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To: the long march
Statistics are tricky things

I hear what you are saying, but four people in the last month, all cancer and young, ages 37 to 44.

6 posted on 10/13/2009 8:27:27 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: opentalk

I know but the thing I want to know did they all die of one type of cancer?

In Livermore California in the 90s there was a concentration of cancer cases and cancer deaths that looked statistically significant. At first they thought it had something to do with the National Lab located there. Turned out that the cancers were varied, people had family histories, etc that changed the understanding of what was actually occuring.

I do not want to take anything away from the brave men and women who responded that day ( and days after). There is not enough that we can do for them. I don’t even mind paying extra money to their families or to them regardless of cause. I am just asking some simple questions for clarities sake


9 posted on 10/13/2009 8:44:44 AM PDT by the long march
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