Re:Under Fire, Theranos CEO Stifled Bad News
by SapphireSun on Monday July 11, 2016 @02:03AM
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I've seen a lot of people say that, and I believe them. This idea just occurred to me though... what if you use a gentle vacuum to pull more blood out of the pinprick? I get the impression that you need a lot more volume to even out the variations, but if you collected 5x more, maybe there are a few more tests you could do.
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The entire point was to not draw much blood. Even trying to solve the problem by drawing more blood would be a tacit admission of failure and a huge signaling risk.
Re:Under Fire, Theranos CEO Stifled Bad News
by SapphireSun on Monday July 11, 2016 @10:45PM
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For Theano sure, but maybe for someone else it could be worth a try. I think the draw was less how much blood needed to be drawn and more how invasive the needle is. You can always hide the blood from view if necessary.