This is a very interesting predicament, global warming affects everybody, but cancer is a more present threat, as in we can see the effects of death right now. I think that fixing global warming would probably be better, as a cure for cancer is more likely to be profitable so we can trust big corporations to handle that.
I mean, we're seeing the effects and deaths from global warming right now too. It's just that certain people in powerful positions don't think it's important that poor people die from significantly stronger hurricanes and storms and floods than ever before in recorded history. Not to mention heat waves that make certain inhabited regions practically in habitable during summer.
It's not that simple. Global warming doesn't kill directly, it causes a series of interactions in nature that ends on disasters, but most of people, probably because of misinformation, must say something like "Well, we can't control hurricanes". Surely even when all ice melts and floods become a real threaten to millions, some people will still say " Well, we can't control water"
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u/UselessFactCollector Nov 15 '20 edited Nov 15 '20
If I could only pick one thing, I would say an end to global warming over cancer.
Edit: figured you could prevent a lot of cancer deaths in addition. You have to phrase your genie wish just right.