And if you think the gaggle of idiots running the country right now (up to and including RFK Jr.) has any intent to make personal genomics affordable to anyone but themselves, I’ve got a fucking bridge to sell you.
You don’t need personal genomics to broadly do better than simply lumping everyone in one bucket. Various ethnic/racial groups have been mostly reproductively isolated from each other for most of history, which means certain things are significantly more common in some groups than others, which means you can get more effective use of resources by targeting things like screening and prevention at groups where the disease is more likely.
Personal genomics would let you target even more closely, but using race or family history is just estimating genomics by proxy.
For example, sickle cell and black folks, or cystic fibrosis and white folks, or maple syrup urine disease and the Amish or methemoglobinemia and one family from eastern Kentucky.
I do not. I don’t trust RFK Jr to do anything right except possibly by accident.
Just reinforcing the point that there are legitimate and non-racist uses of race information in medicine.
Edit: Keep in mind that the comment I replied too seemed to take issue with a list of conditions related to genetics that have different propensities in different races. There are racists like Kennedy on the one side and then there are idiots on the other who think that any credence given to nature over nurture is indicative of racism and could not possibly be backed by objective facts.
And if you think the gaggle of idiots running the country right now (up to and including RFK Jr.) has any intent to make personal genomics affordable to anyone but themselves, I’ve got a fucking bridge to sell you.
You don’t need personal genomics to broadly do better than simply lumping everyone in one bucket. Various ethnic/racial groups have been mostly reproductively isolated from each other for most of history, which means certain things are significantly more common in some groups than others, which means you can get more effective use of resources by targeting things like screening and prevention at groups where the disease is more likely.
Personal genomics would let you target even more closely, but using race or family history is just estimating genomics by proxy.
For example, sickle cell and black folks, or cystic fibrosis and white folks, or maple syrup urine disease and the Amish or methemoglobinemia and one family from eastern Kentucky.
I do not. I don’t trust RFK Jr to do anything right except possibly by accident.
Just reinforcing the point that there are legitimate and non-racist uses of race information in medicine.
Edit: Keep in mind that the comment I replied too seemed to take issue with a list of conditions related to genetics that have different propensities in different races. There are racists like Kennedy on the one side and then there are idiots on the other who think that any credence given to nature over nurture is indicative of racism and could not possibly be backed by objective facts.
I actually agree with him about some of the food additive stuff. Shame he blew his stopped clock moment before even being confirmed.