how close to big brother are we

Two issues caught my eye in the press today. A research in schools pointed out that 1-2% of the pupils might be considered psychopatic. And physicians are allowed to break confidentiality by informing the partner of a HIV patient of that condition.

Well ...

I suggest we just give in and have a chip inplanted in our arm right away, for obviously that's where this is heading. No, I'm not against scientific research, but I do hope for the sake of the pupils that the research was completely anonymous. And I personally already changed physician twice because they could not keep their big mouth shut about a lot smaller issues than HIV. Giving them a license to blab will only be the first step. For sure, a partner has a right to know that he or she is in danger. But mark my words, next thing you know the state will claim the same right ...