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If you were born in a hospital your DNA is already collected[1]. You may as well benefit from it too. Also, bringing murderers to justice is a pretty odd thing
by User23 3y ago
If you were born in a hospital your DNA is already collected[1]. You may as well benefit from it too.
Also, bringing murderers to justice is a pretty odd thing to object to.
[1] https://www.aclu.org/documents/newborn-dna-banking https://www.aclu.org/documents/newborn-dna-banking
- alistairSH 3y agoTwo wrongs don’t make a right. I object to non-consensual collection of newborn DNA as well. And it’s not bringing murderers to justice per se. It’s the implications to others. I don’t want MegaCorp extrapolating my medical history via my cousin’s DNA.
- brnaftr361 3y agoYeah, but now you're associated with a killer, whatever SNPs you share pile up into correlates. Insurance companies see you as feckless, lenders see you as risky, law enforcement sees you as a likely criminal, justice sees you as a burden. And maybe it wasn't even you that volunteered the sample. And maybe I share some of the SNPs, and maybe I have some countermutations, but they aren't properly analyzed. Now my feet are in the fire despite no predisposition to violence or recklessness just an association. This is one step and I expect another. For the greater good, for security, for the safety of the nation, for the children.