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by Dylan16807 4579 days ago
>This is exactly why the FDA is acting correctly here!

No, it's not. None of the actual genetic testing is going to stop, only interpretation.

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I didn't say anything about problems with their genetic testing (heck, I bought it myself), just with their marketing and interpretation. Those are the things that are now on pause.
You said that testing for BRCA variants was an example of what the FDA was acting on, didn't you? I'm not sure how else to interpret that first line.
This is exactly why the FDA is acting correctly here!

By "this" I meant "people not understanding the massive limitations in what 23andme does, likely due to their misleading and overhyped marketing material".

Rereading my post, I can see how that might not have come across as I originally intended.