In a Land of Falling Skies, The Alarmist is King
New study on alcohol and pancreatic cancer attempts to scare the shit out moderate drinkers. It shouldn't.
In a land of falling skies, the alarmist is king.
“After rigorously analyzing the existing evidence, we strongly believe it’s time to add pancreatic cancer to the list of alcohol-related cancers.”
This is the conclusion that a well-known anti-alcohol alarmist came to in a press release after determining that light to moderate alcohol consumption increased the risk of contracting pancreatic cancer in the following ways:
NON DRINKERS LIFETIME PANCREATIC CANCER RISK:
160 cases of PC for every 10,000 People (1.60% lifetime risk)
1 DRINK PER DAY LIFETIME PANCREATIC CANCER RISK:
165 cases of PC for every 10,000 people (1.65% lifetime risk)
2 DRINKS PER DAY LIFETIME PANCREATIC CANCER RISK
171 cases of PC for every 10,000 people (1.71% lifetime risk)
The increased risk of contracting pancreatic cancer as a result of one or two drinks a day is so small as to be remarkable in itself. And yet, this extraordinarily insignificant connection found between moderate alcohol consumption and pancreatic cancer is not what is highlighted. Rather, the authors of the study argue that pancreatic cancer should be added to a list of alcohol-related cancers.
It is the very definition of “alarmist”.
The fact of the matter is no one, including the media, can trust a single thing that Tim Naimi, one of the authors of this new study, says about what causes cancer, what is significant about moderate alcohol consumption, or what should be done in response to his pursuit of alarming-sounding headlines.
The study in question was released earlier this month and entitled “Alcohol consumption and the risk of pancreatic cancer: A systematic”.
Two of the most notorious anti-alcohol campaigners, Tim Naimi and Tim Stockwell, whose recommendations on what should be government alcohol policy were rejected by both Canada and the United States, were the authors behind this study. Here’s what you need to know about these two anti-alcohol campaigners cum researchers: