Re: Leukemia in Astronauts

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 10:30 23.07.1998 -0500, you wrote:
>> With the recent passing of Alan
>> Shepard, one of the original seven
>> astronauts, who died of Leukemia, one
>> might wonder whether his increased
>> exposure to cosmic radiation had any
>> relevance.  Cause for discussion.
>
>No, we don't. The man died at 74 .... We should all live that long! 
>Perhaps we should consider the city he lived in, the food he ate, 
>the people he associated with, the type of car he drove, the amount 
>of sex he had .. all could be considered causal effects.
>
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Sandy and the many who made ridiculous comments,

A man has died at the age of 74. He died of leucemaia. It is just one
person, he had happened to be in space for some hours/days. Nobody
questions the car the other thousands/millions of leukemia victims did
drive, but to question the amount of sex somebody had in relation to the
leukemia incidence is simply unacceptable and disgusting.

All of you who made comments in this direction should be ashamed. Sandy, I
did not expect something like that from me. 

Franz


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