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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Not sure what you mean by "genetic susceptibility," a term that seems meant to confuse. If you are a man, does that itself make you "genetically susceptible" to testicular cancer? If you had XX instead XY chromosomes, you wouldn't get the disease.



This, I think, is the crux of the disagreement. You've said nothing that supports this hypothesis, and you've professed an inability to think of any other possible cause. If there's something in all those links that you shared that explains this better than you have so far, please share it (but I'm not going to read the results of your Google search if you can't be bothered to do it yourself and point to the key bits).



I have been unclear. I mean "environment" as a short-hand for all the things that affect how the disease finds you that aren't genetics. A healthy person who works in a crowded space with poor air circulation may get exposed to a lot of virus relatively to an equally healthy person who works outside -- both may get sick, but the disease may have a completely different course, for reasons that are environmental.

And also, luck. Some people get really sick and then the recover. Others don't. It's a mystery.

I remember you had no clue what an HSA was, so I doubt you are actively working in health care, but do you have a medical degree you just aren't using?