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The question is weather we should have a DNA database or not.
I think there should be a DNA database. All people will supply DNA at birth or when entering the country. This way many problems will be solved.
Quick overview of some of the pros:
- DNA can help finding suspects of a crime.
- DNA helps identifying people with a very high rate of certainty in Hospitals, banks and of course with the elections when people vote.
- DNA helps to identify people who can not identify themselves. New born babies in hospitals are less likely to be swapped. It will be easier to identify a dead body in case of a crime or even just someone who passed away while on a walk in the woods. It will help greatly with identifying people in case of disasters.
- Reduced chance of identity theft.
- It will help science when they want to do research and all this data is available to them.
- It will potentially help doctors identify people with diseases before they even show symptoms.
Sure there is negative side effects as well, so here a similarly brief overview of the cons:
- People will try to hack this DNA database.
- There is a central database where a lot of information is stored. A lot of people will claim that this is an intrusion of your privacy.
I think the advantages are so big that a central DNA database is something that will eventually come and can not be stopped. It will be slowed down by opposition before we get there though. But the advantages are so big and it will eliminate so many of the problems that we face nowadays that introducing a DNA database is a must and the disadvantages do not outweigh the advantages.
I also think that the technology needed to compromise a DNA database are less available and therefore help to tip the scale in favour of a DNA database.
Looking forward to hear what all of you think.
Joey
I think there should be a DNA database. All people will supply DNA at birth or when entering the country. This way many problems will be solved.
Quick overview of some of the pros:
- DNA can help finding suspects of a crime.
- DNA helps identifying people with a very high rate of certainty in Hospitals, banks and of course with the elections when people vote.
- DNA helps to identify people who can not identify themselves. New born babies in hospitals are less likely to be swapped. It will be easier to identify a dead body in case of a crime or even just someone who passed away while on a walk in the woods. It will help greatly with identifying people in case of disasters.
- Reduced chance of identity theft.
- It will help science when they want to do research and all this data is available to them.
- It will potentially help doctors identify people with diseases before they even show symptoms.
Sure there is negative side effects as well, so here a similarly brief overview of the cons:
- People will try to hack this DNA database.
- There is a central database where a lot of information is stored. A lot of people will claim that this is an intrusion of your privacy.
I think the advantages are so big that a central DNA database is something that will eventually come and can not be stopped. It will be slowed down by opposition before we get there though. But the advantages are so big and it will eliminate so many of the problems that we face nowadays that introducing a DNA database is a must and the disadvantages do not outweigh the advantages.
I also think that the technology needed to compromise a DNA database are less available and therefore help to tip the scale in favour of a DNA database.
Looking forward to hear what all of you think.
Joey
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