Doctors and health officials say they're baffled over how fear of
the unknown can threaten a program with such clear benefits for
children today.

"People watch too much TV," said Dr. Piero
Rinaldo, who oversees the Mayo Clinic's newborn screening program.
"It's CSI syndrome."

The tests target a specific number of
conditions, Rinaldo said. "If you think I can extract DNA from a little
drop of blood and find out everything about you, it's just not true."

Then
there's the public health perspective. Testing newborns is like
requiring car seatbelts or putting fluoride in drinking water -- a
small inconvenience for a greater good, said David Orren, the Health
Department's chief legal counsel. "The data in the hands of public
health is very different from data in the hands of an identity thief or
hacker."

If you think I can extract DNA from a little
drop of blood and find out everything about you, it's just not true."

I've got to ask...did a doctor say this. They can get DNA from a flake of skin yet he think we're stupid enough to believe his statement. Wow...do I have sucker tattooed on my forehead