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Apparently it is important for you to know your genetics, but it is ridiculous and maybe even pompous for you to say its important for me to know my genetics an
by dfc 14y ago
Apparently it is important for you to know your genetics, but it is ridiculous and maybe even pompous for you to say its important for me to know my genetics and join 23andme. If I do end up becoming a subscriber to a dna service it is not going to be for a couple years. I'd like to wait for the law to catch up with the technology and enjoy a significantly discounted price.
- civilian 14y agoYou leave your DNA so many places anyway... I figure if the gov. wanted it, they'd have it. Enjoying a discounted price makes sense though, and a lot of the genetics things don't become something to worry about until later in life. I didn't mean to be pompous, I just wanted to counter the absurdity of the article.
- jack-r-abbit 14y agoI don't think I've seen a crime drama series yet that didn't, at some point, pull the old "here... have this soda while we wait" trick and then harvested the DNA from it after the perp was released. Those sneaky law men.
- dfc 14y agoI am actually more worried about nefarious private sector actors using my DNA against me. There are countless ways that the private sector can use knowledge of my DNA against me.
- Timothee 14y agoFirst in line would be health insurances obviously, who would be very happy to increase your premium because of such-and-such genetic traits.
- Retric 14y agoIt's my understanding that that's already illegal in the US. http://www.genome.gov/24519851 http://www.genome.gov/24519851 +State laws: http://www.genome.gov/PolicyEthics/LegDatabase/PubSearchResult.cfm http://www.genome.gov/PolicyEthics/LegDatabase/PubSearchResu...
- dfc 14y agoSo you are saying I should not worry because nothing ever happens that is against the law?