Potential intervention should have a low false positive rate Interviewees were aware of the finite resources of the NHS and the limitations this posed on service development, but nonetheless believed that a screening trial should occur because it could prevent people going blind The commercial culture of high street optometry was seen by many respondents as a barrier to capturing at risk groups.
For example, two of the major issues of concern to poll respondents were the ever-tightening "time crunch" (more time at work, less time with family) and what was perceived by many respondents as a decline in the nation's moral values.
A weakness of the study was that because cancer is so strongly related to increasing age, many respondents were at relatively low risk due to their young age.
The survey found that more than half of working respondents -- 52 percent -- expect to work at least three years longer than originally planned and just as many respondents expect to retire at age 70 as age 65.
Anthony Friedline, 31, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, was one of many respondents who expressed frustration at how the subject had been treated during the presidential TV debates: "One party thinks it is a hoax, and on the other side no one wants to discuss it except Bernie Sanders who the media doesn't want to give the time of day because he isn't part of the 'establishment'establishment
Amidst a vituperative reaction on social media – sample reactions included "Hahaha WTF, you always cheer for your alma mater" and "This is the kind of thinking that contributed to your disastrous reign at HP" – many respondents pointed to Fiorina's lowly position in polls of the Republican field in Iowa, a key battleground state.
While many respondents spoke of products retailing at cost, variation in product pricing was clear leaving consumers with inconsistency in practice standards.
Turning from the scientific community to society at large, many respondents voiced concerns that societal forces would hinder the implementation and use of toxicogenomics advances.
The Australian government had announced its intention to introduce plain packaging in April 2010, 25 and it was likely that many respondents were aware of this at the time of the survey.
Across the three groups, many respondents also offered lengthy and, at times, impassioned written responses to our qualitative survey question, in some cases even attaching letters and newspaper clippings to their surveys in an effort to communicate their perspectives.
