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A comment on Do No Harm petition: Don't give Big Tech access to our medical records. Parent comment

Re:Do No Harm petition: Don't give Big Tech access to our me... by yomlica8 on Friday June 09, 2023 @11:21AM (#36259184)
People will die as a result of their medical privacy being stripped away, when they forgo care in fear of the effect that stigma has or fear of losing their job due to their medical needs being to expensive or being prosecuted from having a miscarriage or drug use, etc.
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Re:Do No Harm petition: Don't give Big Tech access to our me... by nmca on Friday June 09, 2023 @11:31AM (#36259349)
sure but to engage in the relevant consequentialist reasoning correct you need to argue that this is more people, not just some people

(I'm undecided on the whole thing but this argument as stated is bad)

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Re:Do No Harm petition: Don't give Big Tech access to our me... by WeylandYutani on Friday June 09, 2023 @12:28PM (#36260256)
Just being pregnant is enough not to get hired because employers hate maternity leave.
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