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Theranos was a criminal scam, the reference here is weird.

benatkin 3y ago
The headline immediately made me think of healthcare and how to improve it, within the area of sports. It would be better if more people knew the risks and benefits of participating in sports based on their own health statuses.
- pc86 3y ago
  Not sure how a criminal scam on the order of "let's just make shit up for results" has any relevance to that.
  - benatkin 3y ago
    Because they took money that was intended to improve it? Especially for busy people? These two attempting the half Ironman were likely busy, ambitious people, because people who travel to another country for an endurance event tend to be. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12426285/Two-men-die-Irish-Ironman-event-Youghal-Cork.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12426285/Two-men-di... > Theranos may have been the worst-case scenario for the testing industry, but the big-picture idea — that testing should be faster and more convenient — is still true, Klapperich says. “Now, people are trying to sort out the question of what was real about what Theranos was saying. Because we still need this stuff.” https://www.theverge.com/22834348/theranos-blood-testing-innovation-drop-holmes https://www.theverge.com/22834348/theranos-blood-testing-inn...
    - jliptzin 3y ago
      I still don’t understand Theranos’s original value prop. Once you are already going in to have blood taken, what difference does it make whether it’s a small amount or a full test tube?
      - duskwuff 3y ago
        It was perhaps less about the actual value proposition and more about a promise that they'd developed some kind of revolutionary new medical testing processes (and not, you know, just running existing diagnostic tests with an inappropriately small sample).
- mvdtnz 3y ago
  Maybe you should respond to the article, and not just the headline. Your response is completely off topic and the random promotion of a known fraud is insulting.
westcort 3y ago
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The headline immediately made me think of healthcare and how to improve it, within the area of sports. It would be better if more people knew the risks and benefits of participating in sports based on their own health statuses.

pc86 3y ago
Not sure how a criminal scam on the order of "let's just make shit up for results" has any relevance to that.
- benatkin 3y ago
  Because they took money that was intended to improve it? Especially for busy people? These two attempting the half Ironman were likely busy, ambitious people, because people who travel to another country for an endurance event tend to be. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12426285/Two-men-die-Irish-Ironman-event-Youghal-Cork.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12426285/Two-men-di... > Theranos may have been the worst-case scenario for the testing industry, but the big-picture idea — that testing should be faster and more convenient — is still true, Klapperich says. “Now, people are trying to sort out the question of what was real about what Theranos was saying. Because we still need this stuff.” https://www.theverge.com/22834348/theranos-blood-testing-innovation-drop-holmes https://www.theverge.com/22834348/theranos-blood-testing-inn...
  - jliptzin 3y ago
    I still don’t understand Theranos’s original value prop. Once you are already going in to have blood taken, what difference does it make whether it’s a small amount or a full test tube?
    - duskwuff 3y ago
      It was perhaps less about the actual value proposition and more about a promise that they'd developed some kind of revolutionary new medical testing processes (and not, you know, just running existing diagnostic tests with an inappropriately small sample).
mvdtnz 3y ago
Maybe you should respond to the article, and not just the headline. Your response is completely off topic and the random promotion of a known fraud is insulting.

westcort 3y ago

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