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by AA-BA-94-2A-56 824 days ago
I think a SAD puts upward pressure on this number, and modern healthcare puts downward pressure on it.
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Agreed! SAD = Standard American Diet for who doesn't know
A truer acronym has never been coined.
Dow the rabbit hole I go, is it pronounced as S.A.D or “sad”. If it’s each letter (like CIA or FBI) it’s an initialism not an acronym; the latter should be pronounced as a word.

Which befuddles my industry joke of TLA (three letter acronyms) since it is pronounced as T.L.A. Not “tella”

I spend 0 time worrying about stuff like this.
Modern healthcare is somewhat effective at detecting and treating cancer but does very little for prevention. The only really effective preventative intervention seems to be removing polyps during a colonoscopy before they have a chance to turn cancerous.
Vaccines to prevent cervical cancer?
Yes, good point. That one seems to be having a significant effect in the last few years.

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Also hepatitis B vaccinations and screening for early enough detection to treat surgically.