Alzheimer's disease is likely to affect most individuals, either directly or indirectly through loved ones.

“unfortunately this is a disease that is going to touch pretty much everybody who's gonna listen to this podcast indirectly or directly in other words if you're listening to this there's a non-trivial chance that you already know somebody who's afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and tragically there's an even greater likelihood that at some point you will whether it be a parent a loved one or a friend or something like that”