Not really. Normal labs that aren't aiming to be revolutionary ultra-profitable mega corporations will be fine.
Having a slightly more accurate result is useless, because there is far more biological variation in a person (from disease, the vagaries of physiology, compliance, pharmacokinetics, diet, the time of day, mental state, the season etc etc) than technical variation in a lab test. You would be optimising the wrong thing.
The only example I can think of where someone would probably be harmed by this is if they were undergoing some kind of a procedure with a bleeding risk, and the Theranos test said their clotting was fine when it wasn't, and they had a significant haemorrhage during the procedure. Someone will probably launch a class action lawsuit anyway.
I think that the Theranos board will realise that they need to get rid of Holmes in the next 6 - 12 months. Even if the tech actually works, having her there has become a liability.
Having a slightly more accurate result is useless, because there is far more biological variation in a person (from disease, the vagaries of physiology, compliance, pharmacokinetics, diet, the time of day, mental state, the season etc etc) than technical variation in a lab test. You would be optimising the wrong thing.
The only example I can think of where someone would probably be harmed by this is if they were undergoing some kind of a procedure with a bleeding risk, and the Theranos test said their clotting was fine when it wasn't, and they had a significant haemorrhage during the procedure. Someone will probably launch a class action lawsuit anyway.
I think that the Theranos board will realise that they need to get rid of Holmes in the next 6 - 12 months. Even if the tech actually works, having her there has become a liability.