Not that it matters

from Edna St. Vincent Millay

"Not that it matters, not that my heart's cry
Is potent to deflect our common doom, "

I'm unclear on the benefit of pop stars speaking out on major issues, lord knows there are still starving children. But on Friday the 5th, there will be TV show that will be shown concurrently on the three major broadcast networks that aims to end cancer.

Here's some interesting facts about Lung Cancer:

Lung cancer will kill:

• More people than breast, prostate, colon, live, kidney, and melanoma cancers... combined.
• Over three times as many men as prostate cancer.
• Nearly twice as many women as breast cancer.
• An average of 439 people a day.

Over 60% of new cases are never smokers or former smokers, many of whom quit decades ago.
One in five women and one in twelve men diagnosed with lung cancer have never smoked. (My sister never smoked. We learned today that lung cancer among non-smoking women is increasing.)