re: Cancer sucks...

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And slash NASA's budget until cancer is cured

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How about we cut entitlements from those who abuse the system first.

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I'm amazed we can put a man on the moon but we can't cure cancer.

In the same way JFK said, "We're going to the moon", I wish a political candidate would say, "We're curing cancer!".

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I'm amazed some folks still think it's as simple as this.

There is no one single isolated "Cancer." There are many types. "Cancer " is a generic term for cellular reproduction mechanisms gone wrong, and there are thousands upon thousands of ways for this to happen.

Think about it this way: there are about as many different ways that cancer can kill as there are for a human to kill you.

You can be shot with a 45, a 22, an AR-15, and Ak47, and the list goes on. You can be stabbed with a butcher knife, a steak knife, a Bowie knife, etc. you can be hit in the head with a hammer, a baseball bat, a pipe, etc etc etc. you can get run over by a bus, a truck, a train, a cab, etc etc etc.

That's how cancer is on a cellular level. It's not just one mechanism that you can fix.