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dehrmann | karma 14936 | avg karma 2.33 · 2022-01-03 19:31:10

As another comment said, patients' tests were apparently run on regular machines, so the patients weren't harmed.

paxys | karma 66162 | avg karma 7.18 · 2022-01-03 19:37:15

The FDA voided over a million tests performed by Theranos due to unsanitary lab conditions, contaminated samples and unauthorized modifications of testing machines. Their results were anything but accurate.

sangnoir | karma 15035 | avg karma 2.79 · 2022-01-03 19:50:21

They also were using samples much smaller than demanded by the specs on the regular machines resulting in inaccurate results.

kawera | karma 25456 | avg karma 7.82 · 2022-01-03 19:52:53

Collected blood samples were too small for accurate results using regular machines.

tschwimmer | karma 2766 | avg karma 5.07 · 2022-01-04 00:01:12

This is trivially false. From the linked article:

"When Theranos' machines were rolled out to Walgreens stores in California and Arizona, they gave patients false or flawed results. One patient testified that she was led to believe she was having a miscarriage after taking a Theranos test, when indeed her pregnancy was viable. Another patient thought her cancer had returned when it had not, following a test. But in the end, jurors did not believe that Holmes intentionally deceived patients."

These examples by themselves are clear instances of harm. However, it's not unlikely that more patients were affected and perhaps even some of them took actions that were harmful to their health based on this false data.

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