Well, I don’t know why he’s mad, but after living 5 decades, I’m a little frustrated myself.
It’s great that people turn out in support of others. However, you’ve got to wonder if we’d made more of an effort over the past half century in research, many fewer people would have died prematurely. Great progress has been made in childhood cancers, for example:
If we reduce the number of people dying, you will still see stories just like this because they have an impact and they cause reflection. They're meaningful stories.
Many fewer people did die prematurely in the last 50 years, precisely because people did the work you're wanting them to do.
The reason this story even could happen is because it's so rare to hear stories like this anymore. It's not like the middle ages where 30-50% infant mortality was common. People wouldn't have the energy to organize emotional support for every child that died in those days.
Child mortality is dropping ridiculously fast. You can't get to zero though.
It’s great that people turn out in support of others. However, you’ve got to wonder if we’d made more of an effort over the past half century in research, many fewer people would have died prematurely. Great progress has been made in childhood cancers, for example:
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-in-children/key-statist...
20% more yearly research compounded over the last 5 decades and we might not be reading this story today.
50 years from now this person would not die in childhood from cancer.