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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Subject: re: Medicines to Deter Some Cancers Are Not Taken
To: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor:
From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Subject: re: Medicines to Deter Some Cancers Are Not Taken
To: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor:
The failure of Americans to take drugs that have been shown to reduce the risk of prostate cancer points to a greater failure. The current American healthcare "system" makes no provision for preventative care. We have succeeded against smallpox, polio, rubella etc. by pretending that "public health" is independent of a healthcare policy. Because these are contagious diseases, the state can coerce vaccination. Human papilloma virus is also communicable and eradicable, but don't hold your breath to see that vaccine prescribed for all our kids. Where does that leave drugs that can cut the risk of prostate cancer? Ask again if and when we have a healthcare policy. Until then, it's every man for himself.
Barry Levine
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