[Mick]

What are the odds Stanford's brass demands an investigation into what happened?

I understand the "book burning" angst, and the Stanford bias (not favoring, but holding it to the highest standards not met in this case). At the same time, there is a real possibility of purposeful fraud here. I'm not saying there was, but given all the factors involved that we know about, transparency is the best disinfectant. Maybe it was innocent mistakes.  Maybe there was something nefarious.  All I know is something is not right with this situation and it needs to be cleared up, to protect the brand.

Personally, I don't knock Stanford for the Theranos debacle, but it certainly doesn't help in terms of benefits of doubts. It's time to remove all doubts and get to the absolute truth.

To your point, I wonder how hard Dr. Gardner attempted to shed light on Theranos and what Holmes was trying to do.  She makes a lot of noise in retrospect, but did she do as much to warn the public as Theranos was ramping up?  She made it clear to 19 year old Holmes that what she was attempting was impossible.  Now it just sounds like Monday-morning quarterbacking.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/03/s...anos-saga/

[Mick]

What are the odds Stanford's brass demands an investigation into what happened?

I understand the "book burning" angst, and the Stanford bias (not favoring, but holding it to the highest standards not met in this case). At the same time, there is a real possibility of purposeful fraud here. I'm not saying there was, but given all the factors involved that we know about, transparency is the best disinfectant. Maybe it was innocent mistakes.  Maybe there was something nefarious.  All I know is something is not right with this situation and it needs to be cleared up, to protect the brand.

Personally, I don't knock Stanford for the Theranos debacle, but it certainly doesn't help in terms of benefits of doubts. It's time to remove all doubts and get to the absolute truth.

To your point, I wonder how hard Dr. Gardner attempted to shed light on Theranos and what Holmes was trying to do.  She makes a lot of noise in retrospect, but did she do as much to warn the public as Theranos was ramping up?  She made it clear to 19 year old Holmes that what she was attempting was impossible.  Now it just sounds like Monday-morning quarterbacking.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/03/s...anos-saga/