Mission Accomplished. Mission Failed.
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Tonight, over 15 million Americans battling cancer will go to bed wondering when or if cancer will be attacking them again. How can we put a man on the moon but we can't find a cure for cancer? Finding a cure for cancer has been talked about for decades by many politicians.
The Facts Of How We’ve Failed
Every 56 Seconds
A person dies from cancer in the U.S.
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1.7 Million
Americans will be attacked by cancer this year
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What 1 million people looks like
More than 600,000
will die from cancer this year
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Every 2.2 years
more Americans die from cancer than all the wars we’ve fought combined since the birth of our nation
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25%
of all the deaths in our country will be caused by cancer
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$180 Billion per year
was spent to send a man to the moon (in today’s $)
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$5.9 Billion per year
Our current budget per year for curing cancer
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$154 Billion per year
Cancer treatments & Medicare costs
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How do we convince our government to fulfill their promise of a cure for cancer?
How do we convince them to spend man on the moon type money to find the cure
Send a letter to your elected officials. Takes less than 2 minutes.
