• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        33
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        4 days ago

        Probably true. But also millions of regular sick people going to Walgreens for blood tests used these devices and got BS results. Not just rich people were affected by this.

        • booly@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          22
          ·
          4 days ago

          The hilarious thing was that she was actually acquitted of scamming patients. She was only convicted of scamming investors for claiming that patients could be treated using false tests.

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      3 days ago

      It was all a part of trying to look more masculine and trustworthy is a landscape dominated by white men. She also used, and I kid you not, voice changing software to make her voice deeper.

      Of course this all didn’t help that there wasn’t a single trustworthy fiber in her being. It was all smoke and mirrors.