Comments on: Death And Disease In The Next 25 Years http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:46:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mucous http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-387559 Mucous Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:00:07 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-387559 Before any of the rest happens we're going to fry from <i>Global Warming</i> (TM) first anyway. The saddest thing about bad drivers is that driving a full sized truck on a freeway for hours at a time is one of the most important foundations of an acceptable standard of living. Before any of the rest happens we’re going to fry from Global Warming (TM) first anyway.

The saddest thing about bad drivers is that driving a full sized truck on a freeway for hours at a time is one of the most important foundations of an acceptable standard of living.

]]> By: The other Tom http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-387298 The other Tom Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:21:35 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-387298 My first deleted post! This is gonna be a good day. My first deleted post!
This is gonna be a good day.

]]> By: ECA http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-387173 ECA Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:53:07 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-387173 tHERE WILL aLWAYS BE "A MAJOR KILLER" (Sorry caps lock) there will always be a #1 killer. But look at the numbers.. Until it hits 1% or higher...does it matter? At 1% per year, the numbers would get higher and higher every year, due to birth rates.. at 100 years it would be a Global Killing. In the US alone you would need 3,000,000 per year, but the Birth rate is 3-5%?? to even catch up you would need a 7-10% kill ratio to even Think of catching up. but to think that (as stated in #11), there is 'One HELL of a chance" the earth will be Hit by a chunk of rock, 800ft in size... May solve about 1/2 our population problems... Water hit would cause less damage then an Earth hit. Less polution AFTER the blast.. But it will cause a Wave that hasnt been seen on this planet for 30,000+ years. Think of what a 20' wave can damage...the last one in indoneasia area.. Think what a wave 100' would case.... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9043243/ http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/a99942.html Look at the Palermo scale...It goes to 5... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9871982/ If this thing hits...it is said to have the power of 100 million Nuclear bombs equal to those used on Japan. Now there is something else, if you look at this Roids traveling...It circles the sun from venus to the other side of earth...So its NOT that it is going away...It WILL hit something...Venus, our moon, our planet.. tHERE WILL aLWAYS BE “A MAJOR KILLER”
(Sorry caps lock)
there will always be a #1 killer.
But look at the numbers..
Until it hits 1% or higher…does it matter?
At 1% per year, the numbers would get higher and higher every year, due to birth rates.. at 100 years it would be a Global Killing.
In the US alone you would need 3,000,000 per year, but the Birth rate is 3-5%?? to even catch up you would need a 7-10% kill ratio to even Think of catching up.

but to think that (as stated in #11), there is ‘One HELL of a chance” the earth will be Hit by a chunk of rock, 800ft in size… May solve about 1/2 our population problems…
Water hit would cause less damage then an Earth hit. Less polution AFTER the blast.. But it will cause a Wave that hasnt been seen on this planet for 30,000+ years.
Think of what a 20′ wave can damage…the last one in indoneasia area..
Think what a wave 100′ would case….

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9043243/

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/a99942.html
Look at the Palermo scale…It goes to 5…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9871982/

If this thing hits…it is said to have the power of 100 million Nuclear bombs equal to those used on Japan.

Now there is something else, if you look at this Roids traveling…It circles the sun from venus to the other side of earth…So its NOT that it is going away…It WILL hit something…Venus, our moon, our planet..

]]> By: traaxx http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-387055 traaxx Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:24:32 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-387055 It really doesn't matter since the world is coming to an end, at least in each of our life times it will. Does it bother anyone that by making us so safe, that we are being caged. It might be a nice soft cage or a hard cage, but it's still a cage. I thought everyone believe in questioning authority, being their self and doing their own thing, but everywhere we turn everything that can be twisted in a health cost or health care is another reason to regulate us. Now they want to regulate how much we eat, saying if we eat 1500 calories or less we can live longer and be healthier. Or regulate our ‘Carbon Footprint’, do without breakfast and it’ll save 60lbs a year. And to think all this time we were sending food over to Africa, so they could have more children we were just increasing the Humanity’s “Global Carbon Footprint”. Sounds more like the governing class just wants to control and regulate us in a early grave. It really doesn’t matter since the world is coming to an end, at least in each of our life times it will.

Does it bother anyone that by making us so safe, that we are being caged. It might be a nice soft cage or a hard cage, but it’s still a cage. I thought everyone believe in questioning authority, being their self and doing their own thing, but everywhere we turn everything that can be twisted in a health cost or health care is another reason to regulate us. Now they want to regulate how much we eat, saying if we eat 1500 calories or less we can live longer and be healthier. Or regulate our ‘Carbon Footprint’, do without breakfast and it’ll save 60lbs a year. And to think all this time we were sending food over to Africa, so they could have more children we were just increasing the Humanity’s “Global Carbon Footprint”.

Sounds more like the governing class just wants to control and regulate us in a early grave.

]]> By: Booya http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-386899 Booya Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:37:03 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-386899 I like how this got completely derailed yet it keeps going on. I like how this got completely derailed yet it keeps going on.

]]> By: ECA http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-386893 ECA Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:31:08 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-386893 IF, You solve the Death issue, then I would suggest solving the BIRTH issue FIRST... We still have more people BORN then dieing... IF,
You solve the Death issue, then I would suggest solving the BIRTH issue FIRST…
We still have more people BORN then dieing…

]]> By: Mr. Fusion http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-386820 Mr. Fusion Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:47:50 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-386820 While they may cure most diseases, they still haven't figured out how to stop or cure death. So while not as many people die from common infections, that just leaves more to eventually die from old age. While they may cure most diseases, they still haven’t figured out how to stop or cure death. So while not as many people die from common infections, that just leaves more to eventually die from old age.

]]> By: Arbo Cide http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-386675 Arbo Cide Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:46:07 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-386675 People probably do drive better today than before. They have been shown to fly better thanks to Microsoft. People probably do drive better today than before. They have been shown to fly better thanks to Microsoft.

]]> By: spsffan http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-386603 spsffan Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:32:53 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-386603 #7 Actually, I read a study years ago now, that put that myth to rest, so to speak. First of all, everyone dies of something. Among those who don't die of trauma at a young age, nearly everybody uses something like 75% of the total medical care they ever receive in their last 2 years of life. Think about it. Does it matter much if they die of lung cancer at 55 or of Alzheimer's at 85? Not really. The medical costs wind up being about the same. Less if they don't spend the last 10 years in a nursing home. You get the idea. The conclusion of the study was that smokers save the government money overall. And yes, there is the odd person who smokes 3 packs a day until they are 97 and then has the nerve to die of an unrelated cause, but we're talking about entire populations, not rare individual cases. Regards, DAve #7

Actually, I read a study years ago now, that put that myth to rest, so to speak. First of all, everyone dies of something. Among those who don’t die of trauma at a young age, nearly everybody uses something like 75% of the total medical care they ever receive in their last 2 years of life. Think about it.

Does it matter much if they die of lung cancer at 55 or of Alzheimer’s at 85? Not really. The medical costs wind up being about the same. Less if they don’t spend the last 10 years in a nursing home. You get the idea. The conclusion of the study was that smokers save the government money overall.

And yes, there is the odd person who smokes 3 packs a day until they are 97 and then has the nerve to die of an unrelated cause, but we’re talking about entire populations, not rare individual cases.

Regards,

DAve

]]> By: ECA http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-386572 ECA Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:56:52 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-386572 to think that in 2029, A meteor will pass the earth(between earth and moon), and if the Magnetic field bothers it just ENOUGH that in 6 years return, It will have a GREAT posiblity of hitting... to think that in 2029,
A meteor will pass the earth(between earth and moon), and if the Magnetic field bothers it just ENOUGH that in 6 years return, It will have a GREAT posiblity of hitting…

]]> By: Gig http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-386511 Gig Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:56:42 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-386511 #4 In some state they hand you the drivers manual and send you on your way to study for the test. #4 In some state they hand you the drivers manual and send you on your way to study for the test.

]]> By: Cognito http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-386394 Cognito Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:16:52 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-386394 I'm reminded of the most depressing sentence I ever heard. "The baby boomers of the early 1950's will be the geriatric boomers of the 2020's" and there you have my whole life, soup to nuts. I’m reminded of the most depressing sentence I ever heard.
“The baby boomers of the early 1950’s will be the geriatric boomers of the 2020’s” and there you have my whole life, soup to nuts.

]]> By: forrest http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-386386 forrest Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:06:09 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-386386 #4 Hey hey... I took Drivers Ed in high school 10 years ago with an instructor and practiced everyday for months... I got my license... I still suck at driving too (highway / freeway)! (Then again...I never had the need to drive much after getting my license, growing up in NYC.) #4 Hey hey…

I took Drivers Ed in high school 10 years ago with an instructor and practiced everyday for months… I got my license… I still suck at driving too (highway / freeway)!

(Then again…I never had the need to drive much after getting my license, growing up in NYC.)

]]> By: Mike http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-386372 Mike Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:53:20 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-386372 #2, your only flaw is that you failed to mention the cost when the government decides to pick up the expense of medical treatment for the self-inflicted illness that will result. #2, your only flaw is that you failed to mention the cost when the government decides to pick up the expense of medical treatment for the self-inflicted illness that will result.

]]> By: Pfkad http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/death-and-disease-in-the-next-25-years/comment-page-1/#comment-386370 Pfkad Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:51:31 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8306#comment-386370 I think one of the reasons why so many people are uptight, mean spirited, edgy and just flat out nasty nowadays is because nobody smokes anymore. I know I'm not as laid back as I was 10 years ago when I quit. I think one of the reasons why so many people are uptight, mean spirited, edgy and just flat out nasty nowadays is because nobody smokes anymore. I know I’m not as laid back as I was 10 years ago when I quit.

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