I’m curious about how the new health care plan will affect seriously ill folk. There is an upsurge in a serious form of cancer, mesothelioma, which is caused by asbestos.
Why do we still have this? Hasn’t all the asbestos been safely removed from our buildings already?
My uncle died from something like this about twenty years ago. Back then the cancer was only vaguely tied to asbestos, and he had been a construction worker and drywaller for decades. I guess it used to be pretty dangerous to build houses.
There are some pretty hopeful treatments these days, but mesothelioma is a really nasty cancer. Our scientists are working on it, and there seems to be some room for hope.
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