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JTbanetoday at 2:13 PM2 repliesview on HN

I have some beef with the sunscreen people, mostly because of 3 things:

- Skin cancer is by far the least deadly type of cancer and nearly always just requires some low-risk skin removal.

- Getting a light tan feels amazing. Your whole body feels warmer.

- Vitamin D.


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p_j_wtoday at 2:32 PM

Skin cancer may be less deadly than other types of cancer, but it is still far more deadly than not having cancer. Rattlesnake bites in the US have a lower mortality rate than skin cancer, are you gonna go trying to handle rattlesnakes without protection or safety measures?

Marha01today at 2:37 PM

> Getting a light tan feels amazing. Your whole body feels warmer.

You know what feels even better? Not getting skin cancer.

> Vitamin D

Easily obtained from supplements.