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Q:

That's why I said earlier, my dear, that you are unique in all the world, it seems to me, to have a concern of this sort about an issue of this kind.

Lasker:

Yes, well, but I don't understand that, I think it's anybody's concern, wouldn't you?

Q:

Well, yes, I would think so!

Lasker:

I con't understand it, I just don't understand why there aren't lots of people passionately interested. But you know, I don't find that people are worried about themselves at all; when they see their friends get sick and die they don't seem to have any worry for themselves, they don't seem to think “this is indecent.” No one seems to know its an unsuccessful disease and they should and they should have helped to do something more about it earlier -- no, not at all, everybody takes it as the will of God. It's really funny, isn't it?

Oh, the Lasker Award jury, much to my pleasure, actually has awarded an award to a very good piece of work that was financed by the National Heart Institute.

Q:

That's the one coming in November.

Lasker:

Yes, in November. Now this is what I call a good clinical trial. Oh, here are some. . . (noise of papers being shuffled, cross talk)

This trial consisted of screening 156,000 people in





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