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Re:How often do full-body MRIs find cancer? by gjulianm on Sunday February 15, 2026 @01:53PM (#47026301)
> What this fails entirely to capture is that doing something to increase your odds of survival, damn the consequences, is an individual choice.

What you're failing to capture is that this is a hard problem because it's both an individual choice and a collective one as well. Those "terrible side effects" might actually end up killing someone. You're choosing between a high-chance lottery on a small population or a low chance lottery on a far larger one. It's not that simple.

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Re:How often do full-body MRIs find cancer? by masterlee_fn on Sunday February 15, 2026 @02:21PM (#47026562)
Every choice carries a ripple. Survival isn’t just personal, it’s strategic. Operatives plan knowing their move can save or cost more than just themselves.
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