Would you rather figure out how to cure cancer or save the whole of the UK from a freak tsunami (not sure how but you

Question: Would you rather figure out how to cure cancer or save the whole of the UK from a freak tsunami (not sure how but you could)?
- Keywords:
  cancer,
  cure,
  future,
  tsunami
Asked by grace151997 to Jack on 21 Mar 2012.
- Jack Snape answered on 21 Mar 2012:
  
  Thats a very hard question!
  
  Cancer kills about 150 thousand people a year in the UK and about 6 million in the world
  
  The UK has a population of 60 million… I assume not all of them would die, maybe about 20-30%. So in less than 5 years you would save more lives in the world than from the tsunami.
  
  If I could do both I would 🙂 But I think a cancer cure will save more lives over time… very tricky question! 🙂

Question: Would you rather figure out how to cure cancer or save the whole of the UK from a freak tsunami (not sure how but you could)?