For Barbie, October is a month to behold. Pink. Pink everywhere. Pink balloons, ribbons, bridges, buildings, and professional sports equipment, all to raise awareness about breast cancer.Last year at this time I went on a bit of a rant on the same issue after my dad passed away from Pulmonary Fibrosis, another disease that takes as many lives as breast cancer but gets almost no attention. I'm not against treating and curing women with breast cancer, but I do think political correctness in diseases is causing unnecessary deaths.
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
If You're Going to Get Sick Be Sure You Get a Politically Correct Disease
The Daily Caller does a comparison between the attention given to breast cancer and prostate cancer:
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I, too, have thought the same thing. And I thought it ironic that the first disease for which the issue of "is it worth the expense to treat this disease with this new drug?" was prostate cancer, and the drug was Provenge. Imagine the furor if this question was asked if the disease was AIDS or breast cancer. Well, we're men and our causes are not PC. That's ironic too - politically correct and prostate cancer. One's PC and the other is not.
Not to discount what has been said on this blog, but breast cancer is striking younger and younger women; last year a 10 year old girl in OC was diagnosed. That's alarming.
I spoke with a doctor recently who said most men over the age of 50 yrs already have prostate cancer, and probably won't die from it.
On the bright side Hoag Hospital has invested millions in some surgical robotics for prostate cancer surgery, and they have success rates better than the national average.
Anything with the word 'breast' in it is going to be a much easier sell than something with the word 'prostate' in it -that's just the way it is.
But, I doubt the NFL would be pushing breast cancer awareness near as much as they do if they hadn't pissed off all the chicks by letting Michael Vick play.
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