Let’s say, for instance, someone with lung cancer coughs, and a few cancer cells are present in the aerosol, and is breathed in. Or, if someone has a cut, and lives with a family member who has cancer, and cancer cells end up in the cut.

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    1 month ago

    Tell that to the people who developed cancer after being injected with it, then, proving that cancer will develop in a person if those cells end up in their body, just like if you’re injected with a live virus, it will try to take hold.

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      1 month ago

      You brought up coughing or blood transference both of which have shown not to transfer cancer. You would understand this if you actually read the article

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        1 month ago

        You say that like it wouldn’t be considered unethical to prove it by today’s standards. The shower thought is that could it be this is at least part of the reason why cancer rates are increasing.