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Yes, I tend to think of an increase of death by heart disease, cancer and neurodegenerescence to be good news overall. These diseases are essentially dying of
by GuB-42 6y ago
Yes, I tend to think of an increase of death by heart disease, cancer and neurodegenerescence to be good news overall.
These diseases are essentially dying of old age. Better treatment for heart disease will mechanically increase cancer deaths and/or Alzheimer.
- kmonsen 6y agoYeah, you have to die of something and as you get old one of those will hit quite likely.
- Nasrudith 6y agoReminds me of the actuarial sims which excluded all deaths from disease, old age, and traffic accidents. Stairs were one of the top killers but population tapered off even as "cannot die of disease or old age" immortals although some outliers could make it a bit past a millennia.