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Am I missing something? 23&me were forced to validate their service with the FDA. They did and got passed. So they proved that their medical diagnosis are accur

Am I missing something? 23&me were forced to validate their service with the FDA. They did and got passed. So they proved that their medical diagnosis are accurate. I don't understand the hating on the FDA. It's better than having full-time quackery going on. Edit: Here's an example. 23&Me tells you you're going to develop Alzheimer's. There's no test for that (before it develops), so you can't go to a doctor to validate it. Beyond the mental pain of living with this for years it's reasonable to assume some people would end their lives rather than be a burden to loved ones. But if they fucked up with their analysis and no one forced them to prove it? Edit2: Also, exempt 23&me from FDA regulation? Why should your lab be regulated either? This isn't just a slippery-slope argument. I don't understand the argument to exempt 23&me.

jmcdiesel 10y ago
Because 23&me are not providing a medical diagnoses. They never were. They are giving you what they calculate as your chances to to carry or possibly have or develop health issues based on their database of other people's dna ... they are showing statistical similarities and never claim to make diagnosis.. What does the FDA have to do with statistical analysis?
- drewgross 10y ago
  To most people, there is no difference between "your chances to to carry or possibly have or develop health issues" and a diagnosis. Sure, I suppose I can see some small technicality that makes them different, but really, the way you react to either is about the same, which makes them about the same.
JohnJamesRambo 10y ago
But on the other side of the coin what if the person made life changes that reduced their chance for Alzheimer's and never succumbed to it? Shouldn't a person have access to that information if they want it? Why should the FDA not allow the gathering of information about your own genome?
- deeth_starr_v 10y ago
  The FDA does. 23&Me were just forced to validate the accuracy of their testing with the FDA. Edit: wording

jmcdiesel 10y ago

Because 23&me are not providing a medical diagnoses. They never were. They are giving you what they calculate as your chances to to carry or possibly have or develop health issues based on their database of other people's dna ... they are showing statistical similarities and never claim to make diagnosis.. What does the FDA have to do with statistical analysis?

drewgross 10y ago
To most people, there is no difference between "your chances to to carry or possibly have or develop health issues" and a diagnosis. Sure, I suppose I can see some small technicality that makes them different, but really, the way you react to either is about the same, which makes them about the same.

JohnJamesRambo 10y ago

But on the other side of the coin what if the person made life changes that reduced their chance for Alzheimer's and never succumbed to it? Shouldn't a person have access to that information if they want it? Why should the FDA not allow the gathering of information about your own genome?

deeth_starr_v 10y ago
The FDA does. 23&Me were just forced to validate the accuracy of their testing with the FDA. Edit: wording