BBC medical records story

[Roland Perry]

In message <1015420904.15049.169.camel@hyena.skygate.co.uk>, Pete Chown 
<Pete.Chown@skygate.co.uk> writes
>Roland Perry wrote:
>
>> They will expect whoever issued the card to keep a backup.
>
>But if they do that, why have people carry the data around?  Why not
>just get the person to identify him or herself and then read it from the
>"backup"?

You are making the unwarranted assumption that the public is applying 
logic to their sound-bite support of the scheme - all I'm saying is that 
I'm sure the public would expect to be bailed out if they lost the card, 
and a backup is the only mechanism I can think of.
-- 
Roland Perry