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As a society we've been doing this forever. People are already separated by their visible traits (skin color, hair color, sex), however, now we can separate peo
by ascotan 4y ago
As a society we've been doing this forever. People are already separated by their visible traits (skin color, hair color, sex), however, now we can separate people by invisible traits (penchant for disease, carriers of deficiencies, etc.). The end game here will be mandated genetic tests for a host of activities where some invisible trait could have a consequence on the outcome of that activity.
For example, if you are prone to heart disease and have been hired as a airline pilot, would your company be negligent if they could have required a simple test to find this out? Although this is a contrived example, the list of such situations could be endless and doubtless over time you will be asked again and again to submit to a genetic screen in the future. (in the same way that as an American you don't have to give out your social security number, but if you want to access to a credit card or a bank account you sort of have to).
Will this lead to people be denied access to certain activities due to their genetics - absolutely. I'm not laying out a moral judgement here, just that this future is almost a certainty.