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by gitgacutils
2942 days ago
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> Colon and rectal cancers have increased 51% among adults under age 50 since 1994, the cancer society said. Percentages can be deceiving. 51% off what base? Was it 100 people in 1994 and now it is 151? > Preventative medicine is cheap. Sure, if the odds of you getting it is high enough. If the odds of getting it is low, does it make sense for tens of millions of adults to get invasive and potentially dangerous check ups? Not everything is a conspiracy, but we do know that "institutions" love to fear monger to get more money, funding and exposure. > If you want your conspiracy to hold some weight, they would be pushing the age in the other direction. Not necessarily. Collecting $200 from 10 million people each for an annual checkup vs the cost of a few thousands with colon cancer. There is a reason why businesses ( like nflx and amzn ) love the subscription model. |
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Maybe I'm just too close to the source (my father is an oncologist), but I thought it was well known that colon cancer is one of the most prevalent. It ranks 4th behind breast, lung, and prostate, of which only lung is deadlier. There are 140k cases per year and 50k deaths.
> we do know that "institutions" love to fear monger
I don't know what institutions you're referring to, but I don't think cancer needs any boost from fear mongering, it's already a serious-enough disease.