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		SketchySeaBeast on May 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Morgan Spurlock has died Or is it newsworthy because it's an outlier? Availability bias might also be a factor here.

nostrebored on May 24, 2024 [–]

No, by raw numbers cancer under 50 has increased substantially.

SketchySeaBeast on May 24, 2024 | [–]

Cancer deaths as well? Otherwise it could be an artifact of better screening.

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