Re:Elizabeth Holmes urged employees to hide Theranos’ lab eq...
by thehappypm on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:49PM
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I agree that the prototypes in the wild was done improperly. If it's a prototype used for data gathering with a big "these are prototypes!" waiver, then that's one thing. I'm not sure how they were positioned in the stores they were placed in, if they were marketed as a 100% accuracy miracle box or an up-and-coming technology that still has to have kinks worked out. In either case I'm struggling that this is jail time criminal; I think at best it's a civil issue.
Re:Elizabeth Holmes urged employees to hide Theranos’ lab eq...
by jjulius on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @02:38PM
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We'll have to agree to disagree here. To me, with the level of fraud she engaged in in every area of her company, and the fact that that fraud impacted the healthcare decisions of individuals who used that test, that is a criminal issue.
She was fucking around with the actual health of people for her own financial gain.
... or the businesses that purchased the machines, and every average person who got tested with those machines and put their faith in the results, all because she was dishonest.
This is the healthcare industry we're speaking of - it's not just investors at stake here, it's everyone's health that she put at stake for the sake of getting herself rich.
Edit: Regarding prototypes in the wild; given that this is healthcare, I don't mind prototypes being used as long as the unknown accuracy of the devices is clearly communicated before they are used, and everyone getting a test understands that they're part of a clinical trial. This was absolutely not the case.