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Were you unable to access the text of the article because of some paywall or barrier? Or are you reacting to the title alone? The authors state very clearly th
by inglor_cz 2y ago
Were you unable to access the text of the article because of some paywall or barrier? Or are you reacting to the title alone?
The authors state very clearly that many of the victims lead a healthy life with enough movement and good food.
Why would be a 2x - 3x increase of cancers in young people unbelievable? The baseline was very low, so a two- or three-fold increase still amounts to a relatively small amount of extra cancer cases that you don't have to notice in your personal acquaintance bubble. The vast majority of cancer still happens in the elderly.
- andy_ppp 2y agoNo they don’t say that, they are saying lifestyle factors do not account for all of the increase. What proportion of healthy people are getting ill the article isn’t clear if it is 5%, 20% or 50% it just says “many”… If plane flights started having 2-3x more chance of fatal accidents I’m unconvinced you would be saying this isn’t a very bad situation…
- inglor_cz 2y agoI am not saying that the situation is "not bad". That was not my intent at all. I am saying that random people might not have noticed the trend among their acquaintance circle, because the commenter before me expressed their disbelief in the whole situation.
- ziggyzecat 2y agoi was indeed reacting to the title alone. shouldn't have done that. your way of questioning my fallacy (jumping to conclusions doesn't really nail it, so i'm gonna go with 'being an idiot' is quite on point) made me smile and is inspiring, thank you.