U.S. - American Cancer Society Chief Medical and Scientific Officer Otis Brawley announced in a video Friday a new health recommendation that every nation over 50 years old get checked for signs of communism every year.

Early warning signs according to the warning include acute identity politics, the slow but persistent spread of collectivist thinking, and growing unrest among the proletariat. Nations are encouraged to get regular check-ups to ensure any stray tumors of Marxist tendencies are contained or removed entirely.

"Don't wait until it's too late: millions of lives depend on it," Brawley urged in the video which was post on ACS's website and its various social media pages. "Historically, many nations have waited until their communism was developed to a stage 3 or 4, and by then it's far too late to do anything but try to make people comfortable as they starve to death."

While there are no surefire cures for the condition, hitting the ideology with a barrage of common sense, personal responsibility, knowledge of history, and an armed populace have reportedly proved effective treatments at stopping or slowing the spread of the cancerous system of government.