Posted by ert on August 16, 2018, at 8:58:59
In reply to Re: to alexandra_k, credit deserves..., posted by ert on August 16, 2018, at 7:23:29
there also is a component of voyeurism. Someone knows what illnesses they have, what they ate, can assume their social status, maybe the places where they were, their family affairs, what pets they have... The medical data is connected with all sort of things. (I dont want to suggest that dr bob started this because of voyeurism). the problem is not that the database exists, but that it can barely deleted by posters and it dates back (i don't know), before the year 2000 (?). also, someone maybe got cured or symptoms lessened substantially and they want to cut off from the past. One suggestion is that the public database could be cleared every year or up to five years or so. That would also guarantee that when somebody dies, the data will disappear.
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