The other thing with all this is that although it could result in better treatment for people that have a cancer causing gene, it could also result in worse treatment for anyone who doesn't as they decide cancer is less likely and so don't do the proper tests.
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Should DNA tests be routine?
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostThose with nothing to hide have nothing to fear. Allegedly .
Assuming you don't happen to live in a country that turns into a new:
Nazi Germany
Soviet Russia
North Korea
etc, etc, etc,Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostUnfortunately the Government & ABI have a different opinion of this
https://www.abi.org.uk/products-and-...netic-testing/
from the ConcordatComment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostThe other thing with all this is that although it could result in better treatment for people that have a cancer causing gene, it could also result in worse treatment for anyone who doesn't as they decide cancer is less likely and so don't do the proper tests.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostI remember in a break through case some guy got caught because they had his sister's DNA.
I know. Civil liberties.Comment
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Originally posted by Elliegirl View PostSadly I've become addicted to the true crime/forensic investigation programmes. Although it's true that most people are murdered by people they know and the police can catch them quite quickly, there's quite a lot of unsolved murders. I have found myself wondering whether it might be a good idea to log our dna at birth. It's just that I hate the idea of people literally getting away with murder. And many crimes would be solved so much quicker.
I know. Civil liberties.Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostBut then UKIP get into power and start rounding up people with Romany genetic markers.
It's dangerous ground, I agree.Comment
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Originally posted by Elliegirl View PostWe already have doctors encouraging the aborting of children with 'foetal abnormalities', some of whom when they are born turn out to be perfectly fine.
It's dangerous ground, I agree.Comment
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Originally posted by Elliegirl View PostSadly I've become addicted to the true crime/forensic investigation programmes. Although it's true that most people are murdered by people they know and the police can catch them quite quickly, there's quite a lot of unsolved murders. I have found myself wondering whether it might be a good idea to log our dna at birth. It's just that I hate the idea of people literally getting away with murder. And many crimes would be solved so much quicker.
I know. Civil liberties.
So expanding the database to include everyone will greatly increase the chance of an incorrect match and at the very least often make it harder to be confident of a correct match.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post'Some'? More than one and less than all?"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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