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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by sib on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @11:47PM (#11727822)
Oddly enough, it turns out to be 836(!), which is definitely higher than I would have guessed.

http://www.infoplease.com/us/census/data/nebraska/demographi...

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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by semi-extrinsic on Thursday May 19, 2016 @01:46AM (#11728264)
Those are presumably not all HIV positive.
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Re:Theranos Voids Two Years of Edison Blood-Test Results by sokoloff on Friday May 20, 2016 @09:11AM (#11737461)
Yes, but what personal or privacy-compromising information does "6 of this list of 836 people have HIV" convey? That that population has a higher-than-normal incidence of HIV as compared the US at large? That's potentially valuable aggregate health information, but I don't see how that compromises anyone's privacy.

It would if you reported "6 of 836 were HIV+ on Tuesday. The next day, a new couple moved into town. On Wednesday, 7 of 838 were HIV+." I don't think the aggregated data that is contemplated here is released on nearly that frequency.

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