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On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 06:19:27PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
> At 5:50 PM -0700 10/17/00, Nathan Saper wrote:
> >
> >On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 12:07:00PM -0400, David Honig wrote:
> >> At 09:14 PM 10/16/00 -0400, Nathan Saper wrote:
> >> >When do cops take DNA at traffic stops?
> >>
> >> Not yet. But I believe the UK takes samples of everyone
> >> arrested (not necessarily guilty) of minor crimes, and some
> >> US states and cities do or periodically propose doing this
> >> or more.
> >
> >The next question is: What do they do with this info? Insurance
> >companies and the like use it to justify discrimination against people
> >likely to develop certain medical conditions.
>
> Are you claiming that DNA collected by the police is then given to
> insurance companies?
>
> An audacious claim. Do you evidence to support this extraordinary claim?
>
> I will be very interested to hear which communities, which states,
> are doing this. So will many journalists, I hope.
>
That's funny, I didn't make that claim. I simply asked what
governments would do with this info. We know what types of things
corporations do.
If I make a claim, I will make it outright.
> On the other hand, having heard that even getting a simple blood or
> saliva sample requires court action, I expect you are once again
> merely hand-waving.
Or maybe you are not reading carefully enough, seeing as I made no
such claim.
>
> As for insurance companies "discriminating," this is what I hope for.
> Those of us who don't engage in certain practices--smoking, sky
> diving, anal sex, whatever--should not be subsidizing those who do.
> This is the beauty of "opt out" plans.
This is not the primary concern. The concern is that people with
higher risks of heart disease, cancer, etc., would be denied
coverage.
>
>
> But the first order of business is for you to support your claim that
> DNA is collected by the police and then shared with insurance
> companies.
Nope.
>
>
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