Comment by phoneafriend
2 hours ago
Stick to the science folks. Let the MDs do what they do.
Stats and population level studies are hard work. You need to vote somebody in who will support this, or live with the consequences.
2 hours ago
Stick to the science folks. Let the MDs do what they do.
Stats and population level studies are hard work. You need to vote somebody in who will support this, or live with the consequences.
And... sometimes stats and population level studies take a very long time or (more often) are never done at all and so if we only rely on this to tell us what to do, we'll miss a lot.
There are common sense ways to reduce cancer risk that have been obvious to and practiced by many people for a long time, before the studies showed that they were right. For example, all of the many new synthetic materials and chemicals that have been found to be carcinogens. I just assume any novel chemistry exposure is a risk, to eat it, drink it, touch it, breathe it. I can't and don't avoid all of it, but I can avoid a lot of it in terms of dose, compared to people who don't think about this at all.