"While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades……" — S. Jay Olshansky
"While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old age cannot have the same effect on life expectancy. A cure for cancer would be miraculous and welcome, but it would lead to only a three-year increase in life expectancy at birth."
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36 Quotes by S. Jay Olshansky
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