In 1971 President Nixon and Congress declared war on cancer. So what's happened in the 40 years since? After weeding out the hype and filling in the actual statistics, it turns out, not much.
One would think that applying all that modern science has to offer over the last 40 years would have brought us far closer to eradicating cancer. Just compare it to other technology areas. Our cell phones now are more powerful computers than the largest supercomputers of the time.
But instead, cancer rates have increased during that span of time, and now surpass heart disease as the number one killer of Americans between the ages of 45 to 74. The odds are now very high that you or someone you know has cancer, is dying or has already died from it.
TVNL Comment: Applied health science and services simply do not work under capitalism or a system where money or wealth is the only incentive to conduct business. How do you expect doctors, or other medical professionals, to work towards eliminating your need to acquire their business and services? It simply can not work. It is a stupid system.
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