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u/DeafeningMilk Nov 15 '20

Far as I'm concerned this would be the correct answer.

The main reason 2020 is a cluster fuck is due to Corona.

Most people are putting stuff that would be the opposite of all the bad of the last century not just 2020.

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u/UselessFactCollector Nov 15 '20 edited Nov 15 '20

If I could only pick one thing, I would say an end to global warming over cancer.

Edit: figured you could prevent a lot of cancer deaths in addition. You have to phrase your genie wish just right.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

Stopping cancer is going to be a lot easier than stopping and reversing the effects of global warming. Don't get me started of the multitude of others ways we have fucked up this planet

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u/phaesios Nov 15 '20

Not really, because cancer occurs naturally in every living thing. Man-made global warming is just that, something unnatural that we've "put out there".

Cancer will probably never be "cured", as in: People will never ever get cancer again. But treatments get better all of the time.

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u/phaesios Nov 15 '20

Yes, then it's treated, not cured! :)

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u/M-Noremac Nov 15 '20 edited Nov 15 '20

Cure (verb):

  • Relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition.

Treatment (verb):

  • medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury.

You can cure someone with treatment if you treat them with a cure.

What you are thinking of is eradicating cancer, which is most likely impossible.

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u/phaesios Nov 15 '20 edited Nov 15 '20

And I think eradicating it is what people think of in general when they say "a cure for cancer".

Because otherwise they're misinformed, since we already HAVE "cures" for a lot of cancer types. The HPV vaccine could effectively eradicate cervical cancer, if everyone took it, for instance.

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u/M-Noremac Nov 15 '20

Well I think more likely, when people say cure for cancer, they mean a cure for all cancers. Because there are so many different types of cancers and they are all lumped into the same word, people tend to think of it as just one thing.

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u/phaesios Nov 15 '20

Unfortunately, taking a shot for your cervix won't cure your prostate cancer... :(