As I post in the "southern command" I want to announce.....
I AM Not a Man.
I repeat.
I Am Not a Man.
I know, I have man parts.
I may have a hairy chest like a man.
I may have an X and a Y.
But I repeat, "I Am Not a Man!"
I am dead serious. I AM NOT A MAN.
It sounds just as silly, doesn't it?
BRCA testing is NOT A MEDICAL GENETIC TEST.......
BRCA testing is NOT A MEDICAL GENETIC TEST......
"Only a doctor can provide a medical diagnosis and we report information that the current state of genetic research and our technology allows. "
Last time I checked, Genetic Counselors, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants AND Doctors report medical genetic test results,...........SO DOES 23andME! But unlike 23andME the others do so in the supervision of a licensed physician. But it doesn't change the fact that presentation of genetic testing results is making a diagnosis.
Well..........
What this shows is a true lack of accountability in a lame attempt to:
Or when A-Rod was asked "Have you ever used steroids, human growth hormone or performace enhancing drugs"..........."NO" Where is the accountability today?
The Sherpa Says: Linda, Anne, Sergey, Eric....admit your mistakes, accept your regulations and become a medical testing company. Because if you don't, if you try to play a "Definition of Is" on the public, then the chain of trust between patient and testing laboratory as well as between physician and testing laboratory will likely be broken. That is a risk, healthcare cannot afford........Because of your arrogance, we may need to once again ask the law to repair our chain of trust. To practice medicine, you need that chain of trust. It is essential to medicine! And you make a mockery of it.
23andME is NOT PRACTICING MEDICINE