40 years ago today Terry Fox, a 21 year old Canadian who lost a leg to cancer, began an east to west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. He ran the equivalent of a full marathon every day and made it to 145 days and 5,373km before he was forced to stop and he lost his battle with cancer.
I do wonder if once we solve cancer, another deadly disease that we haven’t solved yet will just take it’s place.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t try, it’s just a cruel problem.
I mean, all the other major killers are more-or-less preventable before your body reaches it’s general decline into dysfunction from old age.
Heart disease and cancer alone kill more than like everything else combine, the former being largely preventable with proper lifestyle and diet.