The worst of this is that 23andMe ACTIVELY INSTRUCTS its users to violate this clause —not only personally, but to also implicate their medical doctors in crime.
And the doctor is trapped: he can respect the law and alienate the patient, or ignore the law and appease the patient."
Oh, wait. Maybe by using 23andMe I am now involved in their legal mess? Crap!
That being said, I just received the Counsyl results from one of my patients yesterday. Unlike being put in a risky position by the good folks at 23andMe, Counsyl is straight up clinical and useful.
I will be notifying the patient via secure email of his results and spending an hour going over it with him.
The Sherpa Says: 23andMe, just like others in the space have demonstrated a general disrespect of the precarious position they have put physicians in by using such crazy and convoluted Terms of Service to avoid regulations. But heck, why should they care about the hot water they put us in.
Recommendation and review posted by G. Smith