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On the other hand just because charlatans sell something doesn't mean that it doesn't work - there are crooks selling masks, fake COVID-19 infection and antibod
by yread 7y ago
On the other hand just because charlatans sell something doesn't mean that it doesn't work - there are crooks selling masks, fake COVID-19 infection and antibody tests. Theranos were crooks, but there is a whole bunch of companies who are presumably for real selling similar stuff
https://www.medicalstartups.org/top/bloodtest/ https://www.medicalstartups.org/top/bloodtest/
- smt88 7y agoI think you might reconsider this comment if you look up what others mean when they say "charlatan" and also what Theranos did wrong. Many businesses sell a mix of proven products and snake oil (homeopathic meds mixed into real ones, for example). That doesn't make them charlatans, although the sellers of those homeopathic remedies might be. Inventing or promoting an ineffective product with the knowledge that it's ineffective is what makes someone a charlatan. The people selling these ineffective Covid-19 remedies are only charlatans because they're selling bad remedies. If they weren't, the label wouldn't fit. I think you may have accidentally put the cart before the horse here.