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Only hurt wealthy investors? What about people who received incorrect testing results, like the woman who was given a false-positive HIV result and the woman wh
by roelschroeven 5y ago
Only hurt wealthy investors? What about people who received incorrect testing results, like the woman who was given a false-positive HIV result and the woman who was incorrectly told that she was miscarrying?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/theranos-results-predicted-miscarriage-in-woman-who-would-later-give-birth/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/theranos-results...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/11/theranos-gave-woman-false-positive-hiv-result-then-ghosted-her/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/11/theranos-gave-wo...
- WalterBright 5y agoThey certainly got a scare, but it's hard to see that they were harmed. Generally, when one gets a scary result from a test, another test is done to confirm.
- CheezeIt 5y agoThe false negatives would have been a better example.
- WalterBright 5y agoTrue. But when I've gotten negative test results, I'm well aware that they aren't a guarantee of anything.