CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
PRESIDENT BIDEN USED THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY’S ANNOUNCEMENT TO LAND MEN ON THE MOON BY THE END OF THAT DECADE TO LAUNCH A MOON SHOT OF HIS OWN. BIDEN SAYS HE WANTS TO SEE CANCER DEATHS CUT IN HALF IN 25 YEARS AND EVENTUALLY END THE DISEASE.
UNLIKE GOING TO THE MOON, WHICH WAS A SINGLE TARGET, THERE ARE MANY FORMS OF CANCER. THEY INCLUDE NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA. LEUKEMIA, COLO RECTAL, BREAST, BLADDER, LUNG, PROSTATE, PANCREATIC AND BRAIN CANCER. NOT ALL RESPOND TO THE SAME TREATMENT. SOME DON’T RESPOND.
RECALL THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA PUT BIDEN IN CHARGE OF FINDING A CURE FOR CANCER WHEN BIDEN WAS VICE PRESIDENT. LIKE BIDEN PUTTING KAMALA HARRIS IN CHARGE OF FIXING THE SOUTHERN BORDER, LITTLE WAS DONE.
THIS CLOSE TO THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHETHER BIDEN’S CANCER ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS THE STRONG SCENT OF POLITICS. EARLY DETECTION AND LEADING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE ARE BEST WHILE RESEARCHERS CONTINUE TO WORK TO FIND A CURE, OR PREVENTION, FROM CANCER’S MANY MANIFESTATIONS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
