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Mary Ann, my cousin's son was in the final stages of CF for 7 years. I do not consider 35 old. My point was life expectancy has improved since the Stone Age due to science. Scott explained very well about the principle of natural selection in evolution. I am an evolutionary dead end. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann Ryan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 5:24 AM Subject: Re: survival of fittest/Mary Ann > Ray, what attitude are your talking about???? This is not a discussion > about the modern methods of medicine - this is a discussion about natural > selection. > > Not more than 50 years ago, children with diabetes and cystic fibrosis > died > at an early age. I never implied that was good - I was merely pointing > out > that the weak and infirm died early in the natural, or medically inferior, > environment. Mother Nature is not kind. Science has intervened to > insure > that humankind survives despite weaknesses in genetic make-up. > > In our family, we have had the discussion of who would have survived had > we > been born 100 years ago. The only person in our family of 9 (including > in-law kids and 1 grandchild) was my husband (with PD) who would have died > at the age of 38 (from appendicitis). The rest of us would have died in > childbirth or would have never been born. That's pretty shocking for all > of > us. Science and medical research are good things. > --------- > God bless > Mary Ann (CG Jamie 66/26 with PD) > ----------- >> While it is true that aging brings about deterioration and that >> complicates >> PD, young people are born with cystic fibrosis, a hideous disease which >> took >> my cousin's son's life at age 35. 35 was once life expectancy. 45 was >> life expectancy around 1900. 18 was supposedly life expectancy in the >> Stone >> Age and Roman Empire.. >> >> This is the same mind set exhibited by people who have no knowledge of >> disease and think you just get old and have to die of something. Mary >> Ann, >> as nurse and CG I'm surprised at your attitude. As you must know young >> people get PD too. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn