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I paid for a service that gave me useful insights into my ancestry and health profile, and it cost me less than 30 minutes with a teledoc and a basic blood test
by bananalychee 1y ago
I paid for a service that gave me useful insights into my ancestry and health profile, and it cost me less than 30 minutes with a teledoc and a basic blood test. I opted out of keeping my sample in storage and using the data for research at the time, and deleted my account and data a few months ago as a matter of general digital hygiene, but even if they didn't honor any of that, I don't see why I should be concerned about it being out there. The privacy concerns were quite obvious and oft-discussed several years ago when I sent my sample in, so I certainly didn't get "bamboozled". I'm sure there are many people who didn't consider that their data may not be private, but how many actually care about that?
- JonChesterfield 1y agoThe ones that are reliant on health insurance to not die and now can't have any because their genotype suggests they might be expensive?
- shadowgovt 1y agoThe right solution to that continues to be outlawing genetic risk-based cost scaling. Doing anything else means that we're just deciding people get to live and die due to their genetics and we will systematically encourage that; it's eugenics with extra steps. That means the only insurer who could afford the risk is the US government. This is a feature not a bug.
- charcircuit 1y ago[flagged]
- floxy 1y agohttps://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/genetic-information-nondiscrimination-act-2008 https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/genetic-information-nondiscrim...