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Cancer of all forms kills 5x more people per year in the US, so could you provide a more clear definition of what you mean by worse? https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/f

by dgacmu 2y ago

Cancer of all forms kills 5x more people per year in the US, so could you provide a more clear definition of what you mean by worse? https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm Cancer is terrible, Alzheimer's is terrible (and I'm glad I don't have to be the one making the funding allocation)

rowanG077 2y ago
Cancer is worse by deathrate. I would say alzheimer is much worse in terms of human suffering. Cancer doesn't slowly hollow your soul out but Alzheimer does. That to me makes Alzheimer much worse.
- glimshe 2y ago
  Many cancers are extremely painful and life altering, like many types of throat and mouth cancers. We should just agree that both diseases are extremely harmful and thus both should be well funded.
  - rowanG077 2y ago
    Of course. I'm definitely not saying to defund cancer research.