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3143 on June 24, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Data Mining Exec Pays For Burgers In Cash To Avoid...

All diseases are preventable, some are just not worth the cost of preventing.

chris_wot on June 25, 2012 [–]

I wasn't aware of a cure for cancer.

3143 on June 25, 2012 | [–]

Prevention is not the same as cure. Historically, cancer has been prevented by dying of something else first.

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