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> You see, cancer was a tiny spot on radar just 50 years ago. Or 100 even more. So the question is - what happened? Have we somehow changed overnight as a spice
by sinxoveretothex 10y ago
> You see, cancer was a tiny spot on radar just 50 years ago. Or 100 even more. So the question is - what happened? Have we somehow changed overnight as a spices? No we haven't.
First, variety is the species of life.
Second, the reason cancer wasn't "on the radar" is because we didn't know much.
If you look into the history of cancer, it has existed forever. Wikipedia claims Hippocrate himself wrote about it! [1]
And as late as the 19th century, survival rate was around 10%.[2]
Your concerns have very little, if anything, to do with cancer. Monsanto didn't even exist in the 19th century.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer_awareness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer_awareness
- amyjess 10y ago> Second, the reason cancer wasn't "on the radar" is because we didn't know much. Plus, we often didn't live long enough for cancer to set in. It's hard to die of cancer if you drop dead of typhus or TB first. Cancer is the end stage of life; it's what kills you if nothing else does. We've finally reached the point where a very large percentage of the population is making it far enough to get there.