This week, Fox News ran a health article from Dr. Manny, asking if DNA fingerprinting at birth and recording it in a huge database was an "invasion" or helpful.
His stance? "I say it can only protect."
I am rather dubious about Dr. Manny, whose website is far from up to date. His front page articles cover "Hypertension: The Silent Killer" and "Stress Levels Hurting Your Health?" Not exactly groundbreaking, and his article on quitting smoking was equally outdated. Dr. Manny uses one story to make his point, that of a kidnapped child. In that one case, it was helpful, but is that worth the risk for great abuse? I say it can only be used for invasion of privacy. When we exist on file as a numerical sequence that could be switched, altered or accessed by the wrong people, that is Not Good.
On the upside, I'd use it in my neighborhood to prosecute people who abandon couches and mattresses in the street and the alleys. We could just see who had the most DNA on the item and look up who's it was.
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