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  They needn't have sent out a message at all - nobody wants a mass message from their doctor's office or dentist. Spamming people only opens you up to mistakes. They happen more often than you think, only usually it's something more harmless (such as forgetting to change the year).
context: "You have aggressive lung cancer!"
  "Wait, that was a mistake. In any event, you should definitely have a much happier holiday season than when you thought you had aggressive lung cancer, right? Right?" >
  
  Imagine waiting for your lung cancer test and getting the first text. And then they say sorry about that last text, we meant to say merry Christmas. But then your test results come back and you actually do have lung cancer. >
  
  Yeah, the scary thing is that text was clearly meant for someone.  I'd hate to be that someone, for oh so many reasons.