Merel has been living with metastatic lung cancer for ten years: ‘Statistics are not always correct, every person is different’

They have a permanent job, a social life, sometimes even a beautiful house, and yet they burn up. More than ever, people in their twenties and thirties seem to get stuck in life that is on the rails on paper. “Soon, one in ten workers will be sick for a long time,” warns CNV chairman Piet Fortuin. “We have to prevent this drama.”