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by rocket_surgeron 1103 days ago
You are probably like me. To me there is no medical information of any kind that could embarrass or "stigmatize" me or anyone else.

But the vast majority of people are paralyzed by fear that someone might find out they have hemorrhoids.

Others live in a delusional state of paranoia where "duh gubmint" will use the info against them not realizing that any entity, governmental or otherwise, willing to do so will just ignore privacy laws anyways.
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JohnFen 1103 days ago
> To me there is no medical information of any kind that could embarrass or "stigmatize" me or anyone else.

The problem isn't being embarrassed. The problem is suffering real world consequences for certain types of medical treatment, such as problems getting work, renting housing, etc.

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rocket_surgeron 1103 days ago
> The problem is suffering real world consequences for certain types of medical treatment, such as problems getting work, renting housing, etc.

Fix that, then? I keep hearing about all of these nightmare scenarios, dreamed up by paranoiacs.

I submit. You are right. Fix THOSE problems instead of killing people.

I'm agreeing with you. What you said happens. We must fix that.

If things are that bad, the entities inflicting these consequences don't care about medical privacy anyways, right?

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JohnFen 1103 days ago
> I keep hearing about all of these nightmare scenarios, dreamed up by paranoiacs.

Not at all. These are all things that used to be pretty common. That's why medical privacy laws were enacted.

> Fix THOSE problems instead of killing people.

That would be ideal, yes. But nobody has figured out a way to do that.

BTW, I don't think your phrasing is helpful to your cause. It implies it's a black-and-white issue when in reality it's a very complex issue with a ton of nuance.

People die as a result of the lack of medical privacy too, after all.

> the entities inflicting these consequences don't care about medical privacy anyways, right?

No, they don't. But they do care about the huge fines and other legal consequences they risk by not adhering to the law.

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