegrove Mar 2017 #2

True, but that money would have to come from the government. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #3

Right you are. But why then should cancer science and discoveries be subsidized for applegrove Mar 2017 #4

Because the rich deserve it, of course. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #5

Try the question on a Trumpster. I've tried it on a few Trump supporters applegrove Mar 2017 #6

I don't know any Trumpsters, but I suspect the answer The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #7

I don't know any either. applegrove Mar 2017 #8

iphones AND refrigerators? guillaumeb Mar 2017 #10

When they're not driving their expensive cars Bettie Mar 2017 #20

It turns out that you do not need money to vaccinate cancer, just smart people HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #9

CimaVax only treats small-cell lung cancer, but that's something. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #13

That is why we need to be able to order the original from Cuba for cheap HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #14

But the US can afford it. Problem is the US doesn't. mwooldri Mar 2017 #11

Yes I know. I am in canada. I was really asking the question to the GOP applegrove Mar 2017 #12

Everyone gets cancer, including rich people. AngryAmish Mar 2017 #15

I would not want to see any cuts to cancer treatment or research. I worked applegrove Mar 2017 #18

Cancer treatment is getting better. AngryAmish Mar 2017 #21

Oh yes. People are surviving at great rates. My point was only that cancer research benefits the ric applegrove Mar 2017 #22

The poor gets cancer too. fescuerescue Mar 2017 #16

Yes. I want to see research. I was just challenging GOPERS. applegrove Mar 2017 #17

As long as some can afford it, there's money to be made. MineralMan Mar 2017 #19

I did not know that. But the research is still partly socialized on those applegrove Mar 2017 #23

Something of a false equivalence metalbot Mar 2017 #24

Thanks. applegrove Mar 2017 #25

Eliminate tobacco, and you eliminate a lot of cancer HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #26