HEREDestiny (Science Fiction Short Story)

A story about what our DNA predestines us to be or not to be. What does the code of life mean for us? Symptoms included joint pain, skin rash and fever – the teenage boy read out loud from the dusty book. He found it in the attic while searching in the stuff his parents stored there. He was bored and looked for something to pass the time with. While reading, he kept on turning to his personal communicator to search for the meaning of certain words. His parents told him about symptoms and diseases from the old days, but he never experienced any of these, moreover, he never heard about fever. There was a strange excitement in him that fever could be a feeling he has not felt before. What could it be like? What is chronic pain? How did symptoms appear? How did they make them go away? Then, the communicator started buzzing. When you receive a call and they summon you into the Drug Centre, you know they found something wrong with you. This was the first time he received the call. He had no clue what to expect. Every citizen had to check in there in less than three hours after the call or get seriously punished. No one risked it. He was more nervous than excited now. Maybe what he wished for became real too soon. Or finally he can have a new feeling in life. The man in the black coat checked his device and opened a box behind him that looked like the others but with a special mark on its side. He got three red pills out and offered it to the boy who was the first in a long,...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Medical Science Fiction AI algorithm artificial intelligence future GC1 Health Innovation sci-fi Source Type: blogs