Yeah - once you know you have certain genetic predispositions, that has severe implications for insurance. Do not do any sort of genetic testing without fully u

Yeah - once you know you have certain genetic predispositions, that has severe implications for insurance. Do not do any sort of genetic testing without fully understanding present and possible future consequences of doing so. The author's age really shows when she mentions AIDS tests. AIDS for a while was a near guaranteed death sentence and also carried incredible social stigma, and not just because of the assumptions about you made (ie that you were gay, or a drug user.) I don't think people younger than 40 or so understand how big a deal it was when Princess Diana shook the hand of a person with AIDS in front of TV cameras. Receiving a positive AIDS test result could be deeply traumatic, and reaction to it could be life-altering on its own. It was 100% a good idea to require counseling...especially when we progressed treatment to the point where it was no longer a death sentence.