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The problem is that "getting rid" of diseases like this may well have consequences down the line, ones we do not understand, and will not be aware of until they occur. The only way I would support the "eradication" of these diseases is if that happened naturally through editing the genes only when it is known for sure that the child is going to have it, not as a preemptive measure to end some people's genetic lines because it has a higher chance of that disease occurring.Can we have this debate again once we have gotten rid of Tay-Sachs, HTI, and a few other diseases?