New shit has come to light, man.

Jeff Bridges diagnosed with lymphoma. However--THE DUDE WILL ABIDE.

 

The perception is likely a function of your age, or the ages of those you most commonly interact with. Jeff Bridges is 70. The average age of patients at diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma is 66, so consistent with his age. If you are over 60 and associate mostly with people over 60, that is probably why you perceive more cases.

Jeff Bridges hasn't been specific about the type of lymphoma, but Hodgkin lymphoma is much more rare and it generally affects people in their late-teens through 30s, so he probably has the more common cancer that commonly affects people his age.

I say that it is your perception of "so many lymphomas" because the number of new cases is actually steady in recent years, little changed. It isn't on the rise. The fatality rate from the disease is declining, so that's good.

 

Cognitive bias is powerful indeed.

 

Roundup and 2-4-D chemicals.

 

I knew a few guys in Colorado who died of Non-Hodg lymphoma and they smoked back in the days when Reagan was using Paraquat and similar chems on weed growers. I don't know when Roundup and 2-4-D was introduced in America but I list it right on top with Paraquat.