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ryanmarino.bsky.social • 61 days ago

Excuse me what

“Medication records from pharmacy chains, lab testing and genomics data from patients treated by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service, claims from private insurers and data from smartwatches and fitness trackers will all be linked together” www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

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artistflorida.bsky.social•61 days ago

Uh, no.

jhalp2.bsky.social•60 days ago

This is insanity! NO ONE VOTED FOR THIS!

sempersincerus.bsky.social•61 days ago

I am wondering if they have already figured out the color-emblem combinations for all the diseases, because I will have a crazy collection I need to sew onto my clothes, once they look at my VA medical records.
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sempersincerus.bsky.social•61 days ago

🦀; 🍯⛲️; 💭☠️; 💉👀; 😔
Hmm, they have their work cut out for them.
Of course, if they stopped exposing the military to everything under the sun, they wouldn't have to spend as much on patches to label us by our diseases (or on treatment).

symbioticspider.bsky.social•60 days ago

When do we get to this part of the movie.

outofnames.bsky.social•61 days ago

God forbid a man has a hobby (eugenics)

momo663.bsky.social•61 days ago

What happened to consent?

haywarmi.bsky.social•60 days ago

Aside from the blatant HIPA violations here, which are not my forte, what the hell are you going to learn from VA patients about autism?

spoonsbutler.bsky.social•61 days ago

This is crushingly bad. Dollars to donuts the whole study process will be opaque!

clamheaven.bsky.social•61 days ago

The era of big government is back, baby!

tlgrand.bsky.social•60 days ago

What?

mountain-abyss.bsky.social•61 days ago

Oh neat, we’re living in an alternate ending to the Magnus Archives.

nicamsterdam.bsky.social•61 days ago

These Nazis are moving at a terribly fast pace.

notoriouscrk.bsky.social•61 days ago

Informed consent, what is it?

andriantimeswift.bsky.social•59 days ago

Isn't one of the rules of research to gather only the data relevant to your topic of study? How will Fit Bit data give them information about autism?

joewv.bsky.social•61 days ago

If Kennedy has to go to this level of data mining to prove his point, he is proving his point wrong.

stephanieflynn.bsky.social•60 days ago

No wonder they went after big law firms first - this is bad.

morganificent.bsky.social•61 days ago

And then - The Selection.

dinerlee.bsky.social•60 days ago

We did not agree to this.

ramblingdoc.bsky.social•60 days ago

They're going to withhold healthcare for couch potatoes

bluegumby.bsky.social•60 days ago

Or eugenics.

drmon01.bsky.social•60 days ago

A good reason to delete any health tracker you use.

actinosproject.bsky.social•60 days ago

Presumably this will require consent…?

megrosejoy.bsky.social•61 days ago

How the hell will they get my smart watch data?

Anyway, I use the VA and have a diagnosed mental health condition. So I guess I’ll be finding myself on some list and being shipped off to a “wellness farm”.

jhalp2.bsky.social•60 days ago

If you’re linked to Meta or Apple or Google, they can get it.

jennainwisco.bsky.social•60 days ago

That feeling when you suddenly realize you are falling. That's how this makes me feel

thatac.bsky.social•61 days ago

And they plan to hand this data to hand picked "researchers" outside of the government.

I'm sure nothing bad could possibly happen.

houtrowmdphdmph.bsky.social•61 days ago

This is terrifying

quackdetector.bsky.social•61 days ago

How else will they correlate autism with cheese production?

emilyrose.bsky.social•60 days ago

So much for privacy, and, well, laws in general. I hope at least some of the non-government entities that hold this data put up at least something of a fight.

rahallclifford.bsky.social•60 days ago

I'm a former IRB chair, and my head is exploding

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