We have the right to tell yellow vested folks who show up at our doors and want blood and hair samples to pound sand, but the thing to watch for is when we lose that right, and that ball is still in play...I hope.
Yeah, but simply refusing to participate will probably flag you as a 'kook' to be watched for further signs of non-conformity and conservatism! You should see the looks I get when I politely decline to give out my phone number when making a purchase in a store! One clerk (early 20's) got all snotty on me and said 'Well, then I guess you don't want to get all our great coupons and deals,'. to which I said 'getting a few coupons is not worth having my cell phone number on a marketing list'. She still couldn't believe it. She started to ask me something else and then stopped and said 'oh, that's right, you don't want to give out your number' like it was my last chance to get in on a really good deal.
Being flagged as a kook is just fine with me.Giving out blood samples to complete strangers is not!!