To me it's just as creepy to let any big tech company into healthcare such as Google or Facebook. To play the devils advocate, maybe people here have this reaction to Palantir because they disagree with Peter Theils political viewpoints whereas others would have the same issues with Google/FB.

Implying they don't already have all that data and has been/is actively pursuing getting into it more for quite some time now.

https://www.palantir.com/palantir-foundry/impact/healthcare/

Second to that - that company feels so sketchy.

They are sketchy: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=palantir+cambridge+analytica

Current administration supports Peter Thiel's Palantir and getting them contracts: FDA, CDC, NIH. Apparently Mr. Thiel was one of the few Silicon Valley supporters of Mr. Trump.

https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/fpdsportal?q=palantir+DEPARTME...

Haven't Thiel donated 7 figure sums to Trump's campaign?

After contracts are being awarded left and right - I cannot see those donations none other than bribery.

Also Trump's (and other leaders around the world) initial downplaying of the pandemic risks paved the way for extreme measures like the employment of pervasive surveillance. Looks like someone isn't letting this crisis go to waste.

in america we call it lobbying

Elsewhere we call it corruption.

To the victors belong the spoils. Previous administrations benefited their friends and future administrations will likely benefit theirs. Don't like it? Vote for good government.

This is true but in a uninteresting, shallow way. Yes, Team Blue is also bought. It's the same people doing the buying regardless of which side holds the majority. The wheels need turning so the wheels need oiling.

However, general elections and the say of the people is still an important part of the political machinery. And this shows:

Team Red is going all in for a mythical Core American Christian Constituency Who Values Hard Work and Won't Let Anyone Else Steal Their Hard Earned Dollars.

(This rings as much true whether you are a rust belter seeing the coal industry shrinking or you are Thiel, they share the same sentiment.) The Thiels of the world with enough money to buy Congressmembers will have a much easier time buying Team Red, because they are already aligned ideologically.

As long as general voting is still an important part of politics, Team Blue can't accept every Thielesque bill, because their constituency is Everyone Else, a much more disparate group than what Team Red is aiming for.

That company is one of the most corrupt ones - it is the real virus.

You know how they say, Never let a good crisis go to waste.