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Re:Blood-Testing Firm Theranos to Dissolve by tptacek on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @11:51PM (#17914916)
They couldn't even do the basic stuff they fell back on after their groundbreaking machine failed to materialize, but they lied about it anyways and hacked COTS blood testing machines to accept fingerstick samples instead of the veinous draws they were designed to test --- which didn't work, and generated false results. They spent as much effort trying to contain stories and intimidate whistleblowers as they did on test accuracy. That'd be how I'd sum the book up.

It is a page-turner; extremely well-written.

Re:Blood-Testing Firm Theranos to Dissolve by tomclive on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @05:03AM (#17916254)
Yep, it's a good book and reads like a thriller. I read it as a fable against 'Fear of missing out' and 'Fake it 'til you make it' culture.

I like the idea of a simple universal test and can see how the executives who bought it into fell for the fantasy.