By Futurist Thomas Frey
The Choice That’s Coming for All of Us
Imagine your doctor calls with good news. There’s a new treatment that can edit your genes to eliminate your risk of the heart disease that runs in your family. Or erase the Alzheimer’s gene you inherited from your mother. Or cure the Parkinson’s symptoms you’re already experiencing.
One treatment. Permanent fix. You’ll never develop that disease.
Do you say yes?
Most people would. Of course they would. Who wouldn’t want to eliminate a deadly disease from their body?
But there’s a catch: It costs $200,000. Insurance doesn’t cover it yet. And only certain hospitals can perform it.
Now imagine this treatment has been available for ten years. Some people got it. Many couldn’t afford it. The ones who got it are healthier, live longer, and spend less on medical care. The ones who didn’t are still at risk, still getting sick, still facing the diseases their genes predispose them to.
Continue reading… “The Genetic Divide: When Gene Therapy Becomes Available to Some But Not All”
