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To: Walkingshadow who wrote (2812)	7/3/2000 6:00:45 AM
From: horsegirl48	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13572

The new fear being thrown out on the radio waves is what all this means to the human race. Instead of focusing on the merits of this knowledge they are now focusing on the faults. What does this mean when you r trying to get a job, life insurance, medical ins. etc. By taking these tests most of the population will be excluded for the many things they strive for. Who would hire somebody when they know in a few years this person is going to die on them or worst cost them a huge amount of money. What insurance will give coverage to someone they know could get real sick. A big issue faces all of us.There is going to be alot of fighting on this issue. Lets keep the thread alive while Greg is off being a frenchman. I for one dearly miss him. HG48

To: Walkingshadow who wrote (2812)	7/3/2000 9:48:26 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Respond to of 13572

Walkingshadow, Excellent post! As one who knows nothing about bio stocks, that was an impressive introduction to one of the leading companies. I appreciate all the bio/genomics posts here.

To: Walkingshadow who wrote (2812)	7/3/2000 10:06:08 AM
From: Oak Tree	Respond to of 13572

Walkingshadow, You have obviously thought deeply about the Celera situation. In fact you may be correct, namely, even with the sequences no one will have the computational power. Perhaps noone will be able to make proteins as fast, and perhaps the laws won't change to take away some of the money for owning genetic sequences. Personally, I think that computers are getting faster, scientists love to write computer programs and give them away (even publish them). Programs are cheap (and can be copied). Finally, drugs are far too expensive. So the laws will change even with the companies powerful lawyers trying to prevent it. Then again, as you say, maybe this will be like taking your car to the dealer rather than using the manual. Here again however, I think that CRA will have competition. Car repair places proliferate even if the dealer says he is the only one that uses factory authorized components.