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Re:After two hours zinc oxide sunscreen loses effectiveness,... by brianwawok on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:34AM (#28864837)
Ancient Rome gives you something like a life expectancy of 50 years if you survived being a baby.

But I also think ancient Romans would not lay in a tanning booth, or be indoors for 10 months and then take a 7 day trip to Mexico and burn to a crisp on the beach.

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Re:After two hours zinc oxide sunscreen loses effectiveness,... by throw_away on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:44AM (#28864958)
Today, the average age of Melanoma diagnosis is 63, so they very well may have still died by large before typical onset.

https://www.curemelanoma.org/about-melanoma/melanoma-statist...

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Re:After two hours zinc oxide sunscreen loses effectiveness,... by cortesoft on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:43AM (#28864950)
Also, 50 is pretty young. Skin cancer would probably not get most people before they were 50, even with a lot of sun exposure. I bet some did die of skin cancer younger than 50, too.
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Re:After two hours zinc oxide sunscreen loses effectiveness,... by kordlessagain on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:50AM (#28865039)
MRNA treatments should be able to handle this soonish.
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Re:After two hours zinc oxide sunscreen loses effectiveness,... by cortesoft on Thursday October 14, 2021 @11:11AM (#28865382)
This doesn't seem connected to the question of how people historically have avoided dying of skin cancer?
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