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Wait, why did they tweet to Biden, McCain, and Ariana? They're not on the board, they're not known advocated for the company, and they didn't just make public

by kzhahou 11y ago

Wait, why did they tweet to Biden, McCain, and Ariana? They're not on the board, they're not known advocated for the company, and they didn't just make public statements about Theranos. That's just bizarre.

gitah 11y ago
Holmes was on a media promotion spree and had met with some of these people recently: https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/654714209360437249 https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/654714209360437249 https://twitter.com/ariannahuff/status/654312511794212864 https://twitter.com/ariannahuff/status/654312511794212864
danso 11y ago
I wondered that too (as in, why those people, and not all the other famous and influential people who believe in Theranos). I think it's just timing: The Huffington Post recently published an op-ed by Holmes, which was tweeted out by Huffington: https://twitter.com/ariannahuff/status/654312511794212864 https://twitter.com/ariannahuff/status/654312511794212864 Senator McCain apparently visited the lab "last night" (as of today). Also, Arizona is the first state to allow people to get all the kinds of tests Theranos does without a doctor's note, and McCain had something to do with that: https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/654714209360437249 https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/654714209360437249 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/07/02/fda-approves-theranos-9-finger-stick-bloodtest-for-herpes/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/07/02/fd... Joe Biden visited the Theranos lab in July: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/07/24/biden-visits-theranos-lab-part-healthcare-innovation-summit/30634739/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/07/24/biden-visits-t... Nothing wrong with having powerful friends -- including all the government and military people on Theranos's board -- but making such an early, blatant appeal to political authority instead of some kind of scientific or health authority, when the controversy is exactly about the scientific part...that doesn't feel like a convincing rebuttal.

by kzhahou 11y ago

gitah 11y ago

Holmes was on a media promotion spree and had met with some of these people recently: https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/654714209360437249 https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/654714209360437249 https://twitter.com/ariannahuff/status/654312511794212864 https://twitter.com/ariannahuff/status/654312511794212864

danso 11y ago

I wondered that too (as in, why those people, and not all the other famous and influential people who believe in Theranos). I think it's just timing: The Huffington Post recently published an op-ed by Holmes, which was tweeted out by Huffington: https://twitter.com/ariannahuff/status/654312511794212864 https://twitter.com/ariannahuff/status/654312511794212864 Senator McCain apparently visited the lab "last night" (as of today). Also, Arizona is the first state to allow people to get all the kinds of tests Theranos does without a doctor's note, and McCain had something to do with that: https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/654714209360437249 https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/654714209360437249 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/07/02/fda-approves-theranos-9-finger-stick-bloodtest-for-herpes/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/07/02/fd... Joe Biden visited the Theranos lab in July: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/07/24/biden-visits-theranos-lab-part-healthcare-innovation-summit/30634739/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/07/24/biden-visits-t... Nothing wrong with having powerful friends -- including all the government and military people on Theranos's board -- but making such an early, blatant appeal to political authority instead of some kind of scientific or health authority, when the controversy is exactly about the scientific part...that doesn't feel like a convincing rebuttal.