Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Cancer Rate Declines For First Time
For the first time since statistics on the disease have been tracked, the cancer rate in the United States has declined. What do you think?
Rich Samuels,
Unemployed
"I think we owe this in large part to many states banning cancer in bars and other public places."
Shana Young,
Attorney
"Cancer rates are going down? Great, I'll cancel my mammogram right now."
Paul Notarile,
Research Analyst
"This is really great news for our statisticians. You should have seen how depressed the place was when we got our 2008 rape numbers back."
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