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by robohoe 2617 days ago
This list is similar to what antivaxxers would push. We are looking at a slippery slope here.
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The difference is antivaxxers are arguing against something that has a known and demonstrated benefit for reasons that offer nothing in return.

What is the benefit of commercial DNA testing? Some dubious genealogy that might be mildly entertaining? If there's an actual health benefit to DNA screening, it should be done by a health professional where the information could be subject to HIPAA.

Your opinion will be outdated in a few years. You drop dna wherever you go. When your phone is able to read it it will be used as part of your id. It is not private information the same way your face isn't private when you appear in public.

What we need to do is stop companies from claiming they own your dna because you sent in a sample.

Learning about my personal source code was plenty worth it.
Cytochrome P450 phenotyping could save a lot of harm by accurately prediction drug responsiveness and outcomes.

There is an entire field called Pharmacogenomics for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacogenomics#Cytochrome_P4...

I am personally in contact with hundreds of people who have made powerful familial connections and relationships with genetic relatives as a direct result of commercial DNA testing.
How do you stay in contact with hundreds of people?
Facebook.
Which is neither here, nor there.

Some slopes are indeed slippery.