The Folly of Testing

YEARS AGO I HAD A FRIEND WHO WENT FOR HER ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM, as did most women back then. This was in the early 1990s when a yearly mammogram was advised. Her results were normal, so, confident that she was healthy, Terry slacked off on breast self-exams and went about her busy life caring for her three kids. What she couldn't know was that soon after, a tumor took root inside her breast. By the time she had the next mammogram, her Stage-4 cancer  required a double mastectomy, a bone marrow transplant and two months of hospitalization. Fortunately, she survived.

I think of her whenever I hear people clamoring for more Covid testing. Why?