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Does the media have to clutch pearls every time 23 and me does something? 1. No, the FUD that insurance companies are going to discriminate against you is not
by crmrc114 7y ago
Does the media have to clutch pearls every time 23 and me does something?
1. No, the FUD that insurance companies are going to discriminate against you is not going to happen. (At least in the USA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrimination_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrim...
2. Many of us, myself included, submitted data to them so they could hopefully make drugs. And I hope they can sell them at a profit.
Look back when I had family working with Eli Lilly we would take soil samples on vacation in various remote areas to send back to their research lab. This was pretty common as they were looking for new and unique antibiotics. You know what happens to a drug when no one can make a profit on it? No one makes it.
I hope that we come up with some novel an unique drugs that will help people around the world. I don't care for any form of payment or compensation, and I am happy my genetic code is one of many millions in the dataset.
- RocketSyntax 7y agoEvery time anyone does literally anything in genomics it gets publicized. That's how the industry works. https://www.genomeweb.com/ https://www.genomeweb.com/
- crmrc114 7y agoThat's great, actually my point. I just see so many of these news articles get posted and the same two posts come up with each one. There is a very anti-genomic analysis group. I think they can be as noisy as the anti-vax movement. I am really happy with the work 23 and me is doing and I hope more comes out of them.