[Holly Christmas]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

I can still see ignored posts when I want to, and I decide if or when I bother responding. It’s called being in control, you should try it sometime.

And screening? It’s about knowing, not forcing treatments. Information doesn’t ‘traumatise’ a child, but ignorance sure can. Not that I expect you to comprehend the difference.

Anyway, you stay ‘calm and reasoned’ over there. The rest of us will stick with common sense and leave the pearl‑clutching to you.

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

This is fine imo.

I was talking about Livia's hypothetical future where babies have trackers implanted into them from birth, it honestly wouldn't surprise me if society went down that path.

Originally Posted by BBXX

I am personally 50/50 on this. On a very surface level, it seems like a good thing:

It's important to consider that they will only be looking for conditions that:
- are reliably detectable,
- would impact quality of life if left undetected,
- have proven improved outcome when intervention has been put in place before symptoms show
- have treatment available.

However this isn't perfect - on a totally basic level, this could effect things like travel insurance from birth, even if the symptoms aren;'t showing and could not effect someone for decades to come. There is also the very real threat of data-selling, potentially. It would need to have an incredibly tight security around it.

Having said all that, I would be lying if I said I trusted any Government at all, and particularly with health issues.

There was something extremely weird about the way in which governments manufactured and manipulated the fear and control during covid pandemic which will forever make me look at them suspiciously.

Originally Posted by bots

am i the only one that is alarmed that this is announced at the same time as assisted dying passes in the commons?

Originally Posted by bots

i can see a future where today's children are forced to accept treatment or they will lose future benefits, and that is just one thought. With the advances in AI, future generations are going to be targeted based on their genetics in all sorts of ways. Take it to its logical end point and it is like nazi's generating the super race.

Can people really sit here and say they trust the government and corporations and the wealthy to look after the publics interests

Originally Posted by Ammi

…it feels very much like a ‘Big Brother’ type thing and it would be lovely to think that it’s all for good reasons and for the good of the people etc…but recent governments sadly have a leaning to act in their own interest/…not the interest of the people…more and more their actions are feeling like ‘control’ rather than care…it should feel quite positive bu it doesn’t for me, it feels quite scary…

Originally Posted by arista

"it feels quite scary…"


Of course Ammi
it has the power of life or death.

Far from me pearl clutching while everyone sides with you as you seem to think is the case, I'm actually the one talking commone sense and as you can see people are agreeing with me. Not you.