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Anonymous wrote:I honestly never understood the appeal of the product. Sure, blood draws aren't fun, but they aren't impossible or even particularly difficult. It always seemed like a solution in search of a problem. Then to have it be fake in the end . . . just stupidity all around.

Has anyone seen the HBO documentary that dropped last week or the earlier ABC documentary, Bad Bood? I watched the ABC doc. This story is fascinating for so many reasons.

Re: the comment above— I don’t get the appeal of the product either. It’s a single needle poke, either way, and it doesn’t hurt once the needle is in. Frankly, I’d rather be poked in the bend of my elbow than in a fingertip. Less likely to bump the wound or get infected since your fingers touch everything.

And on a superficial note— her fake voice is creepy as hell, and what’s with that dry, straw hair? Had she never heard of conditioner?

I watched it. I thought The Dropout (podcast) was more thorough in its coverage (listen if you haven’t had a chance).

I get the appeal of the concept- the ability to do bloodwork in remote army camps or rural clinics, etc. Holmes pretended it was about fear of needles and being able to do bloodwork frequently in your own home. She dismissed the people who knew, and told her, that it wouldn’t work.

The biggest tragedy by far was the employee who killed himself.

It’s just astonishing to me how many smart people she bamboozled. That seems to be a trend these days with frauds like the Fire Festival and Anna Delvey.

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Anonymous wrote:80 patents in 10 years. I call BS.

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.

So there was at least one intelligent dcum poster 4 years ago who wasn’t fooled by this Fyre Festival style con job.

This is why I love dcum. There are nuggets of true wisdom hidden in all the chatter.

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Anonymous wrote:80 patents in 10 years. I call BS.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:80 patents in 10 years. I call BS.

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.

Anonymous wrote:DC born!

http://fortune.com/2014/06/12/theranos-blood-holmes/

Impressive. I think she can become wealthier than Zuckerberg. A very useful and revolutionary service/technology she has pioneered. Potential to really eat away at lab fees.

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly never understood the appeal of the product. Sure, blood draws aren't fun, but they aren't impossible or even particularly difficult. It always seemed like a solution in search of a problem. Then to have it be fake in the end . . . just stupidity all around.

Has anyone seen the HBO documentary that dropped last week or the earlier ABC documentary, Bad Bood? I watched the ABC doc. This story is fascinating for so many reasons.

Re: the comment above— I don’t get the appeal of the product either. It’s a single needle poke, either way, and it doesn’t hurt once the needle is in. Frankly, I’d rather be poked in the bend of my elbow than in a fingertip. Less likely to bump the wound or get infected since your fingers touch everything.

And on a superficial note— her fake voice is creepy as hell, and what’s with that dry, straw hair? Had she never heard of conditioner?

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Anonymous wrote:Did she go to Stanford as a “crew recruit?”

Actually, her grades were pretty mediocre, and her mother found out that if she enrolled in one of their summer language programs, she would increase her chances. So she did that, went to China and studied Mandarin.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe she can share a cell with Lori Loughlin

Anonymous wrote:I am very interested to see if she serves time. Ive work SV and Ive been a part of a few labs that definitely were secretive and often times we implied things before we could actually accomplish them. However we always actually accomplished the task at hand within a few months...working 24/7 and being so intensely stressed of course! It seems her product never had a prototype that even worked. And the lies and the PR just kept building. I found her VERY pompous and she offered no one protection in the end. She aligned herself with powerful people but none of them scientists of course! Because they would be too interested in the product. Im still shocked she went to Walgreens with no working prototype. Giving people false readings really is criminal. I read she is facing UP to 20 years. Which really seems very low when you think she is responsible for false lab reports for many AZ people. Especially on syphillis...lovely!

Anonymous wrote:Did she go to Stanford as a “crew recruit?”