>after it's gone, after it's cured once and for all, this bane of human existence, this No. 2 Cause of Death, we will have extended human life a grand total of (drum roll, please) 3.3 years
I get your point, and it's a very dramatic and low statistic. But still, just taking the US, if all 320 Million people live for an extra 3.3 years, that's 1 billion total years of life given to people. A lot of books could be written, science done, or life shared with loved ones in that time. Not to mention all the misery and pain removed.
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