| Are you serious? You think a glorified taxi company has put more peoples' lives in danger than a company that knowingly sold, deployed, and signed off on an health instrument and lab work that simply did not work? An instrument and lab work that people relied on to accurately assess the contents of their blood? An instrument and lab work that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services said "did not comply with certificate requirements and performance standards" and deemed a: "immediate jeopardy to patient health and safety" The reason that the stories about Theranos are about a "bad company doing bad things and Holmes is probably a criminal" is because they are exactly that! Uber is a taxi company that most people enjoy using, has not fraudulently screwed people over, has at least on a surface level removed a level of racism (my roommate no longer has to ask me to flag a cab down for him btw), and can be linked to a reduction in drunk driving. Yes, their CEO is a douche, and they have a horrible company culture, but they are not systemically screwing people over like Theranos was. |