Youngest self-made female billionaire takes high-tech approach to blood testing

Elizabeth Holmes is being compared to visionaries like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Holmes founded a biotech company called Theranos in 2003, and her mission is to allow blood testing in every drugstore at a fraction of Medicare costs. Norah O'Donnell reports on how her tiny invention is reshaping health care.

[QuadiePoo]

“Little is known about how Theranos tests work”

That line has aged… lol

[jacobdesioreviews]

The fact that anyone believed her with zero evidence is shocking

[will]

What a nice lady! Theranos looks like it's going to truly change the world for the better. I sure hope she isn't lying about literally everything.

[zoacynic]

Never trust a person who never blinks.

[nosuchthing]

Didnt anyone notice she never gave any details about the process?

[wheelinthesky]

Honestly, I would go to a professional for blood diagnostics.
This company is going to be hit up with lawsuits for false negatives and false positives.

[issyjas]

“Healthcare is the leading cause of bankruptcy “ Yep she nailed that one.

[oni]

The fact that she managed to fool so many people for over a decade is pure madness.

[jasonr]

That fact that anyone, including news media, would believe a college dropout could make medical innovations that PhDs couldn't achieve is scary... We should all be more skeptical of people like her

[apratim]

Interviewer: how does it work?
Holmes: we've created a small tube to replace the big tube.

*Interviewer stunned*

[donjindra]

This story shows how gullible the media is.

[rsolsjo]

It's sad that a big reason people wanted to see her succeed is that she was a young, driven woman, and she ended up setting a horrible example for young girls and women.

[natedogyoung]

The reason she succeeded is because in society we are in love with the idea of a young dropout showing up all the "fogeys with PhDs" who said "it can't be done". Again and again we refuse to believe boring experts and pick the maverick instead. There will be plenty of more Elizabeth Holmes because fundamentally we are anti-intellectual and resent real expertise.

[phillyst]

She literally gave no information as to how it works.

[quantumhed]

It's interesting to hear terms like "self made" and "perseverance" when talking about someone who was born a millionaire. It's like words don't mean anything.

[Loops-]

She literally doesn't answer ANY question. None. She really does rely on the interviewers lack of knowledge about biomedical science.

[gen]

I remember watching this on the news and my parents both said, “how can you get that many results with such a small amount of blood?” 😂😂

[SuperNovaJinckUFO]

I gotta hand it to her: she's an excellent liar. Every answer she gives not only seems to make sense (despite barely being an answer at all), but also conveniently throws out an idea which feels exciting. It feels straight to the point, but it's actually a misdirection. If anyone's wondering how she managed to manipulate the entire world, that's how

[Maybwu]

She dropped out of Stanford after 2 semesters, knows nothing about lab protocols and techniques but you can see her wearing a lab coat. Watch out, this must be a true scientist!

[Shahrdad]

How anyone could believe that a college dropout with no medical or biomedical training could come up with medical miracles is beyond me. There really is a sucker born every minute.