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Re:How Theranos Misled Me by tacos on Sunday December 20, 2015 @11:53PM (#10769648)
Some of the later back-and-forth stuff states that even for the tests they can do, they were using third party equipment for "scaling" reasons. They're not good at PR and this reporter isn't good at getting answers. What a mess.
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Re:How Theranos Misled Me by erdojo on Monday December 21, 2015 @12:23AM (#10769705)
I believe Theranos was almost on to something, and it didn't pan out. You know, science.

So they used smoke-and-mirrors instead. Countless startups have used the same strategy - using hubris to hide failure long enough to either fix problems or get sold.

Most startups don't mess with people's lives. Theranos deserves every bit of the scrutiny they're under now.

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