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Duct Tape's avatar

I know I sound like a broken record. Here I go again. The insurance companies are late to the game. The military did this in the 1990s. We were told the DNA would only be used to identify our remains. Sort of like when they took prints of the soles of flier's feet because often the only body parts to survive a crash were the feet in the boots. Nothing morbid there. Then, just before the 1990s ended we all got a letter telling us that our DNA information had been "leaked" "unintentionally" to possible foreign adversaries. Thanks Clinton Administration. Fast forward to just before the COVID 19(84) era. The VA comes up with a jolly "research" program that involves all of us volunteering a DNA sample. Of course coercion is a big part of sales pitch. You know: Nice benefits you got there. It would be too bad if someone decided to stop them and make you reapply which will take approximately 3 years. And so on. We were told that our DNA profile would not be personally identifiable to us in the database. Yet now, I get messages from them all the time wanting to discuss this or that about my DNA. Gee, I guess they lied. Dr. Funtimes is in every way correct when she advises you to resist and do not provide a DNA sample. Once provided, you cannot get it back. I'm sure insurance companies will not refuse coverage for people based on their DNA profile. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha I crack me up.

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Joe's avatar

It always begins with a lie.

And then, poof!

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