Comment by ecshafer

Comment by ecshafer 14 hours ago

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> he recalled that when starting his residency at the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia in 1970, the survival rate for the sick children was only 30 percent

Jesus, 30 percent survival rate of children. I couldn't image working in that kind of situation and not be emotionally destroyed.

> Going from a 30 percent to an 80 percent cure rate, I'd say we are getting there

Your father is a literal hero.

akharris 11 hours ago

Thank you.

What I love about that quote is that he knew that, some day, the cure rate would go even higher.