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UK Company Will Harvest DNA from COVID Tests

A UK government-approved COVID testing company called Cignpost has administered up to three million tests at 71 walk-in locations across the UK.

What customers didn’t know is that when they agreed to the company’s 4,876 word privacy policy, they gave permission for Cignpost to harvest their DNA.

Cignpost says it “may receive compensation” for sharing—or more accurately, selling—your DNA samples to other research companies and universities.

Of course, if a year ago you were concerned about your nasal swab COVID tests being used to harvest your DNA, you probably would have been called a conspiracy theorist

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/testing-firm-can-profit-from-sale-of-covid-swabs-w6vkb2f2f

UK Company Will Harvest DNA from COVID Tests A UK government-approved COVID testing company called Cignpost has administered up to three million tests at 71 walk-in locations across the UK. What customers didn’t know is that when they agreed to the company’s 4,876 word privacy policy, they gave permission for Cignpost to harvest their DNA. Cignpost says it “may receive compensation” for sharing—or more accurately, selling—your DNA samples to other research companies and universities. Of course, if a year ago you were concerned about your nasal swab COVID tests being used to harvest your DNA, you probably would have been called a conspiracy theorist https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/testing-firm-can-profit-from-sale-of-covid-swabs-w6vkb2f2f

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[–] • 0 pt

I have a question. Does anyone know if the nasal covid tests will still be required in January?

I won an all-inclusive trip. We leave in December (and are not required to get a test on the way out of the country), but we return in January, which is when we are required to show a negative test (tested within 72 hours of re-entry). I was hoping that requirement will be removed by then.

I am debating whether to accept the trip or not.

[–] • 1 pt

They’ll definitely Still be required. I don’t see anything changing for the better until 2023 at the earliest if at all.

[–] • 1 pt

your asking whether the communist juggernaught that intends to enslave humanity by 2030 will let up long enough so you dont have to take a test? probably not.