Elizabeth Holmes, CEO of Theranos, finally charged

[Anonymous]

So many cringe worthy takes in the previous DCUM thread about Holmes:

Hey someone's gotta pick the coal out of the mountains and drive the trash truck. Nothing wrong with that.

Many affluent kids squander their oppprrunity. She's simply genetically superior. Her true advantage and blessing was her genetics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many cringe worthy takes in the previous DCUM thread about Holmes:

Hey someone's gotta pick the coal out of the mountains and drive the trash truck. Nothing wrong with that.

Many affluent kids squander their oppprrunity. She's simply genetically superior. Her true advantage and blessing was her genetics.

Some people truly believe the BS is that they’re ‘genetically’ blessed too. How about she’s genetically fraudulent?! Like father, like daughter.

[Anonymous]

What’s even more ironic/sad are all the people in that thread who attacked the smart DCUM poster who called out her BS on page 4 of that thread:

In which NIH lab do you work?

There must be something to what she is doing because how else would she be able to get VC funding. Of course, there have been other companies that were funded until they couldn't produce results. But if they do an IPO, that will be some indication as to the strength of their R&D and products.

So, what - the tests they claim to do are bullshit? http://www.walgreens.com/pharmacy/lab-testing/home.jsp

Do you know how many tests are run off the one drop of blood from the newborn metabolic screen? More than 50 depending on your state's panel.

The OP who called BS on Holmes back in 2014 should get a damn medal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s even more ironic/sad are all the people in that thread who attacked the smart DCUM poster who called out her BS on page 4 of that thread:

In which NIH lab do you work?

There must be something to what she is doing because how else would she be able to get VC funding. Of course, there have been other companies that were funded until they couldn't produce results. But if they do an IPO, that will be some indication as to the strength of their R&D and products.

So, what - the tests they claim to do are bullshit? http://www.walgreens.com/pharmacy/lab-testing/home.jsp

Do you know how many tests are run off the one drop of blood from the newborn metabolic screen? More than 50 depending on your state's panel.

The OP who called BS on Holmes back in 2014 should get a damn medal.

Hear! Hear!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So many cringe worthy takes in the previous DCUM thread about Holmes:

Hey someone's gotta pick the coal out of the mountains and drive the trash truck. Nothing wrong with that.

Many affluent kids squander their oppprrunity. She's simply genetically superior. Her true advantage and blessing was her genetics.

Some people truly believe the BS is that they’re ‘genetically’ blessed too. How about she’s genetically fraudulent?! Like father, like daughter.

What did the Dad do? Apparently both of her parents were long-time Feds here in DC. I bet folks from DCUM know the family.

"Her father, Christian Holmes IV, has devoted most of his life to public-minded government service–disaster relief in Africa, international development projects in China, environmental work in this country–and is currently the global water coordinator for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He met Elizabeth’s mother, Noel, on Capitol Hill, where she worked as a congressional committee staffer."

[Anonymous]

He was high up at Enron

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He was high up at Enron

He jumped from USAID water projects to Enron? What a weird, nonsensical transition.

[Anonymous]

Who is she??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He was high up at Enron

He jumped from USAID water projects to Enron? What a weird, nonsensical transition.

He was at USAID in that position most recently, from 2010-2017. If he was at Enron, it must have been before that. Although he was lower down at USAID before that. He's currently a senior adviser to BCG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is she??

Google is your friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He was high up at Enron

He jumped from USAID water projects to Enron? What a weird, nonsensical transition.

He was at USAID in that position most recently, from 2010-2017. If he was at Enron, it must have been before that. Although he was lower down at USAID before that. He's currently a senior adviser to BCG.

Well, yeah, because Enron went belly up in 2001.

[Anonymous]

but

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: but

Good thing Mattis has a $15K monthly pension and a TSP. Dude should not be throwing his money around in exotic investments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember the original New Yorker article (when she was a star) and when I read about the WSJ reporter investigation, but I', listening to The Dropout for the first time.

I did not know that people had received incorrect test results--I thought they were always just having other labs do the Walgreen tests.

Why did Walgreens not get suspicious when they had to use phlebotomists?

Given the company's paranoia + hype, when they bought test equipment from other vendors, how did they keep that secret?

Check out the original thread on her - hilarious in retrospect: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/405456.page

Someone on DCUM called her out as a fraud in that thread - in 2014! It’s on page 4.

The hilarious thing is someone on DCUM called them out for correctly assessing that this is the most fraudelent company in history

I came in to say this.... The whole platform is suspect and they haven't released any data to be publically scrutinized. They are running LDTs which do not have to go through FDA clearance. You can have all the patents you want but let's see if the have a viable product.

The idea that one can do 30 assays from 25 uL of whole blood is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

+100 it is moments like these that keep me coming back to DCUM. Some of you all really are smart and educated.

+200. That poster is a boss. The poster on pg. 3, on the other hand, with the comment below could win for being the biggest idiot.

Who gives two f***s(edited) if she comes from White privilege?

Let's focus on the end result. She's helping a hell of a lot of people. Probably more than each of you on dcum has helped combined.

[Anonymous]

Crazy from childhood…