Big Brother is Watching...
A recent article in the Washington Post informs us that New York City has begun to require testing laboratories to report the blood sugar levels of all patients whose blood is submitted for testing in order to track the prevalence of diabetes in the city.
"...the New York effort marks the first time any government has required routine reporting of laboratory test results for a major chronic, noninfectious disease so that government officials can scrutinize how well doctors and patients are treating it."
The problem here is that on the one hand we have laws in New York to protect lawful off-duty activity. Now we have the city of New York tracking blood sugar levels. Will they be knocking on the door next to remind us to exercise and watch our consumption of processed flour? And, what will happen with all of this data? Yes diabetes is an awful disease, but I suspect there are other ways to educate the public and eradicate these conditions in our population.
Thanks to Johannes Schenk of Schenk & Associates for bringing this to our attention.