Marking Period 2 Week 5

Over the past few weeks, I have been reading various opinions on genetic testing - something that has greatly increased recently and has strong pro and con arguments surrounding it. Although I do feel that excessive genetic testing could lead to too much genetic manipulation and eventually to an 'unnatural' world, I more strongly feel that genetic testing a necessity in order to improve and fix current health issues as well as to stop future health issues from occurring in our world. If we have the capabilities and resources to keep people in our society healthy and prevent the health issues that hinder us, then I feel they should be put into use and research should be done to further the knowledge we already have. We would not be as far as we are in our world today if it were not for scientific improvements, so genetic testing is what our generation must experiment with and master, just as a past generations created the first vaccines. There certainly are dangers involved in genetic testing, but generally there are more positives coming out of it than there are cons.