23andMe Is Terrifying, but Not for the Reasons the FDA Thinks

think of ANCESTRY, getting peoples DNA to help with their genealogy

Paranoid!!

Some 30 years ago, I worked for a large "technology" company. They offered a "free DNA" test using the ruse it would help to fill out the "Human Genome."

This was presented to the lot of us in an auditorium we were bused to for another reason but this was "tossed in as a {Side Benefit}" for everyone in the company, not just our division.

Of course, I asked what else the data was going to be used for and the conversation became very quiet.

We were all "ENCOURAGED" to actively participate in this scientific experiment!

When they handed out the collection data devices, I took it home, swabbed the dog's mouth and sent it back. Oh, I put my CEO's name on the paperwork!

I always wondered if they told him he had worms and he should refrain from eating jalapeno peppers as they caused the dog to create farts that melted the paint off the walls!

A few years later, they offered the same thing for everyone in my family, grandparents, parents, spouse, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, nephews, nieces...

I just laid the collection kits on my desk, left them there, never handed them in, finally just threw them away... oh well...