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> people won’t date you without a prescreen Most people don't do that for STIs today so why would they do it for genetic predisposition of heritable diseases?
by extra88 7y ago
> people won’t date you without a prescreen
Most people don't do that for STIs today so why would they do it for genetic predisposition of heritable diseases?
- mieseratte 7y agoHell, pre-screening as a concept was taught to me in a biology class 10+ years ago with one example being (some) Jewish communities implementing genetic counseling as a pre-screen before marriage to avoid unwell offspring, e.g. Tay-Sachs. Organizations[0] exist for this purpose already. The ethics of this as a situation was taught by watching and discussing Gattaca, a movie from 1997. Certainly not a new idea nor concern. It is a reality, though not quite widespread. Perhaps we will open new societal cans of worm through mass-market, rapid screening. As I write this, somewhat reminds me of the internet. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dor_Yeshorim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dor_Yeshorim