Shortly after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that processed meat increases the risk of cancer, social media users expressed grief, confusion, and anger over the latest findings.
Eating meats such as hot dogs, sausages, bacon, ham, and beef jerky increases the risk of colorectal cancer, said the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part of the WHO Monday morning.
The agency gave processed meat the same classification as cigarettes and asbestos.
Shortly have WHO’s announcement, the hashtag #FreeBacon began to trend worldwide on Twitter, presumably over the agency’s findings.
https://twitter.com/veron0x/status/658703443775852544
https://twitter.com/Daniel_ALMN/status/658701416832208896
https://twitter.com/skylark_dr99/status/658683895445983232
Some on Twitter had no idea why #FreeBacon was trending.
https://twitter.com/_lauri08/status/658700315118596096
https://twitter.com/Denzell5SOS/status/658693879776940032
https://twitter.com/WhitneyJDuden/status/658696258744266752
https://twitter.com/SwaggyE_24/status/658703289119215616
Some thought something happened to actor Kevin Bacon.
https://twitter.com/shugenite/status/658701436998565892
Mmm bacon.
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