“On the laptop’s main screen displaying my medical records is my driver’s license photograph, obtained from the state’s division of motor vehicles. I did not give the doctor’s office my driver’s license photo.”
Wow, interesting. I can’t say I’m surprised. The key thing now is to be ready and play the game back. The more intrusive government is, the more people MUST be prepared to lie. In the Soviet Union, that was often the only way to stay out of the Gulags (i.e., basically death camps).
As an interesting aside, one of my kids had a really tough time writing an essay for the SAT - he would just freeze when we practiced and got a question like:
“Should people respect and tolerate everyone’s opinions, or should people take a stand against opinions they consider to be wrong? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.” (pulled from a website)
I simply told him to lie and make up a stories for examples, and then to add a little left-wing twist (such as admiring Al Gore, Clinton, or Obama) - since it was likely a school teacher would be grading it. It worked and he did fine.
How long before there’s a government Individuals at Risk watchlist? How long before a customer in a gun store is told, “Sorry, we can’t transfer that gun to you. You’re on the list.”
As you say, a patient’s “off the cuff” remarks could be recorded & go straight into his DOSSIER!!!
Who says the KGB & the Stasi are dead!?