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by fatfingerd 1055 days ago
>> exposed to it over the course of a full lifetime would be expected to get cancer

> The average person might be expected to get 1.3 cancers

Same same, expect and guaranteed are only loosely the same in English. The weatherman expects rain.

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Your quote missed a few crucial words. The claim was that "every person exposed to it over the course of a full lifetime would be expected to get cancer".

Suppose you get a bunch of people to flip 3 coins. You'd expect the average person to get 1.5 heads, but it would be inaccurate to say "every person would be expected to get heads".

Every person can mean considering each individually. The bigger problem is screening every person for a cancer their doctor should expect.