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alex43578yesterday at 10:39 AM1 replyview on HN

Earlier diagnosis, or at least suspected diagnosis, could make a difference in studying progression, origin, etc.

Imagine the test is 100% accurate: if you gave it to a group of people, you could then try to make interventions earlier, capture more data about lifestyle before symptoms, etc.


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hn_submityesterday at 3:44 PM

Patients becoming involuntary guinea-pigs for science? No thanks.

As long as there isn't a clear root cause found and some real mitigating medicines reach the market I would propose keeping people ignorant as long as we can.

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