Terry Pratchett's Speech to the Alzheimer's Research Trust

Y'know... I don't think people have been taking this one seriously. If you think about the social and economic effects of it, in terms of people being removed from the work force to care for the afflicted and the familial consequences of that care, not to mention the mental anguish of those who are suffering from it, the effects are pretty staggering. And attention will shift to it now, because the boomers are getting to the age where it will be directly affecting them (and there's more of them). The problem, of course, is that the research should have been started 10 years ago.

( Terry's Speech )