matt hancock: we'll offer children genome mapping

[Pickman's model]

this will end well

All children to receive whole genome sequencing at birth, under ambitions laid out by Matt Hancock

 

[fishfinger]

Nothing to see here - move along now.

 

[Badgers]

Eugenics ahoy

 

[fishfinger]

Eugenics ahoy

Isn't she one of Nonce Andrew's kids?

 

[brogdale]

Isn't she one of Nonce Andrew's kids?

 

[wiskey]

I can't read the article but wouldn't it be better to spend the money on making sure we have enough trained midwives so that all babies are born safely?

 

[brogdale]

I can't read the article but wouldn't it be better to spend the money on making sure we have enough trained midwives so that all babies are born safely?

That won't produce marketable data, I'm afraid.

 

[Badgers]

I can't read the article but wouldn't it be better to spend the money on making sure we have enough trained midwives so that all babies are born safely?

No no no...

Best outcome is to farm the UK health data and DNA of new children to US tech companies who can provide (charge for) data based solutions to the NHS and allow insurance companies to tailor their policies based on child DNA to ensure they don't cover pre-existing conditions.

 

[marty21]

Hancock is the MP with his own app ffs

 

[Artaxerxes]

Who does he want to sell the data to?

 

[Manter]

‘Offer’

 

[Manter]

Who does he want to sell the data to?

The US. In those negotiation documents th EU have said explicitly US companies want access to all UK patient and medical data.

 

[brogdale]

Who does he want to sell the data to?

Those willing to pay for it.

 

[SpookyFrank]

No no no...

Best outcome is to farm the UK health data and DNA of new children to US tech companies who can provide (charge for) data based solutions to the NHS and allow insurance companies to tailor their policies based on child DNA to ensure they don't cover pre-existing conditions.

Not just pre-existing conditions, potential future conditions.

 

[Badgers]

Not just pre-existing conditions, potential future conditions.

A brave new world outside the oppression of the EU and under the Tories

 

[Chilli.s]

Suspect payment by insurance companies if not in cash then by a hookey consultant job when no longer in office.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Those willing to pay for it.

Don't be naïve, he's a conservative so it'll be free to a good home then we'll need to pay to get it back.

 

[Dogsauce]

Have they worked out the gene that makes people fuckwitted enough to vote Tory yet? Would definitely be one to screen embryos for.

 

[SpookyFrank]

They really are plotting to asset-strip us down to the molecular level aren't they?

 

[brogdale]

They really are plotting to asset-strip us down to the molecular level aren't they?

Their debt farming always had a limit...data, not so much.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Their debt farming always had a limit...data, not so much.

Still, at least the big game of 'who can be sitting on the biggest pile of gold when the world ends' has had its victory parameters shifted a bit.