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Apple lied. A hormone imbalance is not the same as a liver transplant. It's the kind of information that can materially affect the price of a stock. The SEC
by russell 17y ago
Apple lied. A hormone imbalance is not the same as a liver transplant. It's the kind of information that can materially affect the price of a stock. The SEC will probably take an interest.
EDIT: It was certainly a lie by omission. Apple is a large corporation with a significant number of employees and stockholders. It is a requirement to keep them informed. The secrecy and cult of personality is fine as a marketing ploy, but not as a fiduciary responsibility.
- dchest 17y agoLied? Steve Jobs, January 5, 2009 (http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/05sjletter.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/05sjletter.html): As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority. Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis. Some random article on hormone imbalance (http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/hormoneimbalance.html http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/hormoneimbalance.html): A second factor that leads to hormonal imbalance is liver health.
- kyro 17y agoThat's like a pilot saying there's slight turbulence and forgetting to mention that the turbulence is a result of a dying motor, severe fuel leak, and rapid decrease in cabin pressure.
- xenophanes 17y agoOr he didn't know how bad it was yet when he said that. In any case, it's not a lie in any strict legal sense.
- kyro 17y agoSo you think in a span of 6 months, they conducted more tests, waited for the results, analyzed them, concluded Steve needed a new liver, put in the papers for the liver, received it, and finally gave him the transplant?
- xenophanes 17y agoI said that could have happened. I have no idea if it did or not. It sounds possible to a lay person like me. Six months is a long time! Is the medical profession really so slow that that stuff can't happen within 180 days even for rich people who spare no expense? If you know the industry and say it's too slow to do that stuff in 6 months I'll believe you, but don't be too surprised that lay people don't already know it's like that. How long does an average medical test take if a team works on it as a top priority?
- ajkirwin 17y agoUh, yeah, all that happening within six months is fucking rare, no matter how much money you have. Because of transplant waiting lists. You don't get higher on them just because you're rich, thankfully.
- xenophanes 17y agoOK. Could all the steps other than waiting for a liver be done within, say, a month? What is the wait time for a liver transplant? I googled and it says it varies a lot by chance and also how sick the patient is. Would Steve have gotten a liver transplant quickly due to the severity of his illness, or are lots of people worse?
- wolfhumble 17y agoThis article (1) from Macworld says: "According to the hospital release, Jobs had the highest MELD score—Model for End-Stage Liver Disease—among patients of his blood type at the time of the procedure". 1) http://www.macworld.com/article/141336/jobs_transplant_confirmed.html http://www.macworld.com/article/141336/jobs_transplant_confi...
- philwelch 17y agoThat's a poor metaphor, because turbulence is an environmental condition. Of course saying there's turbulence when the plane is no longer stable is a lie.