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Medical Health Disclosure vs. Steve Jobs' Privacy

Posted by timothy on from the put-yourself-in-his-turtleneck dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times is saying that Steve Jobs doesn't have cancer, but that he needs to disclose all the information about his medical condition so investors can decide. Gizmodo's strong rebuttal says that everyone has the right to keep medical records confidential. They argue that, if prominent US presidents legally kept their grave illnesses secret — even while the security of the country was at stake — a simple CEO should be able to do the same: 'Steve Jobs has the right to keep his medical records private for as long as he wants. Like FDR. Like JFK. Like any single person in this country and the world. It's our right, as humans, to do so.'"

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  1. Precedents by clang_jangle · · Score: -1, Troll

    If Dubya can fail to disclose his obvious developmental disability all these years then certainly everyone else is entitled to privacy, too. Look at Reagan, he never admitted he had Alzheimer's until long after leaving the White House (though everyone but possibly him certainly knew anyway). And just look at McCain! -- Okay. okay, I'll stop now.

    But seriously. a person's health is no-one else's business, ever, period.

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    1. Re:Precedents by clang_jangle · · Score: -1, Troll

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      Wow, so at least 30% of people with mod points today actually have a sense of humor, while only half are neocon retards -- There is hope after all!

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  2. Re:It's the Business section. by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 0, Troll

    No surprise. It's the Business section of a newspaper. All the writers are brainwashed into the cult of "maximize returns for the shareholders." Nothing else is allowed to matter.

    Have you ever read the New York Times??? They're socialists.

    This is not a return-maximizing cult. This is actually the anti-business cult of " From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." And Jobs is not contributing as they think he should, therefore they attack him.

  3. Re:Sure, they have that right. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Bill "Herpes" Clinton didn't share his medical records. Of course, he did share his VD.

  4. Re:HIV/AIDS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Forgot to click "Post Anonymously" did you? I guess your GNAA identity has been exposed. Time to give up this terrible karma UID, don't you think?

  5. Re:Medical by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    and why was the doctor dressed like the janitor? and why did he fondle your cock while "checking for colon cancer"?

  6. Re:So CEOs in the UK have to disclose their health by nomadic · · Score: 0, Troll

    He's a smart man, but he does not do this all by himself.

    Though he'd like you to believe he does.