But setting aside the personal, almost everyone knows someone with cancer or another serious illness. The notion that medical and scientific research is some bourgeois fancy is absolutely idiotic. It’s unhinged.

One thing I’ve learned in the past five years is that they’ve made INCREDIBLE strides in cancer research. Immunotherapy, in particular, is a game changer. When it works, it gives people years. It gave my mom five excellent years after being told she has 6 months.