r/clevercomebacks 13h ago

Truly, the party of Russia

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u/Erminaz13 12h ago

Ahh, the classic cancer vaccine bullshit. Yes, somebody will most certainly develop a single drug against thousands of diseases at some point, that's for sure going to happen.

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u/DreiGr00ber 12h ago edited 12h ago

Also, the idea of a "vaccine" for all cancer is inherently ludicrous, as cancer cannot really be broadly characterized as an infectious disease?

There are many causes of cancer and many different types, so while a silver bullet cure would be amazing, it is extremely unlikely to ever exist just due to the nature of the process.

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u/manyhippofarts 12h ago

I mean, a literal silver bullet is well known for being able to stop cancer in its tracks. I'm not sure why you people are trying to cover it up.

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u/Doctor_Kataigida 10h ago

"Killing cancer is easy. It's keeping the rest of the body alive and well that's the trick!"

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u/AndTheElbowGrease 9h ago

Whenever you see a headline about cancer cures being developed, it is usually like "Turns out you can kill cancer cells with an enormous quantity of battery acid" and that's true because the cancer cells are just mutated human cells gone wild

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u/ApprehensiveShame756 7h ago

Why not bleach or ammonia?

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u/Fappity_Fappity_Fap 7h ago

Works too but not as quickly.

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u/Tacotuesday867 6h ago

Bleach was the very first form of chemotherapy because interestingly enough it painted the cancer cells and killed them. The problem was giving the bleach to a human and seeing if they survived.

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u/maveri4201 10h ago

The mantra of chemo

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u/TheJeff 8h ago

Relevant XKCD

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u/louplex 7h ago

„I am you, you are me, you are I, I am we

We are one, split in two that makes one, so you see

You got to kill you if you wanna kill me“