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And many, many more millions of people are somewhere between "neutral towards" and "I have absolutely no problem with" tattoos. And if you explain to the ones

And many, many more millions of people are somewhere between "neutral towards" and "I have absolutely no problem with" tattoos. And if you explain to the ones that -personally- do have a problem with it why you want to tattoo an ID on them, and explain it near the start of the process where their mind is eaten away, so they have a solid chance to understand what you're saying, there's a high likelihood that those folks would consent to the process... especially those who've personally interacted at length with someone who's been largely-erased by dementia.

Blackthorn 3y ago
No offense but have you ever talked with holocaust survivors? These folks often won't even interact with government services that require identification.
- willcipriano 3y ago
  Sounds like it won't work for them. Further I think you can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery with tattoos. It will work for lots of other people though.
- jojobas 3y ago
  Holocaust survivors are a infinitesimal minority among elderly people, it's pretty much a non-consideration. There are probably more people with tattoo dye allergy if you want to go down that alley.
  - LorenPechtel 3y ago
    Amazingly, I find there were 161 thousand in Israel as of last year. I would have thought age would have taken a lot more of them by now--but with an average age of 85.5 they're dropping rapidly. I do agree it's not an issue overall, whatever you do won't cover everyone anyway and any large-scale system takes a while to deploy--there will be a lot less by the time it's ready to use.