In my opinion, doctors should tell the parents, but not everything. For example, it would be a good idea to tell parents any childhood disease that could happen, but any things that could happen at an older age, such as Alzheimer's, shouldn't need to be disclosed so soon.
Before technology was this advanced, people dealt with not knowing what diseases could come. There is nothing that can be done about some, so waiting to die from it your whole life could be a bad thing because you know you're going to die and have to put a limit on some things in your life. I think it would be a better idea to just let nature take its course and whatever happens happens; it's life.
However, I can understand how a doctor would tell a parent about childhood diseases. The child with the disease would be too young to even understand, so they would go about life normally. The parents would benefit from knowing the information because they could make sure their child has a good young life and maybe even look into cures. Also, not every predicted disease happens, so a child could never even have the disease.
I also agree that diseases should be told if there is a 100% cure. This doesn't include not doing sports in case of head injury, etc., but a type of vaccine or any other solid method of disease prevention. If a predicted disease has no cure, there is nothing that can be done, so knowing it would make it worse.
In conclusion, not all of the genome sequencing is 100% accurate. Even if someone is at high risk for a disease, it doesn't mean it will happen. I think that parents shoul get a choice to see their child's genome sequencing, but I wouldn't personally. I would rather just let what happens come, and not have to anticipate anything in my future.
However, I can understand how a doctor would tell a parent about childhood diseases. The child with the disease would be too young to even understand, so they would go about life normally. The parents would benefit from knowing the information because they could make sure their child has a good young life and maybe even look into cures. Also, not every predicted disease happens, so a child could never even have the disease.
I also agree that diseases should be told if there is a 100% cure. This doesn't include not doing sports in case of head injury, etc., but a type of vaccine or any other solid method of disease prevention. If a predicted disease has no cure, there is nothing that can be done, so knowing it would make it worse.
In conclusion, not all of the genome sequencing is 100% accurate. Even if someone is at high risk for a disease, it doesn't mean it will happen. I think that parents shoul get a choice to see their child's genome sequencing, but I wouldn't personally. I would rather just let what happens come, and not have to anticipate anything in my future.
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