RE: How Steemit can save millions of lives?
You say: "There are going to be some people in that 50 million that will refuse chemo because of that video they once saw saying Doctors just want to be rich. Those people may die."
Wrong! In many cases of cancer chemo is not a cure, it's just a life-prolonging treatment. I've checked out all the treatments my sister was offered when she was dying of lung cancer. It never said - this new expensive drug will cure you, it'll just give you a little more time! I'm not a doctor, but most people with cancer just die, with or without chemo or radiation. You don't need to check on Snoopes for that. My sister shared your beliefs, took all the treatments available and then she died.
I do admire you for your dream of saving lives, but chemo works only in a small number of cases. You do realize that at this very moment all over the world there are millions of people undergoing chemo. Well, a year from now most of them will be dead.
Snopes acknowledges that in many cases chemo has dangerous side effects and is not always effective, and some doctors - being human - have some bias and misdiagnose. But it would be dangerous to ignore the very real benefits of chemo, either way.
Well ok if not snopes, cancer.gove says
Correct me if I'm wrong but that's only 35%, a little over 1/3. 'most' implies a majority. So yes, we DO need to check these things.
I understand the pain of losing one to a disease but the best thing to do is stay rational for the sake of others, and prevent them in the best way from falling into the same fate.
And besides, chemo was simply one example of many thousands. Even if it's wrong - which it isn't - it would be hard to deny the problems I discuss
Are you seriously trying to say that 2/3 of cancer patients get cured? We must be living on different planets!
I'm not saying it. Science is. And that was statistics for the US. Show me evidence that it isn't true and we can move the discussion on, rather than just saying 'nope!'