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Paging Dr. Google: How the Tech Giant Is Laying Claim to Health Data

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>>> Yet he is reluctant to allow people to opt out of Google’s core health-search tool. He likens that to a physician knowingly offering substandard care, he says. >>> “If you believe me that all we are doing is organizing that information to make it easier for your doctor, I’m going to get a little paternalistic here: I’m never going to let that get opted out,” Dr. Feinberg says. “It’s going to screw up your treatme…

Doctors aren't superhuman and med school doesn't filter out the gullible.

Re: Paging Dr. Google: How the Tech Giant Is Laying Claim to Health Data

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>>> Yet he is reluctant to allow people to opt out of Google’s core health-search tool. He likens that to a physician knowingly offering substandard care, he says. >>> “If you believe me that all we are doing is organizing that information to make it easier for your doctor, I’m going to get a little paternalistic here: I’m never going to let that get opted out,” Dr. Feinberg says. “It’s going to screw up your treatme…

> Planet Money had an interview with Dr. Feinberg Got a link?

Found it! I was mistaken. It was the "The Journal" podcast:

https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/why-google-is-pushi...

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