I read a story[1] about a UK-based Covid testing firm who was planning on collecting and selling their customers' DNA samples.
> Its "research programme information sheet", last updated on October 21, says the company retains data including "biological samples" and "the DNA obtained from such samples", as well as "genetic information derived from processing your DNA sample ... using various technologies such as genotyping and whole or partial genome sequencing".
The policy also says Cignpost may share customers’ DNA samples and other personal information with "collaborators" working with them or independently, including universities and private companies, and that it "may receive compensation" in return.
> L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva .. was briefed by the FBI about “the serious risks associated with allowing Fulgent to conduct COVID-19 testing,” ... the FBI advised him that information is likely to be shared with China, and that the FBI told him DNA data obtained is “not guaranteed to be safe and secure from foreign governments.”
Yes, of course there is. Just like any other medical sample you have ever given. Blood, stool, urine, swaps...
But also all the unintentional donations: Every pubic hair you lost on the toilet seat, every tampon you disposed, every bandage you ripped off and threw away, every mattress you slept on, chewing gum you've spit out, every ejaculation, every ... you get the idea.
Well crap, there you go, giving the lunatics reasons not to get tested and make the whole thing worse than it already is...
I'm joking, I don't think you did anything wrong but I'd hate it if a ridiculous argument such as this example gained any traction :
Example : The government / aliens / whoever released the virus so we willingly gave them our DNA to sequence and match with our assigned ID so they can do XYZ in case the implant in the vaccine doesn't work or if we are smart enough not to get vaccinated.
Given the past incidents, it would probably be more in line with a gov. agency getting direct access to everything that goes through a few selected labs for years/decades, so that a significant number of people geting blood/cells sampled for that period would have a high chance of passing their data though these labs at some point.
At the base of it, if the gov. of the country one lives in is the enemy, it can’t be a matter of refusing vaccines here and there, that’s not the scale they should be thinking about.
> Its "research programme information sheet", last updated on October 21, says the company retains data including "biological samples" and "the DNA obtained from such samples", as well as "genetic information derived from processing your DNA sample ... using various technologies such as genotyping and whole or partial genome sequencing".
The policy also says Cignpost may share customers’ DNA samples and other personal information with "collaborators" working with them or independently, including universities and private companies, and that it "may receive compensation" in return.
[1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/14/covid-test-firm-...