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Because 23&me are not providing a medical diagnoses. They never were. They are giving you what they calculate as your chances to to carry or possibly have or develop health issues based on their database of other people's dna ... they are showing statistical similarities and never claim to make diagnosis.. What does the FDA have to do with statistical analysis?

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To most people, there is no difference between "your chances to to carry or possibly have or develop health issues" and a diagnosis. Sure, I suppose I can see some small technicality that makes them different, but really, the way you react to either is about the same, which makes them about the same.

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