Ice Bucket Challenge...gone Wrong. Lol

[Vincent Vega]

I agree with dUSt. If someone close to me had ALS, then yeah, I'd probably feel differently. But the reason it's an orphan disease is precisely because it doesn't impact that many people compared to other diseases. Top causes of death in 2010 in the United States:

 

 

• Heart disease: 596,577
• Cancer: 576,691
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 142,943
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,932
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 126,438
• Alzheimer's disease: 84,974
• Diabetes: 73,831
• Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,826
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 45,591
• Intentional self-harm (suicide): 39,518

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm

(ALS, for the record, kills about 6200 a year.)

 

 

I'd much rather give my money to something that impacts more people, like cancer (2), Alzheimer's (6), or mental health (10), but that's just me. Others can feel free to give to this causes, but I don't think anyone who doesn't feel that call needs to just keep that opinion to themselves (particularly because the beneficiary organization in question uses embryonic stem cells).

[CrossCuT]

Oh boy

[Credo in Deum]

Anyway, IMO, number 17 is the best fail vid.

[veritasluxmea]

Captain America did the ice bucket challenge for 70 years these people have nothing on him. 

[Credo in Deum]

[veritasluxmea]

I'd love to see a "boiling water challenge gone wrong" thread. 

[Credo in Deum]

I'd love to see a "boiling water challenge gone wrong" thread. 

[Seven77]

Don't participate in the Ice Bucket Challenge. The donations go to a company that uses embryonic stem cell research.

 

 

Source please.

[Not A Mallard]

Captain America did the ice bucket challenge for 70 years these people have nothing on him. 

I want to post this quote on Facebook.

[PhuturePriest]

Source please.

 

http://time.com/3154056/als-ice-bucket-challenge-catholics/

 

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/21/cincinnati_archdiocese_to_catholic_schools_dont_donate_to_als_association_because_of_embryonic_stem_cell_use/

[veritasluxmea]

I want to post this quote on Facebook.

You can if you want, I've seen other versions of how I phrased it. 

[Not A Mallard]

You can if you want

Thanks :)

[blazeingstar]

I'm surprised that none of those people in the videos died.  I am sure that some were gravely injured

[Maggyie]

I agree with dUSt. If someone close to me had ALS, then yeah, I'd probably feel differently. But the reason it's an orphan disease is precisely because it doesn't impact that many people compared to other diseases. Top causes of death in 2010 in the United States:
(ALS, for the record, kills about 6200 a year.)


I'd much rather give my money to something that impacts more people, like cancer (2), Alzheimer's (6), or mental health (10), but that's just me. Others can feel free to give to this causes, but I don't think anyone who doesn't feel that call needs to just keep that opinion to themselves (particularly because the beneficiary organization in question uses embryonic stem cells).

The difference is all the above have various drugs and strategies for either survival or symptom control. ALS has 1 treatment and many ALS doctors don't bother to prescribe it since it needlessly prolongs the hideous suffering of patients with end-stage disease.... By months, not years.

[CrossCuT]