Would a cure for cancer really be a good thing?

[King Shizzo]

I know its easy to say yes given the amount of people affected by this terrible disease, but would it ultimately doom humanity?

Diseases are nature's way of fighting overpopulation of species.

In 2012, there were an estimated 8.2 million deaths around the world from cancer.

Imagine how many extra people would be on the earth in a decade if a cure was found.


Its a difficult subject.

[_aj_]

Its a difficult subject.

It really isn't for a moral person.

[King Shizzo]

It really isn't for a moral person.

Of course not on an individual level. We would all want a family member or ourselves cured of cancer, but so would everyone else on the planet.

Would a cure for cancer be good for the human race in the long run?

[El Diablo Blanco]

Mother Nature won't be stopped.  If we cured cancer and stopped millions of deaths per year something else would kill off humans.  In the end there is a balance before the ant farm collapses on itself.  Just think about this.  The earth is a sphere and below the crust is oil, mines, gas etc... Once the earth is bled dry, what will fill those gaps? Eventually the surface will collapse inwards.

[BB]

Imagine how many extra people would be on the earth in a decade if a cure was found.


Its a difficult subject.

This truly is one of those questions that takes on different answers depending on whether it's happening to you and yours, or me and mine. 

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[King Shizzo]

Mother Nature won't be stopped.  If we cured cancer and stopped millions of deaths per year something else would kill off humans.  In the end there is a balance before the ant farm collapses on itself.  Just think about this.  The earth is a sphere and below the crust is oil, mines, gas etc... Once the earth is bled dry, what will fill those gaps? Eventually the surface will collapse inwards.

Didn't we already stop/slow countless deaths with the HIV/AIDS cocktails that are out there?

The more we advance in medicine, we better advance that much more in science and exploration. The earth can handle only so much.

[Kwon_2]

Bitcoins you say?

[_aj_]

Another dumbass thread that will get "10 pages, easy" with 5 of them coming from Shizzo. Then Shizzo will congratulate himself on being able to "bring the traffic" and once again crown himself king of Getbig or something equally retarded.

Boring, boring, boring.

[Kwon_2]

King of Getbig bringing some well-deserved traffic to Getbig yet again!

Much appreciated!

[King Shizzo]

Another dumbass thread that will get "10 pages, easy" with 5 of them coming from Shizzo. Then Shizzo will congratulate himself on being able to "bring the traffic" and once again crown himself king of Getbig or something equally retarded.

Boring, boring, boring.

Its called being active in the discussion. Why do you get angry about what I write?

Only a simpleton would find my threads boring.

[BigRo]

big pharma doesnt want there to be a cure for cancer.

[Pray_4_War]

It would be a good thing for people that have cancer and their families.

It would also be a good thing for the person that discovered it.

I'm going with yes.

[_aj_]

Why not? It's not like its eating into any of their existing market share or diverting revenue stream from anything else.

Now say they found a cure for people to be able to quit smoking or hard recreational drugs instantly.......whole different ball game then.

Joon, bringing the business savvy to Getbig...

[King Shizzo]

It would boost the worldwide economy on a scale never seen before with unprecedented demand for the drugs and save billions in health service costs.

Would create millions of jobs worldwide.

Can only be a good thing.

Giant pharmaceutical companies have probably already done matrix's on this shit.

 

Would it boost the economy, or actually hurt it? The healthcare industry would be massively affected.

You could argue that there would be loss of work, due to less demand in the healthcare field, and more people alive to compete for jobs.

As sick as it sounds, death is big business.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

For decades people thought that we didn't need our appendix. That it was basically worthless. Now they just found out that the appendix is a storage area for good bacteria...

[BigRo]

Why not? It's not like its eating into any of their existing market share or diverting revenue stream from anything else.

Now say they found a cure for people to be able to quit smoking or hard recreational drugs instantly.......whole different ball game then.

big money they make from the cancer drugs and treatments. Its a thriving business.

[King Shizzo]

There would also be a push for the cure to either be free, or made affordable for everyone.

There is no way that the healthcare industry would not sustain huge losses in income.

No more surgeries, chemo, medications, or patient care related to treating cancer.

That is billions of dollars.

[AlphaGyno]

Shizzo desperately looking for attention with this thread title. Hope you die in a fake car crash again soon 

[King Shizzo]

Everything is governed by the laws of supply and demand in economics.

Lets take a very simplistic viewpoint not even taking into account whole bunch of shit and do some basic maths.

a) Take the net number of total cancer suffers who would be saved worldwide each year, lets call this x.
b) Multiply that number by the sum total  of revenue created for them purchasing the drug each year (which would be huge, think how much HIV pills cost) call this y

c) Subtract above number by the number of cancer wards that would become obsolete (who are by in large subsidized by your tax dollars anyway) account for lost revue in jobs in relation to taxpayer money saved for funding such places and those jobs in the first place and figure out net difference.
d) Add in revenue streams created and new jobs created for administrating/distributing/marketing the drugs.

Your creating money and saving money, its a win win.



 

You are under the assumption that the cure would be in pill form or somehow have to be re administered more than once.

What if it was just a one-time shot (ala vaccination) that was given to everyone for little to no cost?  Would it be covered by insurance?

Would insurance companies also suffer extreme losses in revenue?

There are many factors that would potentially be involved, many of which I do not see companies making more money then they are now.


The only upside would be the actual cure of cancer, which does not bring into question the long term ramifications of saving so many lives.

[King Shizzo]

I am not even taking into account at this stage indirect benefits such as the longer people live, the more products and services they need, the more money they would have to spend on paying tax....blah blah blah....you see where I am going with this.!

The longer people live, the more strain it will put on taxpayers and families needing to care for the elderly.

Social security is not even a guarantee to my generation.

This is only delving into the first-world problems end of it.

[Dave D]

I appreciate the fact that the op thinks he's clever, that said I wish he never received vaccinations or medical treatment as a youngster.

I'm sure your neighborhood is overcrowded with cancer survivors,  making it very difficult for you to enjoy a quality life.

[SF1900]

Sympathy bump to help garner more responses,  so it can reach 10 pages.

[Dave D]

Sympathy bump to help garner more responses,  so it can reach 10 pages.

Doing God's work. You're a noble and honorable man.

[The Scott]

I suppose it all depends upon who you administer it to.

Think about that!

[visualizeperfection]

Shizzo really thinks he is intelligent/witty.


There is likely already a cure for cancer BTW.