# Got This In My E-Mail Today **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 16, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-this-in-my-e-mail-today/622138 "2012-05-16T21:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-this-in-my-e-mail-today/622138/1 "2012-05-16T21:26:53Z")
[Here](http://www.alz.org/dm/petition/051512.htm). 2025??? Nice to know they’re finally making a step in the right direction, but it sounds to me a little like they’re just mollifying us so that we’ll stay off their backs. What say y’all? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-this-in-my-e-mail-today/622138/2 "2012-05-16T21:38:34Z")
I saw this on the news several days ago…sounds promising…but 13 years isn’t soon enough for some people, including you, Quasi…and that’s totally understandable. It does feel like it’s mollifying those who are already experiencing Alzheimers. Like my son with Autism, I’m hearing about more types of therapies for kids with Autism who are identified between ages 4 and 6, and my kid is 10. It’s that “missing the boat” feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-this-in-my-e-mail-today/622138/3 "2012-05-16T21:57:35Z")
Funny/not so funny, **Yeti** but I posted this on my FB page this morning and what showed as the click link was the word disease misspelled “diesease”. I hope that’s just a typo. Q ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-this-in-my-e-mail-today/622138/4 "2012-05-16T22:14:53Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > 2025??? Nice to know they’re finally making a step in the right direction, but it sounds to me a little like they’re just mollifying us so that we’ll stay off their backs. Well yeah. They’re sure you’ll forget about it by then. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-this-in-my-e-mail-today/622138/5 "2012-05-16T22:17:19Z")
It must be a kick to know you in real life, **TriP**! Thanks for the laff!🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-this-in-my-e-mail-today/622138/6 "2012-05-17T00:10:51Z")
Sadly, medical research takes crazy amounts of time to carry out. I wish it could be faster, but even now you get problems like drugs making it through years of research and FDA approval, only to show rare side effects in significant numbers once the general public gets access to it. I wish it were better news, **Q**. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-this-in-my-e-mail-today/622138/7 "2012-05-17T00:24:47Z")
Germany and Europe are way faster, **FH** , and I miss you in the WoW forum. You were always such a big help to me. Q ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-this-in-my-e-mail-today/622138/8 "2012-05-17T00:53:49Z")
I stopped playing. ☹ It was too much like work for me, which is pointless. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-this-in-my-e-mail-today/622138/9 "2012-05-17T01:08:31Z")
It’s okay! I feel like we got to know each other there, and it was great to have your (And **SFG’s** advice. **Wolkie** and all his **Silkas** are doing fine, and that had a lot to do with you and all my WoW friends in the thread. Thanks Bill ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-this-in-my-e-mail-today/622138/10 "2012-05-17T01:26:53Z")
Yeah, 13 years is, if anything, too quick to be realistic. So far as I know, we’re still figuring out what causes Alzheimer’s, and then we’ll have to figure out how to address that, and then we’ll need to test whatever it we figure out. Each of those stages could plausibly take as little as five years, if you’re lucky and never have to go back to the drawing board. And it’s even further complicated by being a basically human-only disease, which limits how much can be done with lab animals. Yeah, it sucks, but that’s the way it is: For _any_ medical treatment, there are always going to be those for whom it comes just too late.