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Re:Stanford Dropout Says Blood Startup Won't Be Another Ther... by cowsandmilk on Monday August 28, 2017 @01:18PM (#15118275)
> Imagine if this was a non-white male CEO

Sure, I can imagine. Look at the "Bridge" detox device which is being pushed by a Filipino American male. No randomized, blind clinical trials showing it works, but it is being used all over America in clinics where it is not covered by insurance. I'm guessing you've never heard of this scam, so I would say that public opinion about it is indifference rather than outrage.

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Re:Stanford Dropout Says Blood Startup Won't Be Another Ther... by dragonwriter on Monday August 28, 2017 @03:54PM (#15119540)
Yeah, but public attitudes toward substance abuse treatment vs. “real” medicine are substantially different, in part because the former is widely seen as only needed by moral reprobates.
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