Over the past few days I've been very disturbed...and angry. The reason is that I've been reading Misha Angrist and Dr. Daniel MacArthur. First, watch this video:
In the very near future you may be forced to go through a "professional" to get access to your genetic information. Professionals who will be well paid to "interpret" a complex morass of statistical data which they barely comprehend.
Let's be real here: someone who regularly reads this blog (or Dr. Daniel MacArthur or Misha's blog) knows much more about genomics than 99% of medical doctors. And yet someone reading this blog does not have the guild certification in the eyes of the government to "appropriately" understand their own genetic information. Someone reading this blog will have to pay, either out of pocket, or through insurance, someone else for access to
their own information.
Let me repeat: the government and professional guilds which ...
