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Genetic Screening

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Monthly Blood Test Time In the early 1960’s the United States was able to use a process called genetic screening (“The Evolution”). Dictionary.com defines genetic screening as an “assessment of an individual's genetic makeup to detect inheritable defects that may be transmitted to offspring” (“Genetic Screening”).  Genetic screening can be used for many things, but is often used to inform pregnant women if their fetus may have an underlying disorder such as Down Syndrome. Genetic screening is a basically a DNA test taken by a blood or spit sample (“Genetic Testing”). This sample determines if the fetus may have a genetic disorder or not. As great as all this technology is, not all genetic screening tests have been proven to be 100% accurate (Mayo Clinic). Due to this information, it has made genetic testing become a controversy topic. One argument says that genetic screening can be beneficial and the counterpoint is that genetic screening can be bad (DiLascio, Sprauge). fab-2 The
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White Saltine Cracker

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Drive On December of 2022 I arrived  at work just like any other day. The drive to work often felt like taking a seven hour road trip to Florida even though it was only a forty-five minute drive on a good day without traffic. My mother was the one who drove us to work on this particular day. We got in the car, and I had taken a nap. Once I had woken up, we still had not arrived. Our job was located in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia at a community medical center. On this particular day, I arrived at work dragging. My job as a  receptionist can be described as someone who answers phone calls to transfer people over to the correct department that they need.  Even though I was dragging, it was a beautiful sunny day outside, the birds were chirping and the wind blew across my face giving me a refreshing feeling. As I stepped inside the building, the lighting dimmed and the air became stagnant. Every morning, once I walked in, there was the smell of different cleaners from the housekeeping de
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