A SU2C Message from Lewis Black

Its Lewis Black's turn to rant about cancer.

Join the fight to stop ranting and start standing at http://www.standup2cancer.org/

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[jon549260]

Ladies and gentlemen Lewis Black should be our next president of the United States of America! Even if he is not running, vote for him anyway!!

[QueenSnarfs]

@Derka33 Dont feed the trolls. Just block them.

[angrywhenroused]

I like Blacks rants but this is unfair, there has been great strides in cancer treatment over the last 50 years. Cancers which were a death sentence 20 years ago are treatable these days. The problem is its not cancer its cancers with many causes and many treatments.

[ReviewCam]

@jon549260 write in vote for lewis black!

[PluralOfEverything]

He makes a good point.

[Riggro]

The real deal here is that there are a lot of scientists already trying to find cure for cancer deceases (there are many and they are very different).

The technology that now makes the iphone, (electricity, semiconductors, radio waves, etc) was started in the late 1800s.

We just decoded the human DNA not even 10 years ago!

To be able to fight cancer, we needed this crucial step! Now the heavy work begins... to slowly and painstakingly scan the GIGANTIC molecule 1 bit at a time. it'll be years.

[qawamity]

I like Lewis Black and all, but is this him ranting about cancer or doing an ad for the iPhone?

[zuzupetals1999]

@7373walker You're looking at it from the wrong side of the fence. Drug companies have huge wallets and influence. If you cure cancer, eventually you won't be selling anything except a cure. WIthout a cure, more people every year are diagnosed, which equals more treatments to sell. Treatment increases business while a cure slowly eliminates it. If you just receive a shot, like the flu for example, how much money can be made? One shot per person? Treatment is a very lucrative business.

[7373walker]

@zuzupetals1999 Yeah sure, treatments would become irrelevant and drug companies would lose money. But you implied that 'medical people' weren't looking for a cure for cancer, which they are. People dedicate their lives to it and lots of money is spent on research, not made. But think about the economic benefits of not having cancer. People would live and work longer, the health system would be less strained. Sure there'd be problems.What's so bad about giving treatment while there isn't a cure?

[zuzupetals1999]

@7373walker Think about it. I defer to my statement about Jonas Salk. What if they found a cure for cancer tomorrow? No more treatments, just take some pills and it's gone. How many millions of people would be effected monetarily? How many thousands of people would be out of work? How many hospitals have entire floors dedicated to cancer patients? If cancer disappeared tomorrow it would directly effect the economy of the country. The money isn't made in research, it's everything else.

[7373walker]

@zuzupetals1999 Still there's Big Pharmaceutical to worry about, and nobody's denying they're making a killing off of cancer treatment. That's because basically everybody gets cancer. And by the way, here in Australia around 60% of cancer research is devoted to studying how it works and its causes, compared with about 20% on treatment methods. Around 2/3 is sponsored by the Government, not by private companies looking to make money. So where'd this minority idea come from?

[7373walker]

@zuzupetals1999 Still there's Big Pharmaceutical to worry about, and nobody's denying they're making a killing off of cancer treatment. That's because basically everybody gets cancer. And by the way, here in Australia around 60% of cancer research is devoted to studying how it works and its causes, compared with about 20% on treatment methods. Around 2/3 is sponsored by the Government, not by private companies looking to make money. So where'd this minority idea come from?