Re:42 percent of new cancer patients lose their life savings
by jopsen on Friday October 19, 2018 @03:49PM
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> a. Cancer for many is a terminal disease.
True, for about 50% of people it is terminal.
I doubt the overlap is perfect.
> c. No one mentions the non terminally ill 95% who presumably enjoy...
True, however, about 50% of people will get cancer at some point in their life.
So I guess for a lot of people it's more like you live well, until you get sick. And almost everybody gets serious illness at some point (such is life -- it ends).
True, for about 50% of people it is terminal. I doubt the overlap is perfect.
> c. No one mentions the non terminally ill 95% who presumably enjoy...
True, however, about 50% of people will get cancer at some point in their life.
So I guess for a lot of people it's more like you live well, until you get sick. And almost everybody gets serious illness at some point (such is life -- it ends).
But (b) is certainly a fair point.